Headlines
Station Execs Bullish on Prospects for 2026 Ad Market, Deregulation
Major groups saw better-than-expected revenue in Q3 from core advertising results that exclude political ads
Mergers & Acquisitions
Warner Bros. Is For Sale, Who's Buying?
The battle for Warner Bros. Discovery is officially underway.
Television
If Brand Reach Is a Numbers Game, TV Is King
TV can still offer the best bang for your brand-building buck when it comes to broad reach. But what’s the point of trying to reach a mass audience at a time when hyper-targeting is all the rage?
Gray Media ‘Won’t Run From the Opportunity to Get Bigger'
Gray Executive Chairman and CEO Hilton Howell played coy during the company’s third quarter earnings call on Friday. “We’re just fine where we are.”
Radio
NRB President Says AM Radio Fight Is ‘Spiritual War’ To Protect Christian Voices.
National Religious Broadcasters President Troy Miller says the push to keep AM radio in all vehicles is about more than ensuring Americans receive emergency alerts — it’s also about safeguarding free speech and ensuring Christian voices remain accessible on the nation’s airwaves.
Out of Home
The Hidden Benefits of OOH Advertising: Why It Still Works in a Digital World
As we approach a new year, it’s time to educate your prospects about the benefits of OOH advertising.
Tech
How local broadcasters can turn AI hype into revenue reality with multimodal AI
TV station groups venturing into AI for discrete tasks like searching and monetizing archives or editing and re-versioning stories for their websites and social feeds now have access to multimodal AI that works through API integration.
FCC
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 3, 2025 to November 7, 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.
Senate Commerce Committee Schedules FCC Oversight Hearing
When it comes to Washington politics, it’s just another oversight hearing for the Federal Communications Commission conducted by the unit of Congress that is responsible for keeping tabs on the agency.
Consumers
DINKs: Dual Income, No Kids — And Ripe for Advertisers.
The number of dual-income, child-free married couples in the U.S. has grown modestly over the past decade, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.