Ariel Roblin is one of the Radio + Television Business Report’s Top Local TV Leaders, and as RBR+TVBR begins the nomination process for 2025 honorees in late August, Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson reconnects with her to get the latest about what’s happening in California’s state capital and across the region.
It's a Class D AM licensed to Somonauk, Ill., with an FM translator targeting such far-suburban Chicago communities as Sandwich, Yorkville and Newark. Nelson Multimedia is not selling them, but it's just submitted documents with the FCC requiring its approval on an ownership tweak.
We now know when the financial results for the three-month period ending June 30 will be released from iHeartMedia, Cumulus Media and Entravision Communications.
Deregulation. That was one of the topics the current Chairman of the FCC noted in a brief Keynote Address delivered in person on Friday at the MMTC 2025 Former FCC Chairs' Symposium. And, Brendan Carr's comments came right before a keynote from the Democrats' lone voice of dissention on the Commission.
American Public Media Group, the parent of Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and the Classical 24 service, has confirmed that it will engage in a reduction-in-force initiative that will trim between 5% to 8% of its staff. Other expense reduction efforts are also on the way.
In June 2020 BIN: Black Information Network launched on a group of AM radio stations owned by iHeartMedia and one of its full-power FMs. In June 2025, that FM scored a 1.1 share in the Norfolk ratings, as measured by Nielsen Audio. Alas, BIN has just moved to a smaller signal to make room for a new format.
The FCC in a 2-1 decision fueled by its Republican majority on Thursday approved the $8 billion merger of Paramount Global with Skydance Media. But, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sees it, it was the Trump administration that gave the green light on the deal. And, in her view, that makes the deal look crooked.
That's a question asked by a Senior Analyst at MoffettNathanson, who notes, "While we are not offering commentary on the political dimensions of the process, it is worth acknowledging the visible fallout: the disruption of several long-standing and culturally significant franchises in the lead-up to the transition."
As he condemned the agency's OK of the $8 billion merger between Skydance and Paramount Global, New Jersey Democrat Frank Pallone Jr. revealed that he will be launching an investigation "into the circumstances of this approval," including the conduct of the FCC, David Ellison-led Skydance and the CBS parent.
The FCC on Thursday approved Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global and its subsidiaries, including the ultimate parent company of the CBS network of owned and operated broadcast television stations, by granting a series of applications that transfer FCC licenses and authorizations.
C-SPAN CEO Sam Feist has unveiled a senior leadership realignment and a new addition to the executive team, moves he says are aimed at "enhancing organizational focus, fostering innovation, and strengthening C-SPAN’s public service in a dynamic media environment."
Comcast Corporation has revealed the "expected members" of the first Board of Directors of VERSANT Media Group, Comcast’s planned spin-off of select media brands and digital businesses.
It began in 1991, and will officially conclude its life as a television show seen on E! Entertainment Television on September 25. E! News has been cancelled by the network that will soon be housed under the Versant spin-off company featuring various NBCUniversal cable network brands.
It's a snapshot of what moved the needle during the first half of 2025 at the "ad-first" measurement level as determined by iSpot. The data include streaming, linear, verticals, sports, and creative performance.
First, it was Sinclair Inc. Now, the world's largest creator and distributor of audio and video content en español has entered into a Consent Decree with the Acting Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau that puts to a close the Commission's investigation into "KidVid" rule violations on the company's U.S. broadcast stations.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Rules for an upcoming AWS-3 auction will pave the way for approximately 200 spectrum licenses to come to market. The FCC's spectrum auction authority had expired under President Biden and getting it back was a chief priority of Chairman Brendan Carr.
The FCC has voted to remove 11 "outdated and useless" rule provisions covering 39 regulatory burdens from its books as part of the “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete” docket. By taking this action, the agency "expeditiously deletes rules adopted in a bygone era" —including obsolete regulations rabbit-ear broadcast receivers.
The New York Giants NFL club has reached an extended partnership agreement with NBCUniversal that will bring the first Spanish-language pre-season broadcast of an annual contest between the NFC franchise and its in-stadium AFC rival to "Telemundo 47" viewers.
Two are in Bad Axe, Mich., while a third property is in the Michigan municipality named Pigeon. Pending FCC approval, these radio stations will be under new ownership. And let us say Aymen ... as they prepare to hand them to the new licensee.
The nation's largest purveyor of audio and video content superserving African American consumers has decided when it will peel the lid on its second quarter 2025 earnings results. For shareholders of Urban One, the hope is that growth in revenue will continue to fuel a year-long rise on the company's Nasdaq-traded stock
