Headlines
Format Counts: Religion Rolls On, Widening Its Lead Over Country
In the five months since the religion format – which includes stations featuring religious teaching, hymns and other related content – became the most programmed in the U.S., based on Inside Radio/PrecisionTrak’s monthly station counts, it has only brought in more stations, while now-second-ranked country continues to lose more.
Station Trading Roundup: 2 Deals, $4,075,000
The purchase of WHPM-LD Hattiesburg, Miss., by Gray Media tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Advisory Services.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cumulus to Sell Two Pennsylvania FMs to Family Life Ministries
Cumulus Media is selling two of its Pennsylvania stations — including a Class B FM signal in the Harrisburg market — to Family Life Ministries.
UK government says it’s likely to challenge $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
The British government said on Tuesday that it is likely to challenge Paramount Skydance's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, potentially complicating the finalization of the $110 billion merger.
Television
TVB Finds Flaws In Nielsen’s Q1 Streaming Numbers For Ad‑Supported TV
The group says the figures are “missing key context that would help advertisers, brands, the public and the media accurately understand today’s viewing landscape.”
Cascade PBS Spins Off Local Public App To Help Stations Build Local Streaming Services
Cascade PBS, a Seattle-based community-supported, locally-owned public media organization, has launched Local Public, a wholly owned public benefit subsidiary that will provide locally branded streaming app solutions to public media stations across the United States.
Radio
Gray Completes Private Note Offering, Stock Buyback
Gray Media has closed on a private placement of $70 million of aggregate principal amount of its 7.250% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2033.
Pay TV
Dish Network parent files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Dish Wireless to formally shut down
Dish DBS Corporation and several of its subsidiary businesses have formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, confirming a report that first surfaced on Monday.
FCC
July 2026 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Comment Deadlines, NCE FM Translator Filing Window Applications and Filing Freezes, Political Windows, and more
July brings quarterly requirements including, most importantly, the obligation to upload Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists to a station’s online public file.