Headlines
Federal Number Crunchers Conclude There’s Small Price To Keep AM Radio In Vehicles.
In a federal budget that tops $6 trillion, a potential life-saving bill for AM radio would hardly make a ripple in the vast sea of spending. The Congressional Budget Office has examined the proposed AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (S. 1669) that would require automakers to keep AM in their dashboards, concluding it will cost a total of $1 million between 2024 and 2028 for it to be implemented.
FCC Chief Rosenworcel Floats Refunds During Pay TV Retrans Battles
Proposal would require notice when channels go dark and subscribers to be compensated for extended blackouts
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Beasley Media’s Map Shrinks With Exit From Delaware Market.
Tri State Media has filed a $300,000 deal to buy talk “Z-92” KMZE and country “K-101.1” KWOX in Woodward, OK from Brooke Williams. Tri State Media does not own any other stations.
Williams Sells Woodward, Okla., FM Pair To Local Operator
On August 7, 2020, J. Douglas Williams, whose legendary career in broadcasting, law, real estate, education and civic involvement spanned more than five decades, passed away in his hometown of Woodward, Okla., at the age of 78.
Television
Vendors Reenergized For NAB Show New York
The NAB Show New York looks to be gaining back its pre-COVID mojo with attendance on the upswing and vendors keen to meet with many clients who don’t make the springtime trip to Las Vegas.
Studios Break Off Strike Talks With Actors, Who Slam 'Bullying Tactics'
The studios, represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make continuing worth it, despite an offer as good as the one that recently ended the writers strike. The actors union decried their opponents' "bullying tactics" and said they were wildly mischaracterizing their offers.
Radio
5 Steps to Successful Radio Marketing
In radio, we often worry so much about our clients — that we forget to market ourselves. Here are a few guidelines when thinking about your next marketing campaign.
Agriculture Groups Tell Congress Farmers & Ranchers Rely On AM
A coalition of agricultural organizations is the latest to urge Congress to pass the AM for Every Vehicle Act, underscoring the medium’s essential role in disseminating vital information to rural communities.
Media
Dentsu Unveils Bespoke Allocation System Tied To VideoAmp Currency, Has Deals With 7 TV Suppliers
Dentsu has struck deals with seven major media companies to do deals on the basis of its own, proprietary media allocation system, Dentsu Senior Vice President U.S. National Video Innovation Brad Stockton said during a presentation at the Advertising Research Foundation's CIMM (Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement) in New York City Wednesday afternoon.
National
Podchaser Brings Radio’s Relied-On Airchecks Feature To Podcast Advertisers With An AI Twist.
Airchecks have been used by radio sales reps for decades to demonstrate to advertisers that their spots ran as planned. Now that concept is coming to the podcast world.
