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Exploring the Future of Local Radio Advertising: Upcoming Marketron and BIA Webinar
The advertising landscape is changing rapidly, particularly regarding local ad expenditures. Local radio, Connected TV (CTV), and Over-the-Top (OTT) platforms are leading this transformation. With significant shifts in local media spending, it’s essential for industry professionals to stay informed and ready for what’s next.
Are Broadcasters Selling CTV The Right Way?
TV should stop treating connected TV like a digital silo and start considering it as part of the broader TV ecosystem.
FCC
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 18, 2025 to August 22, 2025
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
Broad Coalition of Broadcasters Urge FCC to Eliminate National TV Ownership Cap
The joint filing by the NAB and other broadcasters “reflects an extraordinary level of consensus across America’s broadcasters,” that the rules must change, NAB’s LeGeyt said
Newsmax CEO Blasts Efforts to End Ownership Caps
Newsmax founder and CEO Christopher Ruddy has come out against reducing broadcast ownership caps in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission that says the agency has no authority to change the rules and that “allowing more consolidation in local broadcasting would not only fail to curtail anticompetitive practices of Big Tech platforms, but actually would harm local broadcasting TV the same way it did radio broadcasting.”
Radio
BMI and ASCAP Enter into Agreements with Commercial Radio Industry – Music Royalty Rates Going Up Retroactive to 2022
This week it was announced that the Radio Music License Committee, the organization that represents the commercial radio industry in its negotiations with performing rights organizations over the public performance rights in musical works (the musical compositions – the words and music to any song), had entered into settlement agreements with both ASCAP and BMI to settle rate court litigation over the amount of royalties to be paid by the industry for the period from 2022 through 2029.
Report: Gen Z Turns to Connected TVs for AM/FM
Just how much have device preferences shifted in five years when it comes to streaming AM/FM radio? According to 2025 Share of Ear data from Edison Research, smart speakers remain the most popular digital gateway to radio as device ownership hits saturation.
Hubbard Bridges Radio, Podcasts With Cross-Promotion Push.
Many radio stations were promoting podcasts, but podcasts weren’t returning the favor and promoting radio brands to their listeners. The result is a trademarked campaign built around the “That’s What We Call Radio” positioning that promotes the benefits of radio, on podcasts.
Tech
Local newsrooms are building AI chatbots fast and cheap
Over the past year, major newsrooms across the country have rolled out generative AI chatbots.