Headlines
Biden goes local in effort to get around national media
President Biden is seeking to find ways to lure swing state voters without just relying on the national media. And increasingly, he’s going local.
Big Four Affiliates Oppose FCC On Retrans Blackout Reports
The Big Four affiliates want federal regulators to drop plans of keeping a record of signal blackouts that result from contract disputes between TV stations and cable and satellite TV providers.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: EMF Buys In Three Markets; Relevant Radio Acquires In Indianapolis.
Educational Media Foundation has filed a $7 million to buy three FM stations in Nashville and one FM in Honolulu from Salem Media Group.
Radio
High Plains Radio Network Files For Bankruptcy
Monte Spearman’s High Plains Radio Network, which operates stations in Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Audacy: Cross-Platform Audio Listeners Boost Results For Advertisers
As radio sharpens its pitch for prospects in today’s competitive, fragmented media world, it would do well to talk up the value of its cross-platform listeners.
Share of Time Spent Listening to Radio Sources In-Car
In 2023, Share of Ear was able to pinpoint the moment when daily time spent with on-demand audio passed time spent with linear audio overall in the U.S. In fact – on demand had passed linear in every location years earlier – with the exception of one popular listening location: the car. The car has proven to be a different animal when it comes to audio consumption.
Tech
Sinclair Selects Embrace As Media Orchestration Engine
Embrace, developer of advanced automation and orchestration software solutions for the Media & Entertainment industry, announces that Sinclair Broadcast Group has selected its solution Pulse-IT as a key component for its centralized Cloud Media Transformation initiative, hosted on Amazon WebServices (AWS).
Media
Six Questions For Jim Peck, CEO, Nielsen IQ (NIQ)
A big part of changing consumer behavior is giving attention to product attributes beyond price—like ingredients, nutrients, packaging claims, and certifications—and NIQ provides a level of granularity that is exponentially advanced as compared to 10 years ago.
FCC
Vertical Bridge Wins Exemption On Some FCC Tower Lighting Rules
Broadcast and cellular services tower administrator Vertical Bridge and Drake Services, the company behind a light monitoring system. have been granted a FCC waiver of lighting inspection requirements for antenna structures that use a state-of-the-art continuous monitoring system.
CTV/OTT
Competitive Info: CTV Most Effective Digital Channel, Survey Says
A new survey of marketers has found that advertisers view CTV advertising as the most effective digital channel in their media mix and that 23.6% plan to increase their spending on connected TV (CTV) campaigns in 2024, according to a new study from tvScientific.