Headlines
FCC Chair Brendan Carr Supports AM Radio Mandate, Calls It ‘Vital’ Technology.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr has lent his backing to efforts to require carmakers to keep AM radio in their dashboards.
Survey: TV Remains Dominant Driver of Americans’ Daily News Conversations
Don’t put that nail in the coffin of broadcast television quite yet.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: How Much Green For Red Apple’s New York Deal?
John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Media has filed a $600,000 deal to buy WRCR, Ramapo, NY (1700) from Alexander Medakovich’s Alexander Broadcasting.
Television
Local TV Isn’t Ready For A Retail Future — But It Has No Choice
For decades, local broadcast television stations in the U.S. have thrived on the attractive economics of a largely "wholesale" media model: Produce local news, carry network and/or syndicated shows, transmit them over the air, and get paid by advertisers seeking their audiences and by cable providers (via retransmission fees) seeking their viewers. It’s a dual revenue model that’s worked beautifully — until now.
Radio
Study: 91% of Drivers Rely on Local Radio for Breaking News
As dashboards become increasingly digital, a new wave of research from Audacy’s Connected Car Study underscores the importance of the legislative efforts to keep radio in vehicles, showing just how central radio still is for real-time, trusted information.
Media
Prog IO: Tariffs Continue To Impact Advertisers Across All Industries
It’s not a news flash that advertisers aren’t happy about the effects of tariffs. And they only expect things to get worse.
Tariffs as a marketing strategy? Here's how companies are framing the import tax
Tariffs have stolen the show when it comes to anything politics and economy, but you've probably also seen it in advertising.
FCC
FCC’s Gomez: Court Ruling Means Agency Has ‘No Right’ to Crack Down on DEI
Citing a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Democratic Federal Communications Commission member Anna Gomez is arguing that the regulator has “no right” to pressure companies to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.
FCC Trims Staff and Spending, As Carr Focuses On Core Mission
Across the federal government, there has been a downsizing of the workforce since the start of the Trump administration. That has also included the Federal Communications Commission, where 78 full-time employees have exited since the fiscal year began last October.