RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast

On January 22, newly elected Indiana Governor Mike Braun was sworn in, and in one of his first acts signed a series of executive orders in the name of “a healthier Indiana.” But, that’s raised concerns among radio and TV broadcasters across the Hoosier State as a stop to all Medicaid advertising was effectively put into play. Has this impacted locally owned broadcasters? To learn more, J Chapman,...

In April, Keith Pelletier will celebrate three years in the role as President of Dielectric, the broadcast tower company acquired by Sinclair Inc. in 2013. Pelletier is featured in the RBR+TVBR Winter 2025 magazine, distributed Monday in digital form to all Radio + Television Business Report Members and in print form to attendees of the at-capacity VIP "Cocktails and Conversation" gathering in Las...

Xperi Corp. SVP/Broadcast Radio and Digital Audio Joe D'Angelo is readying for a big CES 2025, which officially opens on January 7 across a wide swath of Las Vegas. In this exclusive conversation, D'Angelo shares in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot. FM, what's in store for the broadcast media industry at this year's Consumer Electronics Show and offers hints that DTS AutoStage, HD Radio and...

CES 2025 and the NAB Show are once again highly anticipated events for broadcast media, which is eagerly looking at new products to bring greater efficiencies and improved back-end technology to the forefront. In 2025, GatesAir will take a starring role in serving FM radio stations with new products and various services needs. Ray Miklius, VP of Technology at GatesAir, shares more about what's ahe...

What does Skyview Networks President/CEO Steve Jones believe he'll get out of his attendance at the upcoming CES 2025 affair in Las Vegas? Lots, he says, as this annual collection of what is "innovative, inspirational and often practical ... although, not always" is poised to attract thousands of forward-thinking individuals, along with some intrepid radio and TV industry leaders, come early Janua...

"I'm really interested in seeing the latest and greatest with AI, and it's across the entire operation — not just content, but in the back office, where we can streamline our operation and become more efficient." That's what excites Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley the most about her attendance at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, CES 2025, in Las Vegas. What else is top-of-mind for...

How does the Chief Financial Officer of Townsquare Media view his company's potential revenue intake from digital advertising in the coming quarters? "The sky's the limit," he told attendees of the BofA Securities Leveraged Finance Conference, held at the Boca Raton Resort in Palm Beach County, Fla., on December 3. Stu Rosenstein also shared that a Term Notes issuance is coming, telling institutio...

From technological innovations that could impact the future of local TV, such as ATSC 3.0., to pending regulatory policy changes under forthcoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Deutsche Bank Director of Equity Research Ben Soff shared the Wall Street viewpoint on how linear TV could benefit during a TVB Executive Summit session held Thursday in New York. The conversation begins with an assessment of...

The Founder/Managing Partner and CEO of Nueva Network and Costa Media will be sharing his insight at a Forecast 2025 panel on November 13. To get a preview of what is in store for conference attendees, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson welcomes Villafañe to the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.fm.

He’s served since January 2021 as President and General Manager of the Hearst Television ABC affiliate serving Kansas City, KMBC-9, and its sibling that is the home of the CW in the market, KCWE-TV. To learn a little bit more about these stations, and their presence in a vibrant local media market, we welcome Justin Antoniotti to the podcast.

In May 2023, Lee Harris joined the NewsNation cable news network, owned by Nexstar Media Group, as Director of Integrated Operations. For those in the New York Tri-State area, Harris' name and voice are very familiar, as he spent more than three decades as a news anchor at "1010 WINS." This makes him pretty knowledgeable about both the radio and TV industries, and it is this knowledge that has led...

Hurricane Milton was a devastating storm, and the impact to communities across Charlotte and Sarasota Counties in Florida, including Englewood, were hit particularly hard. Yet, Fiorini Media-owned radio stations WENG in Englewood and WCXS in Arcadia were on the air, providing emergency news updates and even taking a pause Sunday for coverage of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' win against the New Orleans...

Based in Memphis, Howard Robertson, CEO and Founder of Spotset Radio Network, is laser-focused on bringing political advertising to Black radio. With the Power of Urban Radio Forum scheduled for October 9-11 in Washington, D.C., it’s a perfect time for stations targeting African American communities to step up their voter outreach efforts and increase their electoral ad dollars. How they can do it...

For the last decade it has worked with such brands as Wix, Dollar Shave Club and 23 and Me. Over the last six months, Juice Media has grown, as it seeks to extend its reach into digital marketing, media measurement and attribution across growth channels. To learn more about Juice Media and its efforts, in particular, in the linear media space, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson welcomes its...

WFMZ-69 since 1976 has served the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania with local news coverage and syndicated fare including Judge Judy. It's a rarity in the modern age, but the unaffiliated player remains important to an important segment of the Philadelphia DMA. That's why getting DirecTV streaming coverage, in addition to its long-running availability on the traditional DBS provider satellite lineup,...

Harker Bos Group earlier this year released the audio edition of its State of Spanish-Language Media 2024 report. Now, it has released its video division, and it is chock full of takeaways that are of value to all across the television industry. To discuss the possible “whys” behind the data and the findings, we welcome Sean Bos, VP of Branding and Research at Harker Bos Group, to the InFOCUS Podc...

For nearly 100 years, a Class A radio station with a 50kw signal which at night can be heard across multiple states and Canadian provinces has officially served listeners from Minneapolis. Now, ahead of its official October 2 centennial, Audacy is celebrating a century of service at WCCO-AM 830. To learn more about the continued importance of the AM radio station and the role it plays, Adam R Jaco...

He began his career in May 1995 as a Retail Merchandising Manager for Target in the Rio Grande Valley and would later manage all consumer bi-national and regional promotional and event marketing activities for Tecate, Dos Equis, Sol, Bohemia and Cerveza Carta Blanca. That led to positions across the Hispanic advertising and marketing industry on both the agency and client level, with positions at...

The dynamics related to this "blackout" and how privately held DirecTV views the future of the television business model seemingly appeared to be the focus of an "analyst call" hosted by the Chief Financial Officer for the direct broadcast satellite company. From the get-go, the session, which did not include an opportunity for journalists' query, saw Ray Carpenter offer a one-sided, biased viewpo...

There are few people in the radio industry who understand New York’s Capital District, the Hudson Valley and communities on the edge of the Berkshires and Adirondacks than Chuck Benfer. Since March 2023, he’s served as Chief Operating Officer of Pamal Broadcasting, after leading the company’s Albany-Schenectady-Troy stations for a year. He’s spent decades traveling up and down I-87 at radio statio...

In early August, longtime radio personalities Stan & Haney announced that they will be retiring at the end of the month. The duo have enjoyed a decades-long run in Southwest Florida at WRXK – "96K-Rock" – the Fort Myers, Naples and Marco Island FM owned by Beasley Media Group. What made Stan & Haney iconic in this region of the Sunshine State and what learning lessons do they have to share about t...

When it comes to Cumulus Media, a focus on mid-sized markets has yielded some considerable success when it comes to local radio leaders. In market No. 34, Kansas City, the company has locked in the top two slots in the Nielsen Audio ratings month after month. How has this translated to ad revenue, community connectivity and keeping Radio relevant in the Paris of the Midwest? Those are just some of...

On June 27, a novel new over-the-air television brand that seeks to bridge the divide between Republicans and Democrats with “bite-sized videos and informational text” to the “purple majority” made its debut in Milwaukee. Now it is coming to a Columbus, Ohio TV station. To learn more about PurpleTV and the man behind it, we welcome Matthew Davidge to this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot. FM. Dav...

Jim Loftus is now seven months into his role as CEO of Times-Shamrock Communications. Before joining the company, where he spent nine years as Chief Operations Officer earlier in his career, Loftus served as the Chief Operations Officer of 7 Mountains Media. Before that, he served as President/CEO of WBEB-FM in Philadelphia under the ownership of Jerry Lee. How are things going for this owner of r...

From Pensacola to Key West and from Jacksonville to Naples, local radio and television provide entertainment, sports, news and vital information to consumers across the Sunshine State. Many of these stations are members of the Florida Association of Broadcasters, led by Pat Roberts. The President/CEO of the organization was among its inaugural Hall of Fame inductees, honored at a reception in June...