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- LeGeyt Says FCC License Action Creates “Significant Uncertainty”
The National Association of Broadcasters is speaking out in response to an order from the Federal Communications Commission that Disney’s ABC-owned stations must file for early license renewal. NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt said that the Media Bureau’s “nearly unprecedented” request that a specific company reapply for all of its licenses in a short interval — rather than use its normal enforcement process — creates “significant uncertainty” for all broadcasters. “The FCC’s broadcast license renewal process must be grounded in predictability, fairness and transparency, principles reflected in the license terms Congress established and later extended,” LeGeyt said. “Broadcast stations already face intense challenges as they work to deliver trusted journalism, lifesaving emergency services, community programming and election coverage,” he added in the statement. “The FCC must be careful to avoid actions that create further instability for the local stations viewers and listeners depend on.” Disney’s broadcast licenses were not due to be reviewed before October 2028, according to Reuters. As our sister site TVTech noted, asking for an early license renewal is extremely rare and almost never involves network-owned stations. In the order issued on Tuesday, the FCC referred to its ongoing investigation of Disney’s DEI policies. But the move follows months of comments by President Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr suggesting that the ABC stations should lose their licenses over comments made by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. In a post on X, Commissioner Anna Gomez, the agency’s only Democrat, blasted the order as a “political stunt.” Comment on this or any article. Email radioworld@futurenet.com. The post LeGeyt Says FCC License Action Creates “Significant Uncertainty” appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.14 mins ago - TechSurvey: Digital Consumption of Radio Hits New High
This is the second in a series about the annual TechSurvey; read the first here. The time is coming when more listeners will access their favorite radio stations via digital platforms rather than traditional broadcast signals. The latest Techsurvey from Jacobs Media indicates that the gap is closing quickly, even among the devoted radio listeners who make up this survey. Jacobs asked respondents what percentage of time they spent in a typical week listening via broadcast versus digital platforms such as computers, mobile, smart speakers, podcasts or smart TV options. The results reveal a dramatic trend line: 54% of respondents consistently listened to regular radio and 44% on digital platforms. On a graph, the lines are converging and likely to cross in several years if things continue in this direction. “Just truly a remarkable story here on one chart. The gap there between broadcast and digital back in 2013 was a 71-point difference. Now take a look at this year, only a 10-point gap,” President Fred Jacobs said on a webinar about the survey. When you look closer at how respondents consume radio, below, the Jacobs research finds in-vehicle still makes up the most of traditional radio listening at 37%, with another saying they listen to radio at home or work. The computer stream is popular (17%), mobile apps (12%) and smart speaker (9%) account for the highest listening percentages. When Jacobs breaks out the data by demographic splits, over the air isn’t leading among all age groups. For instance, Gen Z is showing a pretty much an even split, with survey respondents saying they listen 49% digital and 48% over the air radio. Traditional radio listening grows its lead over digital as you move through age groups. For instance, Millennials at 52% broadcast vs. 46% digital, while Boomers clocked in at 57% broadcast and 41% digital. While fewer than three in four Techsurvey respondents now have regular radios at home, in-vehicle listening continues to show strength despite increased entertainment offerings in the dashboard, according to the findings. In-car infotainment systems have reached an all-time high. Now 40% in the survey have in-car media systems compared to 25% in 2018. “It’s almost impossible even to buy an entry-level vehicle without an infotainment system at this point,” said Fred Jacobs. “These are systems like Ford Sync and Audi Connect.” OTA radio is still a dominant force in the… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - The wild west of AI gives way to structure and strategy (MIDiA Research)
In another study seeking to establish an understanding of AI’s role in music creation and consumption, London-based market research and advisory company MIDiA Research has published The State of AI and music. It’s a data report which seeks to understand who… Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘It’s a Stretch!’ Close Trump Ally In the House Shades James Comey Indictm...
Screenshot via social media Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in the House, told reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that the latest indictment against ex-FBI Director James Comey is “a stretch.” Veteran journalist Scott MacFarlane posted a clip of Nehls’s reaction to the indictment, which stems from an Instagram post from Comey that read “86 47” in seashells. Trump has repeatedly called for Comey to be prosecuted, which resulted in a previous indictment that had been dismissed by a judge. “You can indict anybody for anything,” Nehls said as he was given a photo of Comey’s post to react to. “What’s your opinion? Do you think that this was really a threatening message?” pressed a reporter in the clip. “I think it’s a stretch. I think, well, is it a threatening message? I mean, what’s that? That’s not a damn zip code. What do you think that means?” Nehls pushes back. After a quick back and forth, he added, “I am saying if somebody looks at that, and James Comey put that out there, that’s 86, right? 47. So we know what that, we know what that means. But is it criminal? Is it truly a threat? We’re encouraging people, but I tell you what, though.” “How many times has a president ever, I mean, this is his third time, they’ve gone after President Trump,” Nehls added as another reporter pushed, “Does it seem criminal to you, sir?” “And the rhetoric, the rhetoric has to stop. Is it criminal? If you can get a jury to convict him, if you can get a jury to convict them, we’ve, everybody, you know what, everybody went after Donald Trump and convicted him for lesser, for, I mean they had nothing. I don’t even think they have probable cause to do it. But you can’t find an honest jury in New York, you can find one here, or a judge. So I just think, listen, it’s a stretch. It’s a stretch,” concluded the Texas Republican. Legal analysts from across the political spectrum have slammed the indictment against Comey as meritless, including Fox News contributor and conservative legal writer Andy McCarthy, who called it “absurd” and argued the Trump DOJ indictment “fabricates a crime.” ALERT: Trump ally Rep Troy Nehls (R-TX) says the criminal case against James Comey “is a stretch” “You can indict anybody” pic.twitter.com/GY2ZVObd9Z… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘That is Staggering!’ CNN Anchor Blown Away By Disastrous Trump Inflation Po...
CNN anchor John Berman was blown away when CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten delivered disastrous polling news for President Donald Trump on inflation, calling the numbers “staggering!” Aside from the occasional outlier — like the “100 percent” MAGA poll that Trump bragged long and hard about — Enten has been showering the president with an escalating series of bad polls for most of the second term. On Wednesday’s edition of CNN News Central, Enten took the president’s already-deadly negative 49-point net approval on inflation and twisted the knife by noting it was worse than those of former Presidents Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter: JOHN BERMAN: If inflation is so important as an issue, as a political issue, how do they think the president is doing on it? HARRY ENTEN: Yes, it is the number one issue. The number one issue. It’s the number one financial issue. It’s the number one issue folks saying it’s facing their families right now. And Donald John Trump is in the worst position he has ever been on inflation. And more than that, these are the worst numbers I’ve ever seen for any president. I mean, just look at this. Look at this. According to Ipsos — look at this — net approval rating on inflation. We got the latest poll out. He’s 49 points underwater. That means that 49 percent more of the public disapproved than the proof of the job he’s doing. I went back. You remember Joe Biden inflation absolutely crushed his presidency, but at his worst, according to Ipsos, he was just 43 points underwater. So Trump is lower now on inflation than Joe Biden ever was, according to Ipsos. And I will note that the inflation rate right now is only about a third as it was back in June of 2022. Yet Trump’s numbers are significantly worse than Biden’s ever were. BERMAN: Even though inflation was like a nine percent this month, they still think Trump is doing a worse job on it than Biden ever was. ENTEN: Correct. BERMAN: That is staggering! OK, so when you think of presidents in inflation, the one that comes to mind is Jimmy Carter. That was when inflation was really stratospheric. So how does Trump compare to Carter on those numbers? ENTEN: Yes, these are really stunning numbers right here! But what about James Earl Carter? Right. You think of inflation as Johnny B. was talking about. You think about… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘That Means Kill ‘Em!’ Trump Insists Comey’s ’86 47′ Post ‘Probabl...President Donald Trump insisted that the Instagram post for which former FBI director James Comey has been indicted “probably” constituted a threat to his life during a Wednesday afternoon Oval Office Q&A. Comey was indicted on Tuesday over a post that included a picture of seashells arranged on the beach to read, “86 47,” as well as the caption, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” He has been charged with “knowingly and willfully made a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States,” according to a Department of Justice press release. On Wednesday, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked Trump if he genuinely believed the post endangered his well-being: COLLINS: You were talking about how busy you were this morning, James Comey was in court, he self-surrendered. He’s now been charged a second time, this time over a social media post with seashells that said “86 47.” Do you really think that he was endangering your life or threatening your life with that post? TRUMP: Well, if anybody knows anything about crime, they know 86, you know what eighty-, it’s a mob term for kill them, you know? You ever see the movies? “86’em,” the mobster says to one of his wonderful associates. “86’em,” that means kill’em! It’s-, I think of it as a mob term, I don’t know, people think of as something having to do with disappearing, but the mob uses that term to say when they want to kill somebody they say, “86 the son of a gun.” I’m trying to keep the language nice and clear — they don’t use that term, son of a gun — they use another term. But that’s a mob term for kill’em. COLLINS: But do you really think your life was in danger? TRUMP: Probably, I don’t know, you know, based on what I’m seeing out there, yeah. The people like Comey have created tremendous danger, I think, for politicians and others. You know, Comey is a dirty cop, he’s a very dirty cop. He cheated on the elections, he tried to help Hillary Clinton, as you know. He dismissed a lot of things that he should have proceeded with, that I wasn’t involved, but he should have proceeded with. No, he’s a dirty cop. He’s a crooked man. Watch above via Fox News.The post ‘That Means Kill ‘Em!’… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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