Headlines
$10 Billion In Local Advertising To Be Spent On Radio In 2025.
Local advertising will rise roughly 5.5% on a year-over-year basis to about $171 billion in 2025, excluding political, with $10 billion of that amount spent on over-the-air radio.
Carr Queries NPR, PBS Over Underwriting Overreach Concerns
With dollars from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in question thanks to Republicans in the White House and on Capitol Hill intent on neutering PBS and NPR, entities that many conservatives feel have become partisan with their news in favor of liberal perspectives, underwriting support and donations are the one-two punch many noncommercial entities need to keep the lights on.
BIA
Marketron and BIA Deliver a 2025 Radio Revenue Update
Between recent talk of FM geotargeting, OTT, and digital opportunity, BIA Advisory Services Vice President of Forecasting Nicole Ovadia and Marketron SVP Todd Kalman sat down to discuss the 2025 Radio Revenue Outlook one month into the new year.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Sales Week Of 1/31
Will Nunley’s Nunley Media West Tennessee will purchase AC “Sunny 106.5” WLVS-FM Clifton TN from Gold Coast Broadcasting Company for $200,000 plus $86,829.74 in past-due LMA fees.
Television
How News Outlets Covered the Washington, D.C. Plane Crash
News outlets went into breaking news mode on Wednesday night when an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River while approaching Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
Media
As FCC Chairman Announces an Investigation into Alleged PBS and NPR Advertising, a Look at the Underwriting Requirements for All Noncommercial Broadcast Stations
Yesterday, the new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sent a letter to NPR and PBS announcing that he has asked the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau to launch an investigation into their advertising practices – suggesting without specifics that these entities had gone beyond the permitted underwriting announcements by airing prohibited advertisements for commercial products and services (Commissioner Starks and Gomez issued statements questioning the basis for this investigation).
Washington State Court of Appeals Upholds $24.6 Million Penalty Against Meta for Not Meeting State Political Advertising Disclosure Requirements – A Warning to All Media Companies to Assess and Comply with State Political Disclosure Rules
Washington DC is not the only place where there are regulatory or political decisions made that affect broadcasters and advertising for candidates or political issues.
2025 Update on Super Bowl Advertising and Promotions
Mitchell Stabbe, our resident trademark law specialist, today takes his annual look at the legal issues in Super Bowl advertising and promotions