Headlines
It's Reach, Not Ratings, That Will Determine TV Advertising's Future
Brian Wieser is worried about TV advertising’s future.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Sales Week Of 3/31: Resurrected Honolulu AMs Donated
After surrendering the licenses of 650 KPRP Honolulu and 940 KKNE Waipahu HI in December, SummitMedia requested the licenses be reactivated and now we know why as the company is donating both to Saul Levine’s Advanced Public Radio.
Long Island, Illinois AM-Translator Combos Sold
COMMERCIAL ASSETS, INC. is selling AC WLIM-A (THE BREEZE)/MEDFORD, NY and W227CL/PORT JEFFERSON, NY to JVC MEDIA, LLC for $500,000.
Television
NAB Sides With Soo Kim, TEGNA In FCC Fight
The nation’s biggest advocate for broadcast media companies on Capitol Hill has responded to the decision by Standard General, TEGNA and Cox Media Group to sue the FCC.
Unions Oppose Expedited Court Review of FCC’s Standard General-Tegna Decision
Opponents of the Standard General-Tegna (SG-Tegna) merger say the companies’ application for “emergency” expedited court review of the Federal Communications Commission’s designation of the deal to a hearing before an administrative law judge should be rejected.
FCC
FCC Warns Portland Church To Shut Down Pirate FM Operating Under Its Steeple
They may be finding God at the Eastside Free Methodist Church in Portland, OR but it is also where field agents from the Federal Communications Commission are facing a bedeviling problem: pirate radio.
Local
This GM Got Huge Client Retention With Short Stopsets
In our continued series on stations that have chosen shorter stopsets and why, we talk with Jeff Ziesmann. Jeff is GM and CEO at Classic Country 106.7 (WNKR) and 105.9 The Oasis (WNKN), which operate in the Dayton and Cincinnati markets.
CTV/OTT
Talking TV: Ambient TV Comes To FAST
Blake Sabatinelli, CEO of Atmosphere TV, explains how to make good TV deliberately for background consumption, and how his company has turned its network of FAST channels into a lucrative business at bars, restaurants and other venues.