Headlines
Exclusive: AM Radio Leaders In Revenue, Audience, And Format
The fight to save AM radio in vehicles took a huge step forward with the Senate Commerce Committee advancing the proposed AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act just before members of Congress left Washington for their August recess. Should it become law, automakers would be legally required to continue to offer AM radio receivers in future vehicles.
Talking TV: The Networks Strike Back On vMVPD Issue With Coalition Of Their Own
Bryce Harlow, a lobbyist and spokesperson for the brand-new Preserve Viewer Choice Coalition, explains why the broadcast networks and vMVPDs he’s representing want to leave retransmission negotiation rules just as they are.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Sales Week of 8/4
Relevant Radio will purchase two “Redeemer Radio” Catholic stations in Indiana for $1,262,000.
Television
TV 'Ad Intolerant' Viewers Still In The Minority, Study Finds
As advertising-supported streaming platforms continue to see steady growth, so-called “ad intolerant” television viewers are still in the minority.
Radio
The Ups And Downs Of Public Radio
It's one thing to be trending down, never a fun circumstance no matter what end of the media business you're in.
On the other hand, there's the pure exhilaration of being on a roll where your station, company or platform are seeing up arrows everywhere.
A Silent Wyoming FM Finds A New Owner
It is licensed for 85,000 watts and has a broadcast tower on Warren Peak, overlooking the famed town of Sundance, Wyo., known for its proximity to Devils Tower. At present, this FM radio station is dark.
Pay TV
As Cable TV is Losing Millions of Subscribers, YouTube TV Is Now The 5th Largest TV Provider & Could Soon Be The 4th Largest
Cable TV is continuing to see its subscriber numbers drop as cord cutting is having a strong 2023. As cable TV companies continue to lose subscribers, YouTube TV has continued to add new subscribers.
Digital
NAB And CAB Blast Meta For Blocking News
Among other remarks, the organizations' joint statement said: "Meta – a nearly trillion-dollar company – repeatedly chooses to restrict news content for its users to avoid compensating news producers for the value it gains on their vital journalism. These retaliatory tactics demonstrate Meta’s monopolistic dominance over the advertising marketplace and its ability to dictate how radio and TV broadcasters, newspapers and others can reach audiences online."
How Will Artificial Intelligence Change Journalism?
The industry’s scattered early responses to AI do, however, seem to contain some assumptions, and from those assumptions we can extrapolate some possible futures — if not the likely ones, then at least ones that people in charge of the news business are most excited about or of which they are most afraid. The news media’s flailing early responses to AI are, in their own ways, predictions. There are, so far, a few dominant schools of thought about this.
FCC
FEMA And FCC Confirm October National EAS Test, Three Filings Required From Stations
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission are in alignment and the next test of the Emergency Alert System will be conducted on Oct. 4 at 2:18pm ET with a backup date of Oct.11 if there is widespread severe weather like a hurricane or other significant events. There will also be a test of its sister Wireless Alert System.
