For more than 15 years, a Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., broadcast group led by Bill Curtis and business partner Tim Sabean has operated 11 radio stations acquired from Northern Star Broadcasting. Now, Curtis and Sabean face perhaps the biggest challenge of their ownership tenure — a license revocation proceeding.
Four items are on the agenda for the FCC's February Open Meeting on Wednesday morning, and among them is a Media Bureau item of particular interest to noncommercial radio broadcast station operators — religious and secular in nature.
In September 2024, RBR+TVBR shared the news that a 6kw Class A FM serving a town between Austin and College Station, Tex., had been acquired by Cowboy Broadcasting Network. At the time, Cowboy was a 50/50 partnership between two business partners. Now, one is buying out the other.
The Atlanta Braves and Gray Media have teamed to bring viewers of WANF-46 and WPCH-17 in Atlanta an expanded spring training broadcast offering. Atlanta Braves President/CEO Derek Schiller says it results from “an amazing response to our partnership" with the two Atlanta TV stations in 2025.
On July 18, 2024, iHeartMedia decided to more vigorously compete for Spanish-language listeners and Hispanic ad dollars in a market that only recently saw the entry of Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) and has been dominated by Hispanic FM pioneer Beasley Media Group. That gamble didn't pay off.