The Gracie Awards, presented annually by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, are open for entries between now and January 16. Early bird rates are good until December 12. The award will be presented in May in Beverly Hills…
The FCC continues its modernifccation efforts with MB Docket numbers 19-282 and 17-105, eliminating a rule that requires licensees to make their antenna sites available to other broadcasters if the sites are “peculiarly suitable for broadcasting in the area.” Comments…
Tracy Johnson Media Group is making available a Christmas programming guide, Radio Guide for Christmas, for radio stations that are either going All Christmas or competing with stations that are. According to Mr. Johnson, “Christmas programming is a powerful opportunity…
Entercom is taking an early lead in the year-end downsizing sweepstakes by furloughing a bunch of people at its Miami cluster – almost all of them air talent. I’m sure there will be further developments; stay tuned.
The Commission filed a petition with the Third Circuit Court of appeals – the court that vacated the agency’s 2017 broadcast rule changes – requesting that the case be heard by the entire panel, not just three judges. The Commission…
The induction ceremony took place at Gotham Hall in New York City last week, at which time the Hall ushered in a new crop of honorees, including Sean “Hollywood” Hamilton, Harry Harrison, Kevin and Bean, Joe Madison, Jim Rome, Ryan…
In June, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which would eliminate midterm Equal Employment Opportunity reports. We are now in the reply comments phase, and 82 smaller-market broadcast entities that previously filed comments have together filed reply comments…
In last week’s issue, we published the story of Matt Jones stepping away from the microphone due to his bid for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Contrary to what appeared in the article, the…
According to the new US Local Advertising Forecast 2020 from BIA Advisory Services, local advertising revenue will increase nearly 6% next year compared with 2019. Political spending will drive traditional media to account for nearly 60% of the total.
All of the Envision Networks programs and services will be represented by the Sun Broadcast Group starting the first of the year. That means Sun will represent Envision’s 60 million monthly listeners on more than 2500 radio stations.