Legacy

Two locales within the Tri-Cities DMA may have little in common, aside from the presence of FM stations owned by the same licensee. But, each town is home to first-generation Hispanic immigrants active in the viticultural and agricultural industries. This likely explains the desire of the rural properties, which are heading to a new owner.

According to The Wall Street Journal, a consortium is very much near the conclusion of negotiations that could see the sale of the nation's dominant — yet shaky — audience measurement and consumer data analytics firm. This triggered a buying frenzy for Nielsen shares, which were up by more than 30% in Monday's trading session.

With Emily Barr's exit, announced in January, and the naming of Catherine Badalamente as her successor, a shift back to Detroit for broadcast TV station owner Graham Media Group's HQ was all but certain. On Wednesday, that move became official.

The event, which is traditionally held during the NAB Show in Las Vegas, makes it return after a three-year absence on Wednesday, April 27 — bright and early at 7am Pacific. Among the other honorees are now-retired NAB EVP/Media Relations Dennis Wharton, Katz Radio Group's President, and the Chief Insights Officer at Cumulus Media.

Xandr’s “holistic approach for political” is comprised of multiple tools for advertisers and publishers to buy and sell political advertising programmatically.

A Gray TV property which in July celebrates its 73rd birthday is getting a low-power sibling in another key city within the big Birmingham DMA — marking another move by Gray to ensure over-the-air reception, market-wide, of its broadcast TV properties.

It is the belief of the organizers of this week's GSMA MWC Barcelona 2022 conference that high speed capacity networks, 5G and data-driven technologies like AI and IoT "underpin the transformation as companies across sectors look for digitally enabled and bespoke solutions." Among those actively seeking solutions are U.S.-based broadcasters. This explains Jessica Rosenworcel's presence in Catalonia.

Data and technology company Spherex has introduced what it calls "the first-ever global newsfeed that aggregates stories from around the world related to the globalization of TV and film content." Called World M&E News, the weekly newsletter is being offered free of charge as a service to the entertainment industry.

Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have recognized radio stations for their outstanding year-round commitment to community service. Some 50 finalists for the 35th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards have been revealed.

What's a Class D 1kw daytime-only Gospel station and its FM translator worth in the first quarter of 2022? Here's a Georgia deal that provides such an answer — and hope for similar broadcast facilities searching for a buyer.

Much has changed for Byron Allen in the years since NBC's Real People aired in the 8pm slot each Wednesday. Today, Allen is a media mogul who wants to grow his broadcast TV assets and has an interest in owning an NFL franchise. He'll be sharing his thoughts about the Denver Broncos, among other topics, on CBS come February 20.

ViacomCBS is no more, and will now be known as Paramount. Investors may be nonplussed by the move, which in some ways puts the entire company's future on the present-day push for the Paramount+ OTT platform and a movie studio that in the not-so-distant past has seen its fair share of financial struggles.

To those closely following the evolution of Univision under CEO Wade Davis, it is hardly a surprise. It's the name of the company Univision acquired in February 2021, and it's a video on demand entity with a pre-existing footprint stretching from the U.S. through Latin America.

In the three-hour interactive session, students will learn the basics of news reporting and investigative storytelling, managing a social media presence, how to look and sound their best on-camera and how to package a resume and reel.

"Against the high bar we set in our fiscal second quarter last year, we have once again delivered revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth in the second quarter of our 2022 fiscal year, while continuing to invest in our digital growth initiatives," FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch said.