These Are U.S. Radio’s Top Advertisers
U.S. radio stations have reason to be happy with Procter & Gamble and Uncle Sam right now. According to a new report from Media Monitors, P&G was the number one parent advertiser on U.S. radio in 2021 based on the number of spots run. The consumer products goods company allocated 9 million spots to radio, […]
Diverse Skill Sets Are More Important Than Ever
In a recent ebook, Radio World asked engineers to talk about how their own organizations have been affected by the pandemic. Josh Bohn at WAPR(FM) in Selma, Ala., with the station’s modified Continental 816R-3C. Josh Bohn says most radio broadcast clients of The MaxxKonnect Group are operating their businesses in person again but also continuing […]
Hot Topic for 2022: Tech Regulation
My law firm partner, Jonathan Cohen, has been closely monitoring the developments in the regulation of social media and other big tech platforms by the current administration. He offers these thoughts on likely areas of legislative and regulatory action in this area in the coming year. Many nights, the last thing I do before falling […]
Noticias Telemundo Announces New Leadership Team
Veteran news executive Gabriela Tristán joins Noticias Telemundo as SVP, News reporting to the division’s new head Patsy Loris
Joel Goldberg Named GM of CBS Newspath
The new leadership team at the CBS Newspath affiliate news service will also include Maura McHugh, who has been named News Director
Tina Tuli Joins Firstlight Media as VP of Global Marketing
The ex-Samdesk, Magic Leap executive will help Firstlight promote the value of cloud-native platforms to OTT players
Allen Media Group, Google Ink a Major Tech, Carriage Deal
AMG will use Google Cloud Technologies to expand its digital operations and it launch networks on YouTube TV in 2022
WCI Technologies, Dish Wireless Partner On 5G Services
The partnership will focus on marketing 5G services to enterprises in a variety of industries
Puerto Rico Translator Handed $3,500 Forfeiture
An FM translator in Puerto Rico — which allegedly violated FCC rules by failing to file a license on time and operating without authorization — was handed a $3,500 forfeiture by the Federal Communications Commission. In 2018 the Media Bureau issued a construction permit to International Broadcasting Corp. for FM translator station W293DE in Guayama, […]
British Government Freezes TV License Fee
The British government has frozen the country’s long-standing TV license fee for two years as it pushes for a new funding stream for the 100-year-old British Broadcasting Corp. First levied in 1923, the license fee has evolved over time, but currently it is required to watch or record television programs in the United Kingdom, Channel […]