Headlines
Collaboration Is Key To Successful Cross-Platform Local Ad Solutions
Technology is making that process easier, but there’s still plenty of progress to be made in 2025, said leaders from Gray Television, Centriply and Locality at a TVNewsCheck webinar last week.
Time-Spent Watching TV Soars In November
Time spent watching TV in November reached a nine-month high, Nielsen’s latest edition of “The Gauge” finds.
Mergers & Acquisitions
EMF Gains Ownership of Important NYC FM Translator
At 94.3 MHz, from a tower in Fort Lee, N.J., a tiny 75-watt signal is capable of putting a city-grade signal over much of Bergen County and the City of New York boroughs of The Bronx and Manhattan.
South of Fort Worth, A Graceful Radio Deal Comes
An AM radio station licensed for 11kw during daylight hours from three towers and 700 watts at night via 2 towers is being sold by a Vietnamese media entrepreneur, along with two FM translators linked to this North Texas facility.
US judge weighs fate of the Onion's buyout of Infowars
Lawyers for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones urged a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block the sale of his Infowars website to the Onion news parody site at a Monday court hearing in Houston.
Television
Rupert Murdoch Fails in Attempt to Alter Family Trust
Former Fox Corporation and News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has lost his bid to alter his family trust.
FCC
FCC Seeks Comment on NAB Request to Delay Implementation of Some EAS Rules
The NAB had asked the FCC to further delay implementation of new EAS rules requiring audio description of maps and other visual elements
Media
Bill To End Public Radio And TV Funding Gets Support In Senate
Foreshadowing what may be one of many fights in the coming year in Washington, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) has introduced a bill that would end taxpayer funding to public radio and television. “The Corporation for Public Broadcasting refuses to give us fair, unbiased content,” says Kennedy, who says his legislation would save taxpayer money by ending what he calls “Big Brother’s propaganda outlet” in a social media post.