Mavericks Team Up With TEGNA For OTA Coverage
Add the company that owns WFAA-8 in Dallas-Fort Worth to the list of broadcast television station ownership groups that will be airing professional sports play-by-play across the final weeks of the 2023-2024 National Basketball Association regular season.
New Details Emerge In Susan Patrick Tax Fraud Case
It is now known when the former media broker will need to report to serve her prison term, and where she will be.
The InFOCUS Podcast Encore: Jason Hall
Jason Hall, who in October 2023 was promoted to VP of Spanish Media Sales for the GrayTV Telemundo Station Group, shares his insights on how educating and attracting sales leaders to best take advantage of the Hispanic consumer opportunity can bring big profits to your station.
It’s Official: WBD Sales Pro Lanzano Lands At Nexstar
One month ago, he took to LinkedIn to share the happy news that he's starting a new position in media advertising sales for a major broadcast media company. Now, it's official: Dan Lanzano is out at Warner Bros. Discovery and has joined the No. 1 broadcast TV station owner in the U.S.
Voting Ends Now For Broadcast Television’s Best Leaders
RBR+TVBR has counted the nominations from industry professionals who have cast their nominations for this year's top broadcast TV station leaders in the U.S. Haven't submitted your ballot yet? Do it now before it is too late.
FOX News Media Reboots Its Ad Sales Team
A new advertising sales leadership roster is in place at FOX News Media, with an individual rising from SVP to EVP of Ad Sales and another individual rising to SVP/National Sales.
Savannah Smiles For James’ New OM Role
DBC Radio's stations serving the Coastal Empire of Georgia has handed the role of Operations Manager for its stations to the man who serves as the afternoon host and Program Director for its Country station in the two markets.
‘More Efficient, Agile and Flexible’: A Sirius XM Pledge Cuts Jobs
The company's CEO, Jennifer Witz, has disclosed in an internal memo that roughly 160 jobs will be eliminated at the home of Howard Stern and curated music channels from artists including John Mayer and Kelly Clarkson.
With No Impairment Charge, Net Income Arrives In Q4 For Beasley
Beasley Media Group early Monday released its fourth quarter 2023 financial earnings report. While the company's net revenue and adjusted EBITDA were down year-over-year, Beasley achieved net revenue in the final three months of last year.
For Whom The Bell Tolls? Thousands To Lose Jobs, With Station Sales Too
Bell Media's parent, which partners with iHeartMedia in Canada, is undertaking the "largest workforce restructuring initiative in 30 years." Some 4,800 positions will be cut, driving in-year cost savings of $150 million CDN-$200 million CDN. To do this, CTV network newscasts will get cut. Radio stations will be sold.
Audacy’s Top 30 Unsecured Creditors Include iHeart
Among the many documents added to the docket report in Audacy Inc. federal bankruptcy case being heard in a Houston court is a 17-page "Master Service List" outlining the top 30 unsecured creditors of the audio content creation and distribution company led by CEO David Field.
A New Effort To Squelch ‘Sputnik’ In D.C.
"My client is fighting the Russian empire on the home front." That's how attorney Arthur Belendiuk sums up an effort by the Ukranian Congress Committee of America to convince the FCC that a radio station owned by Arthur Liu is in violation of commission rules for broadcasting "paid Russian state propaganda."
Neuhoff Family To Exit Radio Station Ownership
In a transaction that sees Kalil & Co. as the broker, the Neuhoff Family has agreed to sell its radio stations in both Danville and Decatur, Ill. The proposed sale, the Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership says, is part of "an overall strategic decision" to exit the broadcast industry after nearly 70 years.
Sinclair Celebrates 75th Anniversary Of A Rhode Island Pioneer
It was once owned by NBC, and later by Media General before becoming a Sinclair Broadcast Group station in December 2014. Now, Sinclair Inc. is commemorating the upcoming 75th anniversary of the TV station's debut, making it Rhode Island's first television station.
Berge Appointed to NAB Radio Board
The woman who serves as Market President for iHeartMedia in Eau Claire, Wisc., and Rochester, Minn., has been appointed to the NAB Radio Board of Directors.