That's a question the VAB asked in a survey, and it has fresh insights into how many hours per week digital-first video viewers spend watching their favorite TV shows/movies and non-premium user-generated content.
Picture this: You're asked to address people you know, but you've been going blank during practice sessions. What's the deal with the "brain freeze" when it comes to public speaking? "This is a common problem when you have tons of information in your brain and have difficulty accessing it," Rosemary Ravinal notes.
A group of emergency management professionals from some of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Helene - and best served by AM radio in the aftermath - are the latest to implore Congress to get the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act passed by the year's end.
Keith Murray has agreed to purchase a collection of radio stations serving a town in New Hampshire known as the gateway to Mount Washington. Now, all he needs is regulatory approval from the FCC, which just received the paperwork from his legal counsel, John Wells King.
There is a new Region President for iHeartMedia Houston, and it is a Louisiana native who has been associated with the nation's biggest owner of radio stations since 2000.
In Nielsen Audio Market No. 78, Saga Communications' "Mix 95.9" has attracted listeners to its "Two Girls & A Guy" morning show, earning a following in the city. Now, the company, staff and local listeners are pausing to remember the station's wake-up anchor, who was found dead after a safety check by local law enforcement officials.
A coalition of New York City and State public safety officials and emergency response leaders is calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to ensure passage of the bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act before the current Congress ends.
He was associated with Fox News Channel from November 1998 through August 2010 and later spent 8 1/2 years at CBS News. Now, this veteran broadcast and digital news operations executive is settling in to his role as VP/News Operations at the Chris Ruddy-run Newsmax.
On Monday RBR+TVBR was first to report on the acquisition of a low-power television station in Miami by a Tallahassee, Fla.-based licensee led by Kristina Bruni. Bruni has now signed off on the purchase of another LPTV property, this time in Delaware.
Independent advertising digital and linear rep firm Viamedia has forged new agreements with a trio of cable TV and broadband services companies, expanding its reach to 83 MVPDs across 72 DMAs.
The company helmed by CEO Bob Pittman and COO/CFO Rich Bressler seeks more time to repay its lenders by proposing to push out its repayment dates by at least three years — and by doing so at a noticeably higher interest rate. Now, iHeartMedia has announced a small extension of its exchange offers and consent solicitations for outstanding debt.
Come December 31, Robin Davis will retire as SVP/Chief Distribution Officer, just 6 1/2 months after rising to the role at The E.W. Scripps Co. This results in a promotion from within to fill the role of VP of Distribution, with Davis' duties being shifted to the current Senior Director of Media Distribution for Scripps.
For 33 years, he was associated with "B96" — the Windy City FM that Audacy Inc. acquired from CBS Radio. In October 2024, this programming veteran joined Cumulus Media to direct what comes out of the speakers at WLS-FM 94.7, freshening up its Classic Hits sound. Now, Todd Cavanah is being rewarded with a corporate-level role.
Just south of the Red River separating Texas from Oklahoma and casino resorts over the border, Gray Media has selected a General Manager and Director of Sales for the CBS and FOX affiliates that serve these fast-growing communities due north of Dallas-Fort Worth.
How does the Townsquare Media CFO view his company's potential revenue intake from digital advertising in the coming quarters? "The sky's the limit," he told attendees of the BofA Securities Leveraged Finance Conference, held Tuesday. Stu Rosenstein also shared that a Term Notes issuance is coming, and this InFOCUS Podcast has the details.
The nation's dominant audience measurement services provider is teaming up with TikTok "to unlock a cross-media view of ad campaign performance" inclusive of the app's stateside activity. The partnership comes amid ongoing national security concerns tied to TikTok, a Chinese operation.
As radio faces competition from an ever-increasing number of platforms, radio marketing firm DMR/Interactive is projecting a 14% increase in station marketing budgets across the radio industry in 2025, following years of single-digit declines.
In a move that the company says will "strengthen" its positioning in the province, Bell Media will "regroup the expertise" of both its Québec teams under the leadership of its provincial VP of Content Development, Programming and News. Just don't call it a reduction-in-force initiative.
A Class C3 FM serving tiny Hettinger, N. Dakota, a locale where nine radio stations may be accessible to locals, is trading hands. What does this mean for this Country-formatted radio station?
While much optimism exists for 2025 — fueled by increased ad spend and emerging technologies — challenges abound. Kantar Media's just-released Media Trends & Predictions report seeks to illuminate the opportunities and challenges confronting the media and entertainment ecosystem in the coming year, and beyond.
