There's a new leader for the iHeartMedia radio stations serving the state capital of Texas, and the market to the southwest that's home to the Alamo and the Spurs. Concurrently, the company's Dallas-Fort Worth stations has promoted from within when selecting its new SVP of Sales.
Harker Bos Group's latest State of Spanish-Language Media 2024 report is chock full of takeaways that are of value to all across the television industry. Sean Bos, VP of Branding and Research at Harker Bos Group, discusses the findings, which are heavy on cable and streaming consumption, on this latest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.
A full Committee markup of some 16 bills including the AM radio legislation are being teed up for a session scheduled for 10am Wednesday on Capitol Hill. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers will oversee the markup session, and it will be a busy one.
Six exceptional women, including the President/Publisher of Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report, will be recognized for their "visionary leadership" at this year's Gracies Leadership Awards on November 19. The event, staged by the Alliance for Women in Media (AWM), is dedicated to celebrating the achievements and impact of women in media.
Saga Communications has elevated its longtime Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to an EVP while also promoting its Senior VP of Operations to the COO role. The news comes ahead of a September 25 ex-dividend date for Saga shares, which are trading at a five-year low going into Tuesday's Opening Bell on the Nasdaq.
Two vital broadcasting industry organizations are inviting media companies and professionals from across the radio and television landscape to make a lasting impact by participating in an inaugural Fantasy Gifts & Experiences for Good Auction, which kicks off November 13 at Forecast 2025 in New York.
A January 12 game versus the Denver Nuggets marked the first New Orleans Pelicans game-day telecast on Gray Television-owned WVUE-8. Now, the company now doing business as Gray Media has secured a deeper media rights deal that results in a forthcoming multistate sports and entertainment network anchored by WVUE.
In a month that saw the Olympic Games Paris 2024 across both NBC and Telemundo and numerous breaking news stories, broadcast TV's total share of the viewing pie came in lower than that of cable television. That said, streaming is clearly the dominant way U.S. consumers are watching video content.
Thomason Broadcast-owned GatesAir last week formally introduced a new high-efficiency, low-power offering for two product lines that "offer insights into the changing requirements for RF infrastructure." In particular, low-power radio and TV broadcasters are the focus of these new "solutions."
With the exponential growth of content volume and the proliferation of distribution platforms, media companies are under immense pressure to ensure that all content meets the highest quality standards. In response to these media quality challenges, Telestream is announcing the immediate availability of Qualify, a cloud-native quality control product on AWS Marketplace.
"The release of Viz Libero Free puts cutting-edge sports analysis technology, including AI capabilities, into the hands of any sports content creator that wants to learn and upskill; ensuring more operators can enhance their storytelling capabilities with detailed and engaging sports content," Vizrt says.
French audio specialist and equipment manufacturer Digigram has announced the release of a new Dante sound card as part of its ALP-X range. Available from Digigram’s network of distributors early October 2024, ALP-DANTE-LE is the eighth addition to the fast growing range of sound cards launched in 2022.
RTW, the Cologne, Germany-based AV company, has announced that its TouchControl 5 product will now include support for dialog-gated measurements, enabling compliance with dialog-based specifications, which are aligned with Netflix delivery standards.
The Nexstar Media Group-owned broadcast TV station serving the Hampton Roads region of Virginia will serve as the host for the October 2 debate between the Republican and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senator from the state.
The Media Monitors Spot Ten Cable report for the week ending September 15 shows that two QSRs dominated by spot play across the cable television networks it measures. At the same time, a weight loss drug is now in the Spot Ten, adding some irony to the list of key cable TV advertisers.
If you're a RBR+TVBR Premium Member, you’ve already received a VIP e-mail with your link to the Radio + Television Business Report's all-new Summer 2024 Special Report. It’s a 40-page digital magazine available via PDF download and contains exclusive interviews with Michael J. Hayes of Hearst Television, a cover interview with Leo MacCourtney and lots more — including our Broadcast Best Finance Leaders rankings for this year!
They were once rivals. Now, they are siblings under the PBS SoCal banner. That partnership has led the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to select the noncommercial broadcast TV operation serving the Los Angeles market as the lead stations for a national public media civic content and engagement initiative.
The team led by Vincent Létang has issued a report that backs up a forecast from Brian Wieser released earlier this month, concluding that full-year non-cyclical ad spend will grow by 8.9% — up from its previous prediction of 8.2% growth. For MAGNA, this represents one of the best performances in 20 years. That said, the headwinds will continue for broadcast radio companies.
In recent years this FM has been a Top 40 station devoting its coverage to Northeast Kansas from the home of the University of Kansas, in Lawrence. Now, a change is in the works for KKSW-FM, as a new owner will take possession of the station pending regulatory approval.
Pending FCC approval, an AM/FM combo serving South Lake Tahoe, California will be heading to a new owner. This will officially conclude the tenure as licensee of D&H Broadcasting LLC, which in May voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
