Headlines
BIA: Station Sales Picked Up In February
After a sluggish start to the year, the radio deal market returned to its slow-but-steady pace into 2025, with BIA Advisory Services reporting 50 radio stations were sold last month for a combined value of $5.3 million. That was an improvement from January when just paperwork for the sale of 15 stations worth a combined $3 million were filed with the Federal Communications Commission.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Sales Week Of 3/21
Marco Mazzoli’s Anco Media Group is increasing his stake in Zoo Communications Dance trio “Revolution 93.5” WBGF Belle Glade, WZFL Islamorada and W228BY Miami from 40% to 90%.
Television
Gray Inks Deal to Air at Least 10 Cincinnati Reds Games
WXIX (Fox19) and Rock Entertainment Sports Network in Cincinnati will simulcast the package of FanDuel Sports Network games
Radio
Infinite Dial: In-Car Radio Listening Is Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels.
For plenty of drivers, it is getting easier to plug and play digital audio. Yet the latest Infinite Dial study from Edison Research shows the endurance of AM/FM radio.
The Incredible Shrinking Radio Business
The title of today’s post sounds like a retro horror film. And that’s no accident. Because many of you who read this blog might feel like it’s not fiction – you’re living it.
Digital
Bob Iger Says Disney is Using AI, Though Only to Enhance Creativity
Disney CEO Bob Iger says generative artificial intelligence is an enormously powerful technology that the company is beginning to utilize, but he warned that it is also proceeding with caution to protect its trove of characters and stories, as well as its creatives and customers.
FCC
What’s Up With the FCC’s 'Delete, Delete, Delete' Initiative?
Under Chairman Carr’s leadership, the FCC recently released a Public Notice entitled “IN RE: DELETE, DELETE, DELETE,” which is “seeking public input on identifying FCC Rules for the purpose of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.”
AM Radio and TikTok Pop Up In Circuit Court Fight Over FCC Caps
While the NAB and several broadcast groups challenged the FCC’s 2018 Quadrennial Review in the Eighth Circuit Court with oral arguments against current ownership caps, an unexpected topic made an appearance: the fight to save AM radio.
Media
NAB Makes the Case: Ownership Regulations are from a Bygone Era
Yesterday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in broadcasters’ legal challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2018 quadrennial review.