Headlines
Analyst Says National Advertising May Be Beginning To Turn A Corner
National advertising is showing some proverbial “green shoots” of growth after underperforming local advertising this year, according to Wells Fargo media analyst Steven Cahall.
Scenarios for AI and radio in 2030
Imagine it’s 2030 and AI has made its mark on radio broadcasting; what could that look like? Here are three plausible futures.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Sales Week Of 11/3
Santa Barbara Broadcasting sells News/Talk 1290 KZSB/96.9 K245DD Santa Barbara CA to Lazer Media for $210,000. The Spanish language operator already owns Regional Mexican “Radio Lazer” 1250 KZER/106.5 K293CK Santa Barbara.
A North Florida Radio Pair To Trade Hands
A pair of AM radio stations and two FM translators serving a small town along the St. John’s River, due south of Jacksonville, are being sold.
Television
A Partial Win For Sinclair In ABC DMA Duplication Row
Travel to the Pennsylvania city of Altoona, and you’ll find an ABC affiliate serving the cities of State College and Johnstown. It’s owned by Palm Television L.P., but thanks to permissible FCC regulatory policy is operated via an LMA with Cunningham Broadcasting, which in turn struck a Time Brokerage Agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Can reporters make bets on sports they cover? We asked a dozen newsrooms
Sports betting has exploded in popularity and is now online in more than half of U.S. states. Yet few newsrooms said they addressed gambling in formal guidelines.
Radio
Shout It From The Roof: Radio is Still a REACH Medium
When was the last time you truly talked, even bragged, about radio’s strength in REACHING target consumers?
Media
Local Advertising's Power Duos: Locality's Ann Hailer & Keith Kazerman Talk Broadcast & Streaming (Podcast)
The “Power Duo” of Locality is its combo offering of both broadcast and streaming for impactful local advertising. But their co-presidents, Ann Hailer and Keith Kazerman, representing the broadcast teams and streaming side respectively, could also be seen as a professional “power couple.”
FCC
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 30 to November 3, 2023
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
Fake Iowa EAS Alert Shows Errors Often Originate Beyond Broadcaster’s’ Control
FEMA and the Federal Communications Commission put a lot of effort into ensuring that radio and television stations are prepared to send emergency alerts. But there is a fresh incident from Iowa that shows stations are often the means by which the mistakes by emergency officials are amplified.
