Headlines
Broadcast TV Must Come To Terms With Its Maturity
Local TV broadcasters have two options in front of them: wind down or transition. For those that choose the latter, they still have assets they can bring to bear.
Court Consolidates Suits Opposing FCC’s Revived Employee Data Collection.
The legal challenges to the Federal Communication Commission’s plans to restart data collection about station employees will be consolidated into a single case.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Times-Shamrock Grows In Wilkes Barre-Scranton Market
Times-Shamrock Communications has filed a $600,000 deal to buy classic country “Big Foot Legends 107.7” WLGD from Kristin Cantrell’s Seven Mountains Media.
JAM Jilted: Bankrupt Radio Station Owner To Find New Buyer
On May 1, a Williamsburg, Va.-headquartered company that publishes online newspapers powered by its radio stations agreed to purchase six FM radio stations and an FM translator in a deal agreed upon by the the Chapter 7 trustee overseeing JAM Media Solutions’ debtor-in-possession resolution process.
Television
The Oldest TV Show Audiences, by Network
For decades, TV shows lived and died by their ratings among adults 18-49, the demographic sweet spot for advertisers to reach a wide swath of potential customers with money to spend but without the lifelong habits about how to spend it.
Radio
Why Radio May Be SOL With SMBs
Our industry has always been better at fretting about the monsters under the bed — whatever the latest existential threats are that will steal our audiences and ad dollars — than bragging about our successes.
Are iHeartMedia Creditors Getting Anxious Over 2026 Loan Repayment?
In two years, a $1.8 billion term loan is due for the nation’s No. 1 owner of radio stations and the top audio content creator and distributor.
Media
State Associations Urge Congress To Pass Bill Reviving Tax Certificate Program.
All 50 state broadcast associations, as well as trade groups representing stations in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, are urging congressional leadership to support and quickly pass a bill that would reinstate the Minority Tax Certificate Program. Advocates say it would encourage investment in radio and television station ownership for women and people of color.