Headlines
Vantage Points: Broadcast TV Sales is Broken
In this edition of BIA Advisory Services’ Vantage Points series, David Buonfiglio, Fractional (Outsourced) VP of Sales and President, Mammoth Sales Solutions, examines the state of broadcast TV sales.
NAB Says FCC ‘Lost At Sea’ And Faster Application Processing Isn’t What Stations Need Most.
Quicker application processing is what the Federal Communications Commission is offering radio and television broadcasters as an incentive to do more local programming, but the National Association of Broadcasters says that is not what stations need most.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Indiana Owner And Morning Man Builds Bigger Terre Haute Cluster
Joey O’Rourke’sJKO Media Group already owns “Magic Hits 105.9” WMMC in Terre Haute, where he hosts morning drive. Now the Indiana native is adding three more stations in the market.
Ralph Oakley Back In Business With Nexstar Station Buy
On August 2, 2021, just shy of eight months after the company confirmed that it was “considering” a sale of all of its assets, Quincy Media, Inc. marked the end of an era.
Television
Hub: Smart TVs Now in Nearly 8 of 10 Homes
Usage of smart TVs for streaming grows while growth in streaming players like Roku stalls
Radio
Dashboard Dialogue: What Do Radio Leaders Make Of The Car?
One day after Quu released its inaugural In-Vehicle Visuals Report, the radio dashboard tech provider held a virtual summit with four well-known radio names to discuss the state of the dashboard.
Pirate FMs Lead FCC To Send Warnings To Property Owners In San Francisco And New York
Two spots where pirate radio has long been a problem – San Francisco and the New York metro – are once again the targets of Enforcement Bureau action.
FCC
FEMA Questions Effectiveness Of Using Pre-Scripted Alerts To Reach Non-English Speakers
The Federal Emergency Management Agency likes the idea of reaching more non-English speakers with emergency alerts, but it has come out against a proposal to lean on pre-scripted alerts to get the job done.
FCC Approves Origination of Programming on FM Boosters to Facilitate Geocasting – Targeting Different Ads or Programming to Different Parts of FM Station’s Service Area
Last week, the FCC approved a long-pending request by GeoBroadcast Solutions to allow FM boosters to originate limited amounts of programming that is different from what is broadcast on the booster’s primary station.
