Radio & Television Business Report

The CBS Television Network affiliate serving southwestern Virginia will have a new General Manager, starting October 5. It is an individual who returns to the state that's "for lovers" after a nearly three-year run as the Creative Services Director for a Gray Media sibling in Kansas City.

He was born in New York as Ronald Ferrazzuolo but was widely known under a different name for decades, thanks to his time at radio stations across the South and, more recently, at SiriusXM. Ferrazzuolo, professionally known as Ron Parker, is now being mourned, as the programmer and air personality has passed away.

Effective immediately, Patrick Webre is no longer the FCC's Enforcement Bureau Chief. That's because he will now take a senior role in the Office of Managing Director at the Commission.  Who is Webre's successor? The Chief of Staff and Deputy Bureau Chief within the Enforcement Bureau.

If there's any doubt that the absence of Indianapolis' ABC affiliate from the local DirecTV channel lineup will be prolonged, due to a retransmission consent impasse between the direct broadcast satellite service provider and the TV station's owner, that was all but erased by DuJuan McCoy as the last day of August began.

Just four days after Charter Communications — parent of the Spectrum MVPD — completed its merger with Cox Communications and merger with Liberty Broadband Corp., the company sued The E.W. Scripps Co. over one of the most contentious topics the industry faces today: retransmission consent.

It was warned in late April: pay your overdue regulatory fees to the FCC, or risk losing your license. The owner has chosen the latter, and is getting his AM serving Butte, Mont., taken away from him.

Four months ago, a new chapter began for Nueva Network, which Carlos Moncada took full ownership of in late 2025. Now, Nueva Network is announcing a series of "strategic new hires" across its digital and regional sales divisions to support Nueva Network's ongoing growth.

The new rack-mount models — taking the VX8 and VX10 names, naturally — are designed to bring broadcasters "a compact, serviceable, and cost-effective option for higher-power main, standby, and N+1 FM applications."

A "legacy" licensee in Georgia has agreed to spin a radio station to a limited liability company that will preserve the station's current branding and format, based on paperwork submitted to the Commission for its regulatory approval.

It's a platform designed to measure audio advertising performance and advertiser return on investment used by one of Western Canada's largest radio station ownership groups. Now, it is being made available to a global audience thanks to a distribution agreement with Coleman Insights.

For the past two years, the amount owed to the Commission from AM and FM radio station owners for the right to use public spectrum has gone down. That ends this year: the FCC said no to requests from dozens of state broadcasters associations and the NAB to dampen a coming fee rise.

The region is cheering the approval of a glittering new ballpark for the American League wins leader. NFL fans are gearing up for another tight NFC South crown quest. Hockey fans have another top playoff contender to root for.  Now, they'll also be able to embrace the NBA team up I-4 a little bit "MOR," if you will.

Conservationist, television host, and executive producer Jeff Corwin returns to national television this fall with "Jeff Corwin’s Southern Wild," a new wildlife conservation series produced by Hearst Media Production Group in an exclusive partnership with Lees-McRae College.

It's another big week at Spot TV for the accident attorney specialist who began life as an Orlando-based operation big on local radio advertising and is today the most prominent law firm in its category.

Consolidation, public interest, enforcement priorities, and advertising regulations are all among the policy fights that will shape the industry's 2027. The people steering those fights for the NAB, FOX, and Salem Media are bringing the inside view to New York City at Forecast 2027.

In the coming years, media historians may look back at 2025 as the year Canadian radio and television growth prospects permanently fell behind those of online services. A newly released report from the CRTC offers the clearest illustration yet of just how broadcast media's challenges now stretch to digital encroachment.