Headlines
Dump Old FCC Rules On Negotiating With Streamers, Or Watch Local News Suffer
The newly formed Coalition for Local News wants to convince the FCC that broadcasters must negotiate directly with vMVPDs to ensure their long-term fiscal viability. They’re smartly drawing a direct line between local TV news and democracy’s health to make their case.
Strike TV Program Forecast: Cloudy With A Chance of Unscripted TV
If the writers' and actors' strikes last well into the new TV season, starting in September, many broadcast networks' schedules will be affected -- but perhaps only to a smaller degree in terms of historical estimates of time spent among scripted TV series.
Mergers & Acquisitions
FTC And DOJ Consider New Rules That Would Bring More Scrutiny To Merger Reviews.
Radio company mergers are not as commonplace as they once were, but if there is a new wave of consolidation broadcasters could face additional scrutiny under new merger guidelines proposed by the Biden administration.
Sold: Several Arkansas Stations, Kentucky FM, Jacksonville FM Translator
MONTE SPEARMAN's SPEARMAN LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC is selling SPEARMAN LAND AND DEVELOPMENT, licensee of Country KFFA-A and AC KFFA-F (THE MIX 103.1)/HELENA, AR, to JAY BRENTLINGER's BROADCAST INDUSTRY GROUP, LLC. for $500,000.
FCC
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 17 to July 21, 2023
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 Report 7/23: Nine Miami Building Owners Receive Pirate Warnings
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued warnings to nine property owners and managers in the Miami area for allowing illegal broadcasting from their properties.
Radio
How A.I. Could Kill the Concert Calendar
Once upon a time, parents and students turned to radio stations the morning after a big storm to see if their local schools would be closed for a snow day or not. Back then, schools did not have the ability to reach all of their students on short notice, so they relied on radio to get the word out.
Greenberg: Forging Local Connections With Radio Can Give Brands a Boost
The concept of thinking globally and acting locally is hardly new, but it remains an idea that’s relevant — and a tailor-made option for radio and marketers everywhere seeking to drive brand growth in local markets.
What Keeps Me Up At Night
Radio needs to present a better listening experience. Our content needs to be more attractive to garner the interest of the occasional listener to bring them back to radio. Radio needs to address the elephant in the room …
Media
Artificial Intelligence in Political Ads – Legal Issues in Synthetic Media and Deepfakes in Campaign Advertising – Concerns for Broadcasters and Other Media Companies
Stories about “deepfakes,” “synthetic media,” and other forms of artificial intelligence being used in political campaigns, including in advertising messages, have abounded in recent weeks.