In July of last year, Educational Media Foundation completed its purchase of four radio stations in a $7 million deal that included KAIM-FM 95.5 in Honolulu. Now, the company that sold EMF that station has found a buyer for its remaining properties on O'ahu.
Dick Blumenthal has asked the FCC's Acting Bureau Chief of the Enforcement Bureau and its Acting Bureau Chief of the Media Bureau to provide more details about what he calls the Commission’s recent “unprecedented, intrusive investigations against media broadcasters under arbitrary and capricious pretenses.”
Audacy Inc. has given Kelli Turner permanent executive leadership stripes as a series of other corporate-level moves has transpired at the company with majority ownership today held by Soros Fund Management. Many high-profile people have exited, while Chris Oliviero and Bob Philips earn promotions.
What business segment is Townsquare Media most excited about in the coming years? The Digital Programmatic business, which CEO Bill Wilson said "has been and will continue to be the largest growth driver of our business for the foreseeable future." Meanwhile, deregulation makes Townsquare a buyer.
Forget Hershey's. Negate Nestlé. In much of Europe, this is a brand that dominates with kids. Now, it has its sights set on the U.S. market, and it is using Spot Cable to build its growing brand awareness.
Digital revenue is up, but so are expenses, as Townsquare Media beat estimates for both Q4 revenue and its earnings per share during the final three months of 2024. The Q1 2025 forecast, however, projects revenue to be slightly lower than the forecasts of the analysts who cover the company.
"Local News Live," which celebrated its fourth birthday in February as a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) network, is getting a boost from Gray Media by placing its 2pm Eastern afternoon newscast on 37 of its broadcast TV stations.
Tune to 101.5 MHz in Seattle, and you'll hear classic country music on KPLZ, branded as "HANK FM." Now, Lotus Communications has expanded the brand to the Las Vegas market, and is using a just-acquired FM translator to bring it to Southern Nevada.
A Sports Talker has left its listeners across Brevard County seeking a new home for local host Mark Moses and its syndicated fare. Cumulus Media silenced the daytime-only AM radio station and its FM translator companion on Friday.
She was the first woman to serve as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and an "enthusiastic and effective supporter" of public media. Now, House Members and New Yorkers are paying tribute to former Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who has died.
“I am 78 and it is time to smell the roses.” That's what Dan Viles told RBR+TVBR in late January with the announcement that he's selling his low-power TV station serving New York’s Capital Region and the Catskills. Now, the FCC has granted the transfer of control request associated with the deal.
A pair of LPTV properties in the Catskills of New York is being sold by entrepreneur and 5G TV advocate “SuperFrank” Copsidas, and the FCC has just granted the transfer of control request associated with the deal.
Three FM radio stations serving a community in Eastern Oregon bisected by U.S. Highway 30 are being sold to a husband and wife who own three FMs and two AMs in the region.
For some 40 years, Bob Palmater has been "fully devoted to Christ," and this has seen the broadcast media veteran manage Christian radio stations across the Midwest. Today, he's the President of non-profit Sound In Spirit, and it has engineered a deal that will see the sale of a Class B1 noncommercial FM serving Keokuk, Iowa.
It's a 1kw Class C AM radio station serving a coastal Oregon city sandwiched between Devils Lake and the Pacific Ocean. And, it is being acquired by a group behind a radio and online community project with a mission to inform and entertain Mt. Scott Meadows.
He's the man behind Whiskey Sours Broadcasting & Productions of Michigan, and he's just invested in a Class A FM radio station serving the Kentucky town of Monticello. What does this mean for "Z93 Country"?
It is a licensee of five television stations, including an unaffiliated property serving the Las Vegas market. Here, a request to shift from a VHF channel to a UHF facility has been made with the FCC. And, it now seeks public comment on the plan.
The owner of conservative and Christian-themed spoken word radio stations and a fledgling FAST channel devoted to news and insight has submitted its FY 2024 financial report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In a message posted Thursday to its Facebook page, WIRY owner Hometown Communications LLC, an entity comprised of shareholders Mark Henry, Joey Trombley, David Andrews and David Favro, confirmed that the station will be concluding business effective today. Its audio streams were silent as of mid-morning Friday.
"Society has historically favored tall and deep-throated individuals as leaders and authority figures. You and I know that you’re perfect just as you are, but there are hacks to look and sound a little 'bigger' when you speak in public." Rosemary Ravinal shares these hacks in this new column.
