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Alaska’s largest radio station group, with 11 properties serving all of Southeast Alaska, has emerged as the entity that will be purchasing nine stations and 14 FM translators in the cities of Ketchikan, Juneau and Sitka from bankrupt BTC USA Holdings Management.

A trio of radio brands formerly owned by Fisher Broadcasting and sold to Lotus Seattle Corporation by Sinclair Inc. has a new General Manager. At the same time, the Lotus Communications arm has selected a new Director of Operations & Brand Management.

In twin announcements, TV ad firm Simulmedia has plucked a Chief Commercial Officer from iHeartMedia. Concurrently, Simulmedia is appointing a SVP/GM for what the company calls "the industry’s first self-serve platform designed to give brands and agencies direct, friction-free access to converged TV."

Comcast-owned streaming ad platform FreeWheel has brought to life an AI agent infrastructure, powered by its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and intelligence tools, that embed artificial intelligence in "premium" video transactions. This, says FreeWheel, allows buyers and sellers to automate workflows.

Engineers Gladding and Williamson will discuss station ownership

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The HeartMedia-owned Spanish-language radio station serving Boston has reached a play-by-play agreement with the region's Major League Soccer team. Coverage begins Sunday (3/15) and will continue across the 2026 season for the New England Revolution.

Nearly three years after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the founder of Adell Broadcasting over a multimillion claim linked to alleged unpaid gift tax liabilities, a settlement is on the way, court documents confirm.

With a pending shift of the Estrella TV Spanish-language television network from a digital multicast agreement with a Hearst Television station to an owned property in Orlando, a longtime sales executive handling Hearst's Estrella TV offerings is joining MediaCo.

Don't let the glum spending habits of today cloud what's to come. For Brian Wieser and Luke Stillman of Madison & Wall, it's "so far so good, with meaningful risks" for the economy. That's why they are raising their U.S. advertising forecast again. But is the upward momentum absent of broadcast media?

The digital cable TV station for Temple University has a new way to bring student-produced programming to viewers not only across the Delaware Valley, but anywhere they may have access to a local TV station's Connected TV streaming app. It's thanks to a partnership between the school and Nexstar Media Group.