Headlines
Radio Deal Market Poised For Opportunistic Buying In 2026.
More than twice as many radio stations were sold last month as were traded in January 2025. BIA Advisory Services reports three dozen radio station sales were filed last month, worth a combined $15.7 million.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Nexstar, Sinclair spend millions lobbying to rewrite TV station ownership rules
Broadcast giants are pouring millions into lobbying as they push federal regulators to loosen limits on how much of the national TV market one company can control, a change that could reshape local television across the country.
Station Sales Week Of 2/20
Steve Laukhuf is purchasing the other 50% of Cowboy Radio Network and its Country 98.5 KRXT Rockdale TX he does not own from Jim Schwertner for $262,844.09.
Television
NAB Says NextGen TV Rollout Threatened by `Uncertainty’, `Half-Measures’
The current `voluntary framework has reached the limits of what it can accomplish’ the NAB told the FCC
Super Bowl Ratings Error: Revised Nielsen Data Shows 125.6 Million Viewers
Nielsen has released revised Super Bowl LX viewership data, with the total rising to 125.6 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, NBC Sports Digital and NFL+ on Sunday, February 8, according to Big Data + Panel measurement.
Radio
Public Radio Stabilized By Emergency Grants As Post-CPB Era Begins.
Public media leaders are acknowledging how close the system came to widespread station shutdowns following Congress’ elimination of funding for public radio and television.
CTV/OTT
From Local To National: Scaling The Blueprint For Accountable CTV
Leif Welch: The most advanced experimentation in performance television isn’t always occurring at a national scale, but in local markets.
How the Olympics are reshaping what connected TV can do
As global sports events stack up across the calendar, media companies are navigating a year defined by extended audience attention and peak viewing moments.
Digital
Not In Our Back Yard: Publishers Block Wayback Machine
At least three major news organizations are blocking access to their content by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, a seemingly benign tool that helps people access content in the archive. They are The New York Times, The Guardian and Reddit.
FCC
FCC’s Carr Announces Pledge America Campaign
The chairman urges broadcasters to air patriotic, pro-America programming in support of America’s 250th birthday.