Headlines
How Traditional TV Keeps Itself In The Game
Traditional TV is far from dead, thanks to healthy amounts of sports and news viewership.
Jack Abernethy: Local Journalism Needs Scale
Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy used a speech in Washington to argue that local news, streaming and scale remain essential to trusted journalism in an era of AI and fragmented media.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Trading Roundup: 2 Deals, $7,380,000
The purchase of KOKI Tulsa, Okla., by Sinclair Broadcast Group tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Advisory Services.
Deal Digest: Pamal Inks Million-Dollar Deal In New York
Jim Morrell’s Pamal Broadcasting has filed a $1 million deal to buy 10 stations from Ed Levine’s Galaxy Communications.
Radio
Edison: AM/FM Still Tops In-Car Audio for EV Drivers
Automakers keep asking whether electric cars need AM/FM, and the people riding in them have an answer.
Supreme Court to Consider Nielsen’s Antitrust Appeal
The Supreme Court has distributed Nielsen’s petition for its November 13 conference, where the justices will consider whether the case warrants its full review.
Religion’s Station Total Now Ahead Of Country By Nearly 100
The religion format — including stations featuring religious teaching, hymns and other related content — just keeps on growing, according to Inside Radio/PrecisionTrak’s station counts for October 2026.
CTV/OTT
Survey: Political Advertisers Favor Streaming TV For Targeting
A Premion and Advertiser Perceptions survey finds political buyers are turning to streaming TV for efficiency, voter targeting and measurement as campaigns look beyond linear television.
Report: CTV Ad Buyers Face a ‘Dearth of Information’ on Content
A new Wurl report says as lack of programming-specific information is impeding campaign scale and effectiveness