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For its entire prior incarnation under the ownership of Steve Kingston, an Adult Alternative FM serving Maryland's state capital couldn't penetrate the larger Washington, D.C. marketplace. Now reborn under new ownership, the WRNR brand has finally made its move to bring it to the Nation's Capital.

In a month where television viewing reached a 12-month high, Disney captured the largest month-over-month gain in Nielsen’s January 2026 Media Distributor Gauge report, the monthly view of total TV consumption aggregated by parent company.

Radio + Television Business Report's Winter 2026 magazine is a digital PDF in flipbook format, making it easy to read on the web browser and device of your choice. You can download it for on-demand reading, too, as this 32-page publication is full of stories you'll want to go back to and share with your team.

The WNBA’s Portland Fire and NWSL’s Portland Thorns have entered into a joint multi-year media partnership with a broadcast TV station serving Oregon's largest market branded as "FOX 12 Plus" — a score for Gray Media.

A new integration designed to simplify and accelerate workflows for their mutual clients has taken shape. This sees the Mary DelGrande-led vCreative, known for its media workflow solutions, link with cloud-based operating system company Radio.Cloud.

NextKast, a company that develops advanced automation software for Radio, has brought to market "a modern web-based interface designed to give radio stations the freedom to operate confidently, easily, and efficiently — whether in the studio, remotely, or with teams working from multiple locations at the same time."

ARC Software, an affiliate relationship management and contract automation platform for radio and television networks, has been selected by Red Apple Audio Networks as a partner charged with supporting its expanding affiliate development and ongoing affiliate maintenance needs.

The Enforcement Bureau says Beacon Air Group was operating on the VHF air band without authorization

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FieldLink enabled Sideline reports for Bulldogs’ football broadcasts

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If 2025 was “The AI Inflection Point,” artificial intelligence content platform Jasper is dubbing 2026 “The Operational Era of AI.” "The experiment is over and the operational era has begun," says Jasper. Here are the benchmarks, hard truths, and signals defining the next era of AI in marketing.