Headlines
Why Radio Needs To Get More Political
The BIA study is a distant early warning. Radio can ignore it at its own peril
Legacy TV Faces Challenges: Maturing Streaming, Lack Of A Future Ad Vision
With connected TV's advertising investment looking to grow 13% to $25.9 billion globally this year -- and 10.4% over the next five years, according to GroupM -- that would suggest a now maturing business. But perhaps not in the way you might think.
FCC
FCC Sets End Date For Comments On Digital Radio's Expansion
The Federal Communications Commission has set a deadline for comment submissions on the Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to increase digital radio’s over-the-air reach.
LPTV Deal In Texas Is Cancelled
A proposed transaction that saw the arrival of a new licensee for a low-power television station in the Lone Star State has been canceled by the FCC.
FCC Says Yes To An Act of Defiance
American Christian Television Services in mid-July reached an agreement to sell its low-power digital TV station licensed to the city of Defiance, Ohio.
Television
Candidates' TV Ad-Buy Meal: Does That Come With An On-Air Interview Side?
Even wealthy political candidates need plenty of earned-media exposure -- press and news coverage, interviews -- in order to compete. It's something advertising money can’t buy. Candidates might do this with news organizations. But these are separate negotiations.
With Major Studios Cooling On Syndication, Stations Seek Program Alternatives
This fall, there are eight strips premiering in syndication, but it feels like there’s nothing new out there because none of these offerings come with a movie-star name in the title or a robust marketing campaign behind it. Instead of attention-grabbing launches, low-cost repeats have begun to prevail across TV-station schedules.
Radio
Hawaii Puts AM Radio to Work in Maui
Emergency officials in Hawaii will use AM broadcast equipment to help communicate with the public during the ongoing wildfire recovery efforts in Maui.
Crawford Broadcasting Switching Birmingham AM To All-Digital
Crawford Broadcasting is set to experiment with all-digital AM Radio on WYDE in Birmingham, AL.
CTV/OTT
Cox Media launches ad-supported streaming local news service Neighborhood TV
Cox Media Group is zeroing in on hyper local news with the launch of a free ad-supported streaming local news service and FAST channel called Neighborhood TV.
Binge, Baby, Binge: How the 'Great Catch-Up' of the Strike Era Is Shaping the Future of Television
One of the key assumptions of the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes has been that audiences would soon notice the effects of the work stoppages as broadcast, cable and streaming networks started running out of originals.
Verticals
Presidential Debates Begin Today, But Political Ads Have Been Here For Months
Eight candidates will be on the stage for tonight’s first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee. But the advertising stage has had plenty of actors for months and ahead of any actual debating, let alone voting.