Headlines
BIA: 2025 Saw More Station Sales, But Brokers Say Tight Credit Still Hampers Market.
BIA Advisory Services says 629 radio stations traded hands last year, worth a combined $255 million.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Translators Sold In Colorado, Alaska
Michael and Laura Harris’ Shoreline Communications has closed a $925,000 deal to buy classic rock WEKX, Jellico, TN (102.7) and “EZ Country 104.3” WEZJ, Williamsburg, KY from Whitley Broadcasting Co.
Paramount Reaffirms $30 A Share Cash Offer For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount Skydance today reaffirmed its $30 a share all cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, declining to raise its bid.
FCC
Carr Called Back to Congress as FCC Faces New House Oversight
Less than a month after defending his record before the Senate, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is heading back to Capitol Hill.
Radio
Joel Raab On Getting 2026 Off To A Good Start
The new year is a time to reset, rethink, and freshen your radio station — and perhaps your overall approach from the top down — as you set goals for the next 12 months.
Sean Ross: Who Had The Hits In 2025?
While many formats saw only modest shifts in their new-music pipelines in 2025, Triple-A continued to pull away.
Pay TV
Longtime Cable Nets: Will They Get Digital Spins?
Is rebranding and consolidation coming for those linear cable TV networks that remain (or are spun off) from Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery and Comcast (Versant)?
Print Media
Will Pittsburgh become America’s most important city without a newspaper?
One of the country’s oldest newspapers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, says it’s shutting down in May.