Headlines
Format Counts: Religion Has More Than Tripled Its Lead Over Country
Over the past year, the religion format — including stations featuring religious teaching, hymns and other related content — has seen significant growth, adding 71 outlets for a 3.3% gain, while up 1.8% due to 40 new stations in the format since January, based on Inside Radio/PrecisionTrak’s monthly station counts.
Public Media May Have The Blueprint For Local Media's Future
On the latest episode of In the Vicinity, Tim Hanlon sits down with Christy Tanner, President and CEO, New York Public Radio, to talk about why the future belongs to media organizations that think beyond broadcast, embrace partnerships over competition, and build lasting audience relationships through podcasts, events, streaming, video, and community.
Television
Scripps’ Symson: Consolidation Alone Won’t Save Local TV (TVN+ subscription required)
E.W. Scripps President-CEO Adam Symson says financial engineering must be coupled with a reimagined content strategy for true market durability in an exclusive TVNewsCheck interview.
Radio
North Carolina Radio Station Gets Community Lift After Tower Collapse
For WLNC(AM) owners Gary and Terry Gallman, a fallen tower is just another challenge to overcome.
Taming Diversity Delay and Packet Loss in Single-Frequency Networks
It has always been a sore subject for radio engineers, and you know it when you hear it.
Pay TV
Could Declining Cable TV Business Undo Paramount-WBD Merger?
Cable is one of three areas flagged as monopolies in the making by the state attorneys general, who have filed suit to try to block the deal.
Media
It’s been a year since Congress cut off federal funding for public media. How are things going?
Last July, the Republican-led Congress voted to end federal funding for public media, clawing back $1.1 billion in funds that had been previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (The CPB officially shut down this past January.)
FCC
August 2026 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Annual EEO Public File Reports, Political Windows, and more
Although many, including Congress, take the last of their summer vacations in August, there are still many dates to which broadcasters should be paying attention this month.
13 Former FCC Officials Blast Agency for `Threatening’ Free Speech
The comments were made by former chairs, commissioners, and senior staff who served under both Republican and Democratic administrations