Pocket-Picking Sunshine: TV Photogs Sue For Compensation In Boston
Four photographers who work for the news-driven unaffiliated television station serving Boston owned by Sunbeam Television have taken the company to court for allegedly failing to properly reimburse them for time spent during a mandatory hotel stay tied to a winter weather plan initiated by the station in late January.
Reply Brief From Nexstar Seeks State AG Removal
Nexstar Media Group's reply brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals largely reiterates its earlier arguments while offering a plea to do something many have predicted — removing the state Attorneys General that joined DirecTV in fighting against its regulatorily-approved merger with TEGNA.
ABC: D.C. Regulators Aren’t Allowed To Sit In Editor’s Chair
Disney's broadcast TV unit filed reply comments with the FCC in support of its Petition for Declaratory Ruling classifying daytime roundtable chat show The View as a bona fide news program. In short, ABC warned that the government should not serve as content police, a First Amendment violation.
Scripps To Relocate WPTV By Exiting West Palm Beach
Call it a COVID shot. Since the pandemic's dark days of Summer 2020, West Palm Beach has been a boomtown. This has made land values particularly valuable in the downtown core. In May 2025 The E.W. Scripps Co. decided to leave the 24-year home for the market's NBC affiliate. It's now known it is leaving the city.
FCC Has A Heart For Tabor’s iHeartMedia Pound Infusion
The FCC has approved iHeartMedia’s petition to expand its foreign ownership authorization, clearing the way for new investors tied to the United Kingdom’s largest commercial radio company, Global, while keeping the broadcaster’s aggregate foreign ownership cap unchanged.
Maloney Retirement Yields Medalie’s Rise At Fox’s Florida Four
A 23-year veteran of Fox Television Stations who two years ago expanded his duties by becoming the leader of its stations in Orlando and Gainesville, in addition to Tampa Bay, will soon be wrapping up his career. The longtime newsroom leader at "FOX 35" in Orlando is poised to assume Jeff Maloney's duties.
Lovely Day: Warshaw To Keep KBAY Brand As K-LOVE Buys Facility
The 94.5 MHz facility associated with KBAY-FM in San Jose is being sold to one of the nation’s largest Christian contemporary music networks. The call letters and format will be retained by Connoisseur Media.
Boyd Rises To Regional VP For Cumulus
The individual who leads the Cumulus Media radio stations serving Mobile has been promoted to Regional Vice President, taking on the additional responsibilities of overseeing the company's broadcast radio stations in four other markets across Bayou Country and the Deep South.
Does Sirius XM’s Logo Refresh Infringe On Screendollars?
Attorneys James E. Gallagher and David J. Powsner of Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C. in Boston are representing Screendollars. US District Judge Patti B. Saris has been assigned to the case. Neither Screendollars nor SiriusXM had issued public statements on the litigation at press time.
FCC Media Bureau Seeks Input On Vacant FM Signal Shift
The Media Bureau, on its own motion, seeks public input on whether or not it should adjust the Table of FM Allotments in a Michigan city by shifting the former broadcast frequency of a defunct Cumulus Media FM to another vacant dial position. It would resolve interference complaints seen during Cumulus' ownership of the station.
The Last Word: Rogers Pulls The Plug On Six Radio Stations
In a stunning and sudden move impacting four Canadian media markets, Rogers Sports & Media on Tuesday shut down operations at its all-News stations outside of the nation's largest market while also pulling the plug on two all-Sports AMs serving key Western locales.
A ‘Strategic Partnership’ Arrives For Neighboring NPR Members
A pair of Maryland NPR members are partnering in a way that bridges their news-gathering assets, collectively tapping into their newsrooms while navigating through the fiscal realities of mid-2026. For audiences in the Delmarva region, they'll hear more from Baltimore Public Media, led by Craig Swagler.
Severe Weather Forces ‘River’ Diversion To Streaming Only
A Connoisseur Media FM has been forced to deliver its Classic Alternative programming exclusively via streaming audio since Thursday evening, as a strong July 2 storm sent the station's tower just east of the Fox River in suburban Chicago toppling to the ground.
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Crawford, iHeartMedia Agree To Translator Swap
One is a family-owned broadcast media company focused on non-secular programming. The other is the nation's largest single licensee of AM and FM radio stations. These two entities have just agreed to swap a pair of FM translators, located in Denver and in San Diego, respectively.
Fox O&Os Cheer Four-Week Live Syndication Endeavor
It's being hailed as a "modern approach to live television distribution," one that combines operational flexibility, reliability and real-time audience engagement. And, it proved to be success during a four-week initiative for a game show that Fox Television Stations believes can make Live Syndication a viable revenue generator.
SMAC SWAK: Strahan-Founded Content House Goes With AMP For Podcast
The division of SMAC Entertainment, founded by Constance Schwartz-Morini and Michael Strahan, that produces scripted and non-scripted television, film, audio and branded content for a wide range of networks and distributors has launched a new podcast network in partnership with a unit of Sinclair Inc.
Get After It Media Unveils Its ‘FAST’ Path To Heartland
After several months of planning and anticipation, the Joel Wertman and Otto Padron-led Get After It Media (GAIM) has brought to life a new streaming platform that includes live television programming, on-demand content, original offerings and curated music channels together in a FAST channel.
NAB’s New Station Self-Inspection Guides Are Here
Updated guides providing broadcasters with practical guidance for conducting self-inspections of their stations have been released for AM, FM and both UHF and VHF television stations by the NAB. The guides are a free member benefit to NAB and SBE members.
Another Big Week At Spot TV For Morgan & Morgan
When it comes to national television spots on broadcast TV, there's one brand that towers over the rest with respect to commitment week in and week out to the medium. For the week ending July 5, this advertiser was linked to nearly 50,000 spots detected by Media Monitors.
America 250: The Most Patriotic Brands In The USA
New York-based Brand Keys’ 25th annual Most Patriotic Brands survey has arrived just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, and identifies the top 100 brands Americans feel best embody the value of “patriotism.” At No. 1 is an automotive brand that's neither Ford, which is on the Top 10 list, nor Chevrolet, which is absent.
Trusty Joins Ex-FCC Leadership For Annual MMTC Regulatory Review
Six former FCC vote-makers were joined by the current junior Republican Commissioner at the agency on Thursday at the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council's annual symposium. Exceptional activity from the agency led for 18 months by Brendan Carr has much to do with increased interest in the event, MMTC President Bob Branson noted.
GatesAir Offers A Primer On Liquid-Cooled Transmitters
Liquid-cooled transmission systems are designed to help broadcasters support high-power RF operations with improved thermal management, efficient facility planning, and long-term system reliability. A July 15 webinar presented by GatesAir will offer a close-up look at the "practical advantages" of these offerings.
Imagine That: Lumine’s Newest Addition To Its Media Ecosystem
It describes itself as a "global buy-and-hold forever" acquirer of communications and media software businesses. As Canada Day was celebrated ahead of Independence Day in the U.S., the company revealed that it has acquired Imagine Communications through one of its subsidiaries.
Ted Nahil Returns To Nautel For Key Stateside Role
He has more than 22 years of sales experience for such broadcast technology companies as Harris, ERI, IBS, SCMS, and GatesAir. Until his "retirement" in October 2023, he spent five years as a regional sales manager covering the eastern U.S. for Nautel. Retirement didn't suit Ted Nahil. He's now returned to Nautel.
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