Category: Television

  • A South-Of-Boston Radio Facility Is Sold | Radio & Television Business Report

    A Class D AM radio station and its FM translator at 101.1 MHz in the Massachusetts city of Brockton have been sold. Who is the buyer? It’s a woman based in Sharon, Mass., who has reached a deal with the seller, Ed Perry. Beatrice Cesar and her Fraternity Broadcasting Group LLC has signed off on the acquisition of WBMS-AM…

  • Jamila Hunter Exits Freeform to Join Macro Television Studios

    Jamila Hunter Exits Freeform to Join Macro Television Studios

    Loree Seitz November 30, 2023 @ 12:24 PM Share on Social Media Jamila Hunter has exited Freeform to join Macro Television Studios as president, Macro founder and CEO Charles D. King announced Thursday. In her new role, the TV executive will oversee the studio’s television slate of upcoming projects in development and series in production. “I couldn’t…

  • Get Ready for a Truly Insufferable Night of Television

    Get Ready for a Truly Insufferable Night of Television

    Tonight, for some perplexing reason, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and California Governor Gavin Newsom will come together for a debate. Why? Who knows! No one asked for this, no one wants it, but it’s happening. DeSantis is currently running for the Republican presidential nomination. For the entirety of his campaign, he’s been sitting at a…

  • ABC puts Hulu’s ‘Only Murders in the Building’ on January’s primetime schedule

    ABC puts Hulu’s ‘Only Murders in the Building’ on January’s primetime schedule

    (WXYZ) — One of Hulu’s most talked about shows, “Only Murders in the Building” is coming to ABC and WXYZ-TV in January. The network announced the series’s first season, which stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez will air Tuesdays in January, with the first three episodes airing on Tuesday, January 2. Variety is…

  • New Orleans Pelicans Reportedly Headed For Local Television

    New Orleans Pelicans Reportedly Headed For Local Television

    The New Orleans Pelicans are reportedly close to becoming the next NBA team to ditch Bally Sports for a local over-the-air solution. As part of Diamond Sports Group’s bankruptcy agreement with the NBA, teams will have the opportunity to televise 10 games with an over-the-air broadcaster as they prepare for Bally to revert local television…

  • WICS-TV news anchor moving to new position with Rochester school district

    WICS-TV news anchor moving to new position with Rochester school district

    It’s a wrap for Jon Hansen as the news anchor at WICS-TV in Springfield. On Monday, Hansen will start as director of communications and engagement for the Rochester school district. Hansen’s hiring was approved by the board of education. The position is new for the district, confirmed Superintendent Dan Cox on Thursday. More:Sheila Walk of…

  • Senate Begins Debate On 2024 Budget

    Senate Begins Debate On 2024 Budget

    The Senate has commenced debate on the 2024 budget a day after President Bola Tinubu presented the budget of N27.5 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly. Shortly after the joint session, the proposed budget passed its first reading at the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday. Leading the debate on the…

  • Intent to Use Addressable TV Advertising Surging | Radio & Television Business Report

    Awareness, adoption of and education surrounding addressable TV advertising continues to increase. A new report from a non-profit trade organization dedicated to raising awareness of and advancing the growth of addressable TV advertising shares that the intent to use addressable TV advertising among non-users has doubled in the last two years.

  • Activist Investor Launches Second Bid For Disney Board Seat | Radio & Television Business Report

    If at first you don’t succeed, try again. That old adage is proving true for an activist investor who is insisting on gaining a seat on the board of directors for ABC Owned Stations and ESPN parent The Walt Disney Co. Nelson Peltz, the 81-year-old who serves as non-executive chairman of Madison Square Garden Co., Sysco and…

  • Sunrise Spotlight: Teen Angel – WNKY News 40 Television

    Sunrise Spotlight: Teen Angel – WNKY News 40 Television

    1 hour ago Share This Story For today’s Sunrise Spotlight, we sat down with Joshua Smith and Maria Jones. They told us all about how we can get involved in this year’s Teen Angel. Teen Angel is a Christmas Assistance Program for teenagers of Bowling Green and Warren County. If you’d like to know how…