Radio & Television Business Report

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge Loren AliKhan on Tuesday heard from attorneys representing both ABC and the FCC, as litigation continued as to whether civil rights violations are at the heart of the Commission's early license renewal proceeding for the eight ABC Owned Stations.

From the Great Recession to the AI boom, one reporter has been covering the stories that move markets. ABC News Chief Business, Technology, and Economics Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis joins Forecast 2027 to share her reporting on the economy.

A group comprised of 10 state and regional cable TV service associations has told the Commission that it will be moving forward with a Petition for Stay and injunction, pending judicial review, of its formal repeal of a Congressionally mandated national television ownership reach limit.

Paramount Skydance Corporation Chairman/CEO David Ellison and Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz on Monday unveiled the "CEO Leadership Team" expected to lead the combined company that some journalists dubbed "ParaBros" but, alas, will be named Skydance.

With no commentary or publicly released explanation, the Supreme Court of the United States on Monday denied the request of Nexstar Media Group to review a Second Circuit ruling that reversed an antitrust win — one that is wholly tied to the thorny issue of retransmission consent negotiations.

He's served as Director of Sales for publicly traded Saga Communications' Charleston Media Solutions for the past five years. Now, he's being elevated to General Manager for the group of radio stations in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

Forever Media, which has engaged in the sale of radio stations in Delaware, Ohio and the Keystone State in recent times, has agreed to part ways with two more properties. Both stations have FM signals serving the "Mon Valley" region due south of Pittsburgh. Who's the buyer in this deal brokered by Michael J. Bergner?

There were fewer commercially licensed radio stations — significantly less, it turns out — at the end of the third quarter of 2026. It continues a trend seen in the previous two quarters, the latest Broadcast Station Totals report from the FCC shows.

The National Association of Broadcasters has unveiled the new look of its Radio Board and its associated executive committee, selecting a key Townsquare Media C-Suite leader as the first vice chair of the executive committee for the board overseeing member AM and FM station licensees.

The nation's foremost advocacy group representing U.S. Hispanic market advertising, marketing and PR professionals has submitted formal comments to the FCC sharing its concerns about what the future of the 100% minority-owned debtor-in-possession could mean to the nation's Latino populace.

Michael Bergner of Bergner & Co. was the exclusive broker on the transaction, first announced on July 9, which sees a 44kw Class B FM serving much of the San Francisco DMA ending up in the hands of America's largest purveyor of Christian Contemporary Music. The station's seller used the legal services of Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP.

There will be a second season of a one-on-one interview series airing on the digitally distributed Scripps News offering hosted by a journalist whose past experience includes high-profile roles at CNN and, before that, FOX News.

TEGNA's KARE-11 in Minneapolis will simulcast some 15 Minnesota Timberwolves games in a previously announced deal with DAZN. Now, adjacent DMAs that the NBA team includes in its territory have just secured free-to-air homes for the select games. It's thanks to a third-party deal with Gray Media.

Global ad spend is forecast to rise 11.9% to $1.34 trillion in 2026, according to WARC Media’s Global Ad Spend Forecast Q3 2026. That follows 10.0% growth in both 2024 and 2025. WARC cites corporate AI investment and major events including the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, and the US mid-term elections as drivers. It names further escalation of global tensions as a downside risk.

Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has officially closed. Now, there’s much focus on what the newly combined media giant known as Skydance means for Hollywood and streaming. But, there’s another side of the deal worth watching, says AdCellerant CEO Brock Berry.

Global media agency Carat, Comcast streaming advertising unit FreeWheel, Comcast's NBCUniversal unit, and marketer-focused Newton Research have united to bring to market a programmatic agentic media product they believe is "built to optimize upfront investment" — allowing clients to balance brand analytics and automated reporting across NBCUniversal platforms.