Headlines
Headwinds Could Turn To Fill Radio's Sails (And Sales) In 2024
With “economic headwinds” being one of radio’s defining phrases of 2023, it was fitting for Forecast 2024 to open with “Economic Forecasting: Broadcast Revenue Trends and Expectations.”
TV Stations' Pay TV Affiliate Revenue Will See Erosion: Wells Fargo
Big TV station groups continue to see the greatest downside with affiliate revenue as a result of more pay TV cord-cutting, a Wells Fargo report says.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Ohio Is Where The Action Is This Week.
Bill Montgomery-led River Radio Ministries i has filed a $3.05 million deal to buy “104.5 Sports Country” WQKT and classic hits WKVX (960) in Wooster, OH from Dix Communications.
Bohach Family Expands Its Ohio Operations With Purchase Of WKNA/WLGN.
The Bohach family is acquiring a pair of stations in Logan, OH – adult hits “Sam 98.3” WKNA and classic hits WLGN (1510), and its corresponding FM translator W277CX at 103.3 – from Edward Baker’s Positive Alternative Radio in a cash deal worth $390,000.
Television
NFL Scoring Double-Digit TV Ad Impressions Growth At Midseason
The NFL is a behemoth on TV — and one that apparently still has room to grow.
Latest Inscape Trends Report Shows Continued Popularity Of Smart TVs
Inscape recently released its latest quarterly Trends Report comparing viewing patterns in third quarter 2023 with previous quarters.
Radio
LeGeyt Is 'Optimistic' About Both AM And Anna Gomez For 2024
The buzz surrounding the AM For Every Vehicle Act was top of mind at Forecast 2024, but no more so than when NAB President Curtis LeGeyt took the stage for a session on what FCC, legal, and regulatory issues broadcasters will likely face in the year ahead.
Who's Driving Spoken Word's Growth? Only One Of Advertisers' Most Coveted Audiences
One of the key findings from NPR and Edison Research's recently-released Spoken Word Audio Report was a 55% jump in time spent listening in 2023 compared to 2014, among the U.S. population age 13 or over. Edison found that 31% of all audio time is currently spent with spoken word programming, vs. just 20% nine years ago.
FCC
NAB And REC Networks Ask FCC For More Time For Stations To Meet New EAS Requirement
The National Association of Broadcasters and the low-power advocacy group REC Networks are jointly asking the Federal Communications Commission to delay a new requirement that dictates how stations access their emergency alerts.
FCC Adopts Rules To Eliminate 'Digital Discrimination' For Communities With Poor Internet Access
The rules package, which the commission ratified on Wednesday, would empower the agency to review and investigate instances of discrimination by broadband providers to different communities based on income, race, ethnicity and other protected classes.
