Headlines
Programmatic Audio Expands Advertiser Reach
While connected TV, retail media, digital video, and social platforms continue to dominate advertising budgets and industry headlines, audio remains one of the largest sources of consumer attention in the media ecosystem.
NAB Seeks FCC To Help Radio Fight ‘Fierce and Formidable’ Big Tech
The NAB has entered the FCC’s ongoing competition proceeding with a data-heavy argument for structural reform and a warning that “the competitive viability of many local broadcast stations is now in peril” in a marketplace now ruled by unregulated Big Tech.
Television
FCC asks the public whether 'The View' is news, an unusual route to an unusual question
The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau on May 22 opened a public comment period on a petition from Disney-owned ABC seeking a declaratory ruling that the daytime program “The View” qualifies as a bona fide news interview program.
CBS, Colbert, And The Collapse Of Broadcast TV
What happens when some of broadcast media’s biggest institutions start disappearing all at once?
Radio
Ex-CBS Radio News Stations Go With ABC
It was an expected move at the nation’s top-billing radio station and one of North America’s most-consumed commercially licensed all-News outlets: Hubbard’s WTOP Radio in Washington, D.C., shifted its top-of-the-hour newscasts to ABC News Radio ahead of the pending demise last week of CBS News Radio.
FCC
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 18, 2026 to May 22, 2026
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.
FCC Media Bureau Public Notice on Processing Applications When “Remedial” Foreign Ownership Petition Is Pending – What Is It All About?
Several recent broadcast trade press articles summarized a Public Notice released this past week by the FCC’s Media Bureau.
Verticals
Wieser Words On Political Dollars: Slow Sailing For Radio/TV (RBR subscription required)
With many broadcast media C-Suites telling investors in their first quarter 2026 earnings calls that political advertising in the back half of the year will help offset first-half challenges, one may wonder just how fruitful election-oriented dollar generation will compare to prior midterm election seasons.