Headlines
Court Rejects FCC Attempt To Speed Up Broadcasters’ Challenge To New Employee Data Rules
Another radio group is pressing to roll back new rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission to collect data about the race, ethnicity and gender of broadcast employees.
FCC’s Brendan Carr: ‘We’re Heading The Wrong Way On Media Regulation.’
Commissioner Brendan Carr says he doesn’t agree with everything that is going on right now in terms of the Federal Communication Commission’s tech and telecom policy, saying most of his disagreements are “around the edges.”
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Gorilla Broadcasting Adds Stations In Georgia.
Jose Steven Lara’s Gorilla Broadcasting has filed a $390,000 deal to buy classic rock “Highway” WCEH, Hawkinsville, GA (610) and classic country WDXQ, Cochran, GA (1440) from Shanks Broadcasting.
Randy Weiss Sheds Two Idaho LPTV Properties
Randall Weiss is widely known for his role as a low-power television station entrepreneur through his Edge Spectrum operation.
Improper Transfer of Control Resolved By FCC
In September 2023, a 50/50 partner in a Colorado radio station ownership group agreed to sell his interest in the company.
FCC
FCC Is Set to Expand EAS to Include Missing Persons Alerts
A new Emergency Alert System event code likely is coming soon. The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote next month on a plan to create a dedicated event code for missing and endangered persons.
Ethics Inquiry Urged for FCC's Carr Over Project 2025 Participation
It was briefly mentioned at a recent budget hearing; now House Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr for potential misuse of his official position by contributing to the highly controversial “Project 2025” policy document.
Television
Good news: TV salaries beat inflation
After two critical years of falling well behind inflation, TV news salaries made up a fair amount of that shortfall.
What NBCU Is Charging for the First Programmatic Olympics
Through a partnership with The Trade Desk, NBCU has three different offerings for Olympic programmatic inventory.
Tech
Google and NBCU Surprisingly Partner to Power the Olympics With AI
Google, NBCU and Team USA are bringing AI to power the Olympics.