Headlines
May 2026 Broadcast Media Transactions Report
While television transaction activity remained quiet in May, the radio market saw several notable deals, including the year’s largest radio transaction to date. Below is a summary of the month’s activity and year-to-date trends across television and radio.
Local TV Keeps Asking For Scale. It May Need Something Else Entirely.
If there is one strategic assumption that has dominated local television's thinking over the past decade, it is the belief that scale remains the industry's most important competitive weapon.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Little Dog Media Group Buys Again In West Palm Beach.
Three Rivers Media has filed a $460,000 deal to buy three stations from Chuck Marsh’s Alamance Media Partners.
Television
Hearst Television Brings Ad Addressability to Local Broadcast TV
In a notable advance in the way local broadcast TV stations can monetize their content, Viamedia.ai has announced that it is working with Hearst Television to enable true household-level addressability for broadcast television.
TV Affiliates Slam Networks Over Refusal To Yield vMVPD Retrans
When it comes to the “State of Competition in the Communications Marketplace,” the role of the “Big Four” television network has become murkier than ever in the streaming era.
NAB Updates FCC on ATSC 3.0 Alerting Advances
The National Association of Broadcasters has updated the Federal Communications Commission on some of the notable advances that have been made by the NextGen TV News Technology Lab program, an initiative to develop and test innovative applications of ATSC 3.0 technology for journalism, public safety, accessibility and community service that just celebrated its first birthday.
Radio
Religious Broadcasters Say Digital Platforms Increasingly Control Path To Listeners
The National Religious Broadcasters is adding another dimension to the government’s biennial analysis of how broadcasters compete in a digital-first media marketplace.
FCC
Dems Take FCC's Expanded Political Ad Discount Rules to Court
Four Democrats took the FCC’s Media Bureau to federal court this week, arguing a March guidance document unlawfully extended discounted political advertising rates beyond what Congress authorized, potentially affecting how broadcast stations price political inventory.