Headlines
From Share of Wallet to Unified Ad Platforms and NextGen TV: Rob Weisbord, Sinclair Broadcast Group
“Future forward” is the mantra of Sinclair’s COO and President of Broadcast. Rob Weisbord. This means taking care of business today but committing to believing in a future with significant opportunities that are possible to create.
AM/FM Radio 'Essential' To 72% Of Drivers, Finds DTS
Xperi’s DTS surveyed more than 2,900 US car owners and leasers and found that 72% listened to OTA radio, compared to 24% for satellite radio and 14% using Apple CarPlay.
BIA
Data Privacy and Compliance in Local Advertising: Leading Local Insights Podcast
Data privacy, data compliance, AI, and ChatGBT are some of the most important topics for local media right now. In a recent episode for our Leading Local Insights Podcast, I had the opportunity to dig into each with Timur Yarnall, co-founder of Neutronian.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: EMF Is Once Again Involved In One Of Radio’s Big-Ticket Sales
In one of the biggest deals so far this year, religious broadcaster Educational Media Foundation has snatched up commercial-band FMs from Audacy in Buffalo and Memphis. Bryan Broadcasting adds another
To The Northwest of St. Louis, a News/Talk AM Is Spun
It possesses a Class D non-directional AM signal that allows it to reach some of St. Louis’ western suburbs by day and an FM translator at 105.3 MHz placing a signal over its city of license of Troy, Mo.
FCC
FCC Issues License Revocation Order To Roger Wahl
Now, the end is near for the station’s owner, Roger Wahl, who has received a Revocation Order from the Chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau that effectively shuts down his station in 40 days — with one meagerly possible route for Wahl to avoid such an action.
Television
Broadcasters Push for Use of Software-Based EAS
NAB says it will help with security and eliminate need for specific hardware
How Secure Is Your Alerting?
Recent cyberattacks on Russian emergency alerting underscore the timeliness of checking your EAS setup
Farm Broadcasters Join Fight To Keep AM In The Dashboard.
From the big booming AMs that cover wide stretches of rural America to the daytime-only AMs that dedicate themselves to agribusiness news, there may be no group of station operators impacted more by the auto industry’s shift away from AM than farm broadcasters.
Sales
Self-Confidence In Sales and Why Conviction Matters
Conviction impacts success. And self-confidence in sales, in particular, can mean the difference between being mediocre or a top seller.