Radio & Television Business Report

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the FCC have announced that they will be teaming up to conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. Word of the test, scheduled for mid-November, came via a Public Notice from the Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

A news helicopter covering a deadly collision between a sports utility vehicle and a Los Angeles Metro Bus crashed in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley early Tuesday evening, resulting in the death of an aerial reporter covering the scene for the NBCUniversal Local television stations serving Southern California and two others.

Two of the nation's largest television ownership groups — each of whom have invested significantly in the ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast standard — have come together for a joint consumer education campaign designed to increase awareness and understanding of NEXTGEN TV. 

Acting FCC Media Bureau Chief Alex Sanjenis has moved ahead with "procedures and other requirements" governing an application for review filed by four Democrats pertaining to the Commission's "lowest unit charge" political advertising rules.

An industry being reshaped by AI, streaming, and shifting consumer attention gets to listen to a voice who has spent three decades inside that disruption. That's why the Radio + Television Business Report is proud to be welcoming best-selling author Larry Bailin to Forecast 2027 on November 12 in New York.

Following a brief and sudden illness, Pritchard Broadcasting Corp. sole shareholder and director John T. Pritchard on August 19 passed away. A Form 316 filing has now been made with the FCC that effectively places the licenses for the company's radio stations in the hands of the executor and administrator of his estate.

A Class B AM radio station serving Spanish-language audiences between Ann Arbor and Detroit could face a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture from the FCC for a series of Emergency Alert System (EAS) violations — including monitoring the wrong Local Primary Stations as designated by the Commission.

Two of radio’s most recognizable voices are stepping behind the podium for Radio Ink and RBR+TVBR‘s Forecast 2027. One is a Radio Hall of Fame host and four-time Gracie Award recipient. The other has spent nearly 20 years in Boston sports radio.

For the second time this year, a federal appeals court has paused a court order requiring Nielsen to sell its Nationwide ratings product to Cumulus Media on terms and at a price set by a judge, now backed by a $50,000-a-day fine for noncompliance.

Broadcasters, the NAB, state associations, and millions of listeners nationwide notched a major milestone in the years-long fight to protect AM radio access as the House of Representatives passed the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act" on Tuesday evening. The bipartisan bill now heads to the Senate.

In November 2024, the nation's foremost purveyor of noncommercial Christian-themed music networks agreed to purchase a 3kw Class A FM where California highways 14 and 58 bisect. The station, once a simulcast partner of KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, is now a K-LOVE Inc. property, with closing finally arriving after nearly two years.

A new fiber camera adapter was officially brought to market at the IBC2026 conference and expo, which concluded Monday and saw a largely Euro-centric crowd across four days at the Amsterdam RAI. For MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, introducing its SilverBack-IP was the company's headline act.

A Michigan federal district court judge has granted a request submitted in July by a former WJBK-TV in Detroit news anchor that nullifies a noncompete agreement she had with the FOX Television Stations-owned station. The judgment allows Taryn Asher to appear on another TV station as her gender discrimination and retaliation case against her former employer continues.

It's a move that provides advertisers with a more complete view of how audiences move across streaming and other channels. And, it sees a data integration agreement come to fruition for Roku and Horizon Media.

Newly research research from Premion and Advertiser Perceptions demonstrates that as sports viewing shifts across screens, advertisers are increasingly following those fans to streaming TV. The result? "Big Tech" is pocketing from marketers and consumers alike as it delivers big ticket play-by-play on a near-exclusive basis.

Some 73% of respondents in a newly released Pew-Knight Initiative study said press freedom is extremely or very important to the well-being of society. However, when asked to prioritize press freedom or accuracy, 53% said preventing inaccurate reporting is more important — even if it limits press freedom.