Headlines
Political Winds Could Reap a Windfall for Stations
‘Massive spend’ in a contentious presidential election year might top $11 billion
Most Young Adults Prefer Free User Generated Social Video Than SVOD
Last week, Deloitte released their 18th annual “Digital Media Trends”. Deloitte found younger adults Generation Z (born 1997-2009) and millennials (born 1983-1996) are more interested in watching user generated social video content than subscription video on demand streaming.
Television
CBS Shows Some Love To Its Station’s News Producers
When CBS heard from their stations’ news producers that they weren’t being heard, the network leadership dove in deeper to find out why, and how they could be better.
It’s Time For A Reset On NextGen TV
AWARN's John Lawson: The ATSC 3.0 transition is stalled. A new public-private partnership could jump start it.
Radio
Radio Keeps the Top Spot
In the last several weeks, there have been numerous studies released with very positive information for radio.
Even After The Buzzer, Radio Outperforms For College Basketball
As morning shows and radio hosts across the US discuss the first two rounds of March Madness today, new data is highlighting how radio reaches college basketball fans before, during, and after the games and can be an advertiser’s “Most Valuable Platform.”
FCC
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 18, 2024 to March 22, 2024
Congress passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill to keep the federal government funded through the end of this fiscal year on September 30 – thereby narrowly averting a government shutdown that would have begun as of midnight on Saturday, March 23.
Cable Lobby Presses FCC To Allow Pay-Per-Byte Billing
The cable industry is pressing the Federal Communications Commission to avoid outlawing pay-per-byte billing, which involves charging subscribers additional fees after they exceed a monthly data cap.
FCC’s EEO Audits Begin
Are you among the lucky 5% of radio station owners who will randomly receive an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) audit for 2024? You’ll soon find out, as the FCC Enforcement Bureau has initiated its first round of verification checks.
