Radio+Television Business Report

He's been with Hearst Television since 2006 and has enjoyed more than four decades in broadcast television. Now it is now that the President/GM of the company's NBC affiliate serving Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., and Asheville-Hendersonville, N.C., will retire later this year.

For decades, FOX Deportes and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises have been challengers, of sorts, for viewers and ad dollars when it came to sports coverage of interest to U.S. Hispanics. Now, in a historic first, the two entities are coming together for the sporting world's biggest annual event. 

Take one look at what brand is the most active at national radio by play count, and there's an obvious leader for the week ending October 13. And, the big win comes even as the auto insurance specialist category begins to heat up once again.

An unidentified man has been rescued from a 250-foot broadcast tower used by a Salem Media Group station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. Meanwhile, a radio tower used by a Cumulus Media AM serving Albuquerque has collapsed after a hot air balloon crashed into it on Friday morning.

Introducing DoCaption EN848, available separately or as part of ENCO’s enCaption system. It offers users an on-premise or cloud option for automated conversion and delivery of captions and translations.

With less than two hours remaining in Friday's trading on the Nasdaq GlobalSelect exchange, Sinclair Inc. stock was just pennies away from its 52-week-high, and up 64% since this date in 2023. 

A broadcast television station that from its December 1953 sign-on through the end of July 2020 served as Alaska's primary CBS affiliate is being sold by the GCI subsidiary that has owned it since November 2013. The buyer is the leading PBS Member serving the nation's 49th state.

A Class A FM radio station serving Allegan County, Mich., has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC to settle violations associated with a switch in the board members of the noncommercial radio station's licensee — done without FCC authorization to make the change. There's more, and it involves a "ride" that should have never been taken.

The Media Bureau has announced a filing window for new noncommercial educational television stations. In doing so, it offered a full run-down of the FCC's filing procedures and requirements, including exactly where these future stations can be built..

A popular member of an iHeartMedia syndicated morning show superserving African American listeners will be heading to Detroit for a one-on-one interview with Vice President Kamala Harris — a chat that will be shared by iHeartMedia to potential voters across the U.S.

Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 takes place during a pivotal U.S. election season. To better understand the sociopolitical concerns of Hispanic consumers of voting age, Horowitz Research has released new findings on consumer attitudes toward news representation on current events.

It's presently dark but licensed to broadcast at 90.9 MHz with 950 watts of power, serving tiny Wheatfield, Ind., to the southeast of Gary. Soon, this religious non-comm will be resurrected under new ownership, pending regulatory approval.

He was a popular radio personality in New England before becoming the co-owner of a 10-station radio broadcasting company in Maine that in May 1999 sold its assets to Citadel for millions of dollars. Now, many across the industry are pausing to remember J.J. Jeffrey, who has died at the age of 84.

Who is succeeding her? The Executive Director of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, where he has worked since 2010, has been appointed to the post. 

The Chairwoman of the FCC on Thursday issued a statement in response to a second call by former President Trump to revoke the license of a broadcast station for what she views are political reasons. At issue: CBS's signature "60 Minutes," and how the former leader viewed an interview conducted with Kamala Harris.

The Steve Newberry-led Quu Inc., the broadcast technology enterprise focused on enhanced in-dash visual content for radio, has launched a new division focused on national advertising. Leading it: an individual known for his radio and media sales expertise.

MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Solutions returned to the NAB Show New York conference and expo this week with two cinematic workflow demos that put a focus on the company's product line allowing for remote use of power cinematic cameras for live multi-camera productions.

Michael Dagen is awaiting regulatory approval for his purchase of a low-power television station from a group led by President Ana Guel. With the FCC's OK, this gives Dagen control of a property licensed to a small municipality along Interstate 8 just east of Yuma, Ariz.

Olivet Nazarene University has filed paperwork with the FCC that seeks its regulatory approval for the sale of a 500-watt FM radio station licensed to serve New Castle, Ind. Who is the buyer of this currently silent facility?

With secular pressures mounting, how are local U.S. TV broadcasters seeking to ensure long-term viability? How reliant are broadcasters on political advertising? Those questions were probed by S&P Global Ratings, and they share words of caution for an industry that remains reliant on retrans fees as a profit source.