Headlines
What Can Local TV Learn From Coca Cola's AI-Generated Christmas Ad Controversy?
Have you ever had a can of soda blow up in your face? That’s probably how the marketing executives at Coca-Cola feel right now.
How Music is Listened to in the U.S.
What do listeners in the U.S. spend 74% of their average daily audio time listening to? MUSIC! For as much attention as is given to podcasts and other spoken-word audio sources in the press, we want to remind you that three-quarters of daily audio time is spent listening to music.
BIA
SpectraRep Appoints George Molnar As Chief Technology Officer
SpectraRep, a provider of datacasting solutions (delivery of secure, multicast data over television spectrum and IP networks), has named George Molnar its chief technology officer.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Hawaii’s VRE Exits Radio Ownership.
Karnes City Worship Center has filed a $455,000 deal to buy religious KAML, Kenedy-Karnes City, TX (990) from Gabriel Arango’s Siga Broadcasting. The deal also includes the Kenedy-Karnes City, TX-licensed translator K237GJ at 95.3 FM.
Television
Ban Be Damned: Nielsen Inks TikTok Measurement Deal
The fresh deal between Nielsen and TikTok is an integration that the ratings giant believes will provide “a holistic view of campaign performance across publishers and platforms, and for the first time, enables cross-media measurement so that advertisers and agencies can compare ad performance on TikTok across all screens, including digital, Connected TV, and linear.”
Get After It Media Launches New Digital Networks Station In Scranton, Pa.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Get After It Media announced today the addition of another owned-and-operated TV station, WSRG-LD Scranton, Pa.
Radio
Format Scorecard: Will News/Talk Keep Growing After The Election?
From 2021’s insurrection to 2024’s election, news/talk, like other radio formats, has in recent years been hit-driven, only those “hits” have been news stories as opposed to songs.
New Study Reveals Majority of Drivers Demand Radio in Their Cars
As AM/FM fights for its future in the dashboard, a new study shows that a majority of American drivers consider radio an uncompromisable part of their automobile as a “third space” and would not even consider buying a car without over-the-air radio.
NYPD, FDNY Leaders Call on Schumer to Save AM Radio in Cars
A coalition of New York City and State public safety officials and emergency response leaders is calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to ensure passage of the bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act before the current Congress ends.
