Radio+Television Business Report

Media owners' net advertising revenues (NAR) will reach $979 billion this year, growing by 4.9% over 2024 but slowing down from 10.3% in 2024, new data from MAGNA show. Neutralizing the significant impact of cyclical events on ad spend in 2024 and in 2025, "the market slowdown is still real but more modest."

The FCC has no quorum to conduct regular business or vote on any items on its agenda for the upcoming June Open Meeting. A leading Republican in the U.S. Senate wants to change this as soon as possible. Yet, his effort could be thwarted in a vote block from Democrats wanting a member of their own party seated concurrently.

A battle in California between media mogul Byron Allen, who is selling nearly all of Allen Media Group's television stations to address debt concerns, and one of the world's largest Quick-Service Restaurant chains has come to an end, RBR+TVBR has confirmed.

The E.W. Scripps Company has secured a new, multi-year agreement with the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). It's an arrangement that allows Scripps to continue airing regular season Friday night matchups on its ION Network, the league’s Friday night national TV home since 2023.

Just how do consumers engage with "shoppable TV," the latest sexy sales platform marketers are salivating over? A new report from Roku and Dentsu shows that, as streaming becomes a dominant mode of TV consumption, advertisers are reimagining what’s possible with shoppable TV and how to best engage with consumers.

He stepped down from his role as the morning host of one of Townsquare Media's top-billing radio stations to seek the Republican nomination for Governor of the State of New Jersey. Now, he's poised to resume his radio program with no worries about "equal time," as Bill Spadea has been defeated in the primary election.

Video software provider Synamedia's Media Edge Gateway (MEG), an ATSC 3.0 software-based IRD, now supports Device Security requirements as specified by ATSC 3.0 Security Authority’s (A3SA).

The broadcast studio for WMMX-FM "MIX 107.7" in Dayton was slightly compromised on Thursday by an apparent fire in a residential unit directly above the iHeartMedia-owned Adult Contemporary station.

On Thursday, RBR+TVBR was first to report on a swap of facilities in Scranton involving the owner of an FM operation billed as "GEM 99 & 100." Now, the group led by Benjamin Smith and Kevin Fitzgerald has submitted paperwork with the FCC for its regulatory approval that will give it a "warm" station.

As 2014 came to a close, Salem Media Group agreed to purchase an FM translator in the Greenville-Spartanburg market for $185,000 from Tugart Properties. Now, the publicly traded licensee of radio stations across the U.S. is selling the facility. The buyer? It's a regional Hispanic media company that's on a growth spurt.

Slowly, AI crept into Rosemary Ravinal's speaking and coaching. She discovered that Generative-AI could kick-start inspiration, create outlines, and source reference materials without compromising her voice and personality.

Intrigue, betrayal and drama left and right. No, there was no discussion about a telenovela at the 2025 Hispanic Radio Conference, which concluded on Thursday. But, those themes certainly set the tone for this year's regulatory panel moderated by veteran D.C. communications attorney Francisco Montero.

Aldo Cugnini is known for his "pivotal work" in positioning the ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast television standard as a international option. Now, the ATSC broadcast standards organization is honoring him for his achievements.

Introducing Vision 5.12, which now offers its users ability to monitor both signals and systems within a single, unified environment. "This enhancement streamlines and consolidates monitoring across the entire distribution network," says Qligent, led by CEO Brick Eksten.

By a mere two votes, the full House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon approved the Rescissions Act of 2025, a move considered a victory for the Trump Administration in its quest to curtail all government funding of public broadcast organizations PBS and NPR.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved Rogers Communications' agreement to acquire broadcast media rival Bell Media’s interest in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, through the NBA TV Canada arm.

In mid-May, Chelan Valley Media Group revealed that it had found a buyer for its radio stations in eastern Washington, with Greg Guy at Tideline Partners serving as the broker. Now, it can be told how much the company is pocketing from the sale of the properties.

Mud Radio was just over one month late with its license renewal application. Why? It was due to an "inadvertent oversight." Now, the Audio Division Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau is willing to resolve the matter with a Consent Decree. And, it sees the licensee of a Vermont FM pay a civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury to wipe its slate clean.

U.S. ad market prospects have been cut by half a point by WARC, as its global growth forecasts for advertising spend have been downgraded further this year. This follows an initial $20 billion cut seen in March by the research firm.

Since the end of May, the FCC's lone Democratic Commissionerhas traveled to California to meet with television studio executives, labor unions in the entertainment sector, and companies in the space industry. The purpose of these visits by Anna M. Gomez? To learn first hand of broadcasters' challenges.