Headlines
Fewer Ad Dollars Expected As Weak TV Upfront Nears End
To collect ad dollars this year, the nation’s big TV networks did something they rarely do. They held a fire sale.
With Debate Over AM’s In-Car Role, FEMA Shores Up Broadcast Delivery Of EAS
As the radio industry presses automakers to keep AM receivers in dashboards as a way for emergency alerts to reach Americans, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking steps to help ensure the alerts make it to the 77 designated broadcast radio stations that send the information to stations nationwide.
Television
All The Sports No Longer Fit For Print? How About TV?
In a move signaling the dramatic shifts taking place in the sports media business, The New York Times' is no longer a sports newspaper of record, deciding instead to outsource its entire sports department and reassigning 35 journalist and supporting editorial staff.
Hollywood Actors Agree To Mediation, But Strike May Be Unavoidable
Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have agreed to allow a last-minute intervention from federal mediators but say they doubt a deal will be reached by a negotiation deadline late Wednesday.
Radio
EMF Deploys Maxxcasting To Improve K-Love’s Reach In Little Rock
KWLR-FM Bigelow, AR (96.9) becomes the fourth Educational Media Foundation station to use the Maxxcasting system of signal booster sites to improve its coverage area and widen its listener base.
Got Live If You Can Afford It!
How many expenditures consumers have made since COVID have become totally unrelated to the state of the economy and inflation? After being cooped for an extended period of time and feeling much angst, many of us feel like we deserve to enjoy ourselves.
WGHN Inc. Agrees To $100,000 Settlement With City Over Tower Contract
Will Tieman’s WGHN Inc. has agreed to a $100,000 settlement with the city of Grand Haven MI over a dispute that led to AC 92.1 WGHN-FM Grand Haven and 93.1 WMPA Ferrysburg MI being evicted from its tower site last November.
Competitors
Audacy To Open Discussions On Debt Restructuring
Audacy Corp. has confirmed that it has initiated discussions with its lenders to refinance its debt and “optimize” the company’s balance sheet — something the company says it “previously stated we intended to do.”
Verticals
Kentucky Sports Betting Regulations Advance Toward September Launch
Kentucky regulators took a big step forward Monday toward meeting their September goal for a sports betting launch.
Automotive National TV Spending Dips 18% In June
Automotive national TV spending declined 18.1% in June despite big sports buys, per iSpot.tv.
