Beasley Shares Hit a Fresh 10-Year Low
As broadcast TV companies such as Nexstar Media Group have seen their stock values fully recover from the COVID-19 influenced swoon of six months ago, the radio industry has failed to experience the same recovery. For Beasley Media Group, Tuesday's closing price for its stock is far worse than its March 23 dip -- and a low not seen since early 2009.
First-Wave ATSC 3.0 Entrepreneurs: Big Interest in Innovation
Silicon Dust was already making networked TV tuners and DVR devices when ATSC 3.0 pivoted Nick Kelsey’s attention. Intrigued, he turned to Kickstarter last April to raise $50,000 for a 3.0-capable device. The response? It was incredible, he says in this report from Cora Leighter.
With Conviction Appeal Nixed, Former Alabama Politician Spins Stations
By 2016, Mike Hubbard had built a sports radio and television network and enjoyed a successful political career as the first Republican Speaker of the House in Alabama in 136 years.
Today, he's embarking on a four-year jail sentence for ethics violations tied to his non-broadcast career. As such, he's spinning his radio assets in a deal that's bound to get a lot of attention.
Thune’s Simington Anxiety: O’Rielly Successor Vote Unlikely
With all eyes on a controversial and expected White House nomination of the Supreme Court successor to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg likely reaching the Senate this week, a key Republican Senate leader has expressed doubts that moving forward with a vote on Mike O'Rielly's FCC replacement is in the cards.
Meredith Shares Slip On News of Local Media Layoffs
On Thursday, WWD took a pause from its N.Y. Fashion Week coverage to share that Meredith Corp., the parent of such venerable women's lifestyle brands as PEOPLE, would be shedding 180 jobs. But, it turns out the Local Media arm of the Des Moines-based company is bearing the brunt of the layoffs.
RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast: Joe D’Angelo, Xperi
There’s been a silver lining for HD Radio across the COVID-19 pandemic: technology to disseminate important tips and virus protection techniques and additional content through digital multicasts. What that entailed is just one small part of a wide-ranging conversation with Xperi's Joe D’Angelo, the man leading HD Radio. LISTEN HERE
‘Progress, Profit, People’: MFM Two-Day Virtual Event’s Focus
The event, spread across two consecutive days in late October, is poised to provide online attendees a look at issues that will affect media companies in the year ahead, even as COVID-19 continues disrupting everything.
A Smaller Signal For A Former ‘Station of the Stars’
Across two generations, KMPC-AM was a revered property owned by the late Gene Autry through his Golden West Communications. Today, it's the flagship property for ESPN Radio in Southern California. Soon, ABC will move ahead with a downgrade to the facility.
Could A Wahl Withdrawal Keep His Pennsylvania FM in the Family?
EXCLUSIVE: A radio personality and station owner in Southwestern Pennsylvania known locally as “The Commander” was to be sentenced today on felony rape charges. That didn't happen, because the man late last week filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Why? He's still willing to plead guilty, but without one key charge.
Artist, Producer Stories Come Together For Radio Centennial Series
A new series from a major artists' rights group, the company behind HD Radio technology and one of the nation's top radio broadcasting companies, produced in partnership by Benztown, will put the spotlight on 100 years of "hit makers" in celebration of the first century of audio broadcasts.
A New Premiere Deal for Mr. Master
Mr. Master, the company behind Automation Import Manager (AIM) and radio industry workflow optimization software, has renewed its exclusive sales agreement with Premiere Networks.
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A Rocky Mountain Rocker Adds Two Translators
A Class C1 Classic Rocker has across the years served as a dominant radio station across a patch of the Rocky Mountains in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. However, terrain kept the station's signal from going east of the peaks. That's now changed, to a small extent.
Emmy-Award Record Setter Gets OTA Syndie Deal
It received 2020 Emmy Awards in all seven of the major comedy categories—a first. Now, CBC sitcom "Schitt's Creek" is doing something else quite extraordinary: it's traveling to over-the-air TV in the U.S. after a successful run on an expanded basic cable TV channel and, subsequently, OTT deliverability via both Netflix and Amazon Prime.
With Stock Shining, Nexstar Sets Its Q3 Earnings Reveal Date
With Nexstar shares flying high, the company founded and led by Perry Sook is poised to reveal its Q3 2020 earnings results on November 5.
Co-COOs Names At CMG’s OTT Ad Arm
Cox Media Group's provider of Over the Top (OTT) advertising to select national, regional and local advertisers has just selected two women to the roles of co-Chief Operating Officer -- enhancements it says will "drive enhanced innovation across the company."
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Engineers’ Experiences, and At-Home Best Practices
As the work-from-home paradigm continues, Telos Alliance will conduct a "Broadcasting from Home" webinar on Wednesday featuring broadcast engineer panelists who will reveal their tried-and-tested solutions to keep studios running and on-air. Accelerated workflow transformation is the focal point of this event.
Content Discovery Across Global Multiscreen Platforms
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