On Friday, RBR+TVBR shared details on the sale of a low-powered TV station serving Albany, N.Y., by Dan Viles. It turns out the buyer of that property is also buying a pair of LPTV properties just to the south in the Catskills, and the seller is low power TV entrepreneur and 5G TV advocate "SuperFrank" Copsidas.
John Yob and his Mitten News LLC has agreed to donate a Class D AM radio station with 10kw during daylight hours but a mere 10 watts at night to a religious broadcasting institution.
The Fish has been swallowed by Educational Media Foundation. Now, Salem Media Group has transferred ownership of a pair of Christian-themed music networks to a content provider now offering a trio of non-secular formats to radio stations across the U.S.
So much for an impasse: Paramount has licensed new Nielsen services including Advanced Audiences, Big Data + Panel, Ad-Supported Streaming Platform Ratings, Nielsen ONE Ads for Connected Television, and National OOH expansion to inform advertising, programming and licensing strategies.
A new report from MX8 Labs offers a guide on where growth for over-the-top and free ad-supported TV services, or "FAST" channels, is heading in 2025. The quick answer? Netflix "still has room to grow in terms of consumer coverage and subscriptions," while Tubi is fast becoming a top cable TV replacement service.
In May 1976, an Ashland University graduate took at job at WUAB-TV in Cleveland, focusing his efforts on television production, promotions and programming. In 1994, he would join Sinclair Inc. to lead its TV programming needs. Now, after nearly 50 years in the industry and 30-plus years with Sinclair Inc., he's retiring.
Adam Jacobson
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