Headlines
BIA: Here’s 2023’s Top Ten Revenue Generating Station Owners
A new report from BIA shows that the top revenue producing radio group owners for 2023 remain the same as in 2022.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $350,000
The purchase of four stations by Gray Television tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Advisory Services.
Texas’ E Radio Network Buys Seven Stations After Freed AM Files Chapter 7.
Freed AM Corp filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in December 2023, a month after taking its stations dark, citing financial reasons.
MARC Moves Forward With Hometown TV Purchase
It’s an affiliate of a Sunshine State radio station owner that owns three AMs, two FM translators and four FM stations in Gainesville, Fla.
FCC
FCC Announces Voluntary DIRS Exercise in June
The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau will conduct a voluntary exercise of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) next month, June 10–12.
Television
Six Tucson, Ariz., Stations Launch NextGen TV
Audiences in the Tucson, Ariz., DMA can now experience the future of broadcast television as six stations launch NextGen TV technology, also known as ATSC 3.0.
Radio
May Format Counts: Religion’s Total Just Keeps Growing
For the past year, Inside Radio/PrecisionTrak’s monthly format counts — based on the total stations in each format — has been primarily a tale of two formats: the top two, country and religion.
Pay TV
How Will Venu Sports Impact Pay-TV Subscriptions?
Venu Sports, the new sports streaming bundle from Disney, Fox and WBD expected to launch later this year, could attract more than 4 in 10 sports viewers (18+) according to a new report from Horowitz Research.