Prime-time viewing on the big four broadcast networks—ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC—has fallen sharply over the last decade, based on comparisons between Variety’s 2015–2016 season averages and its 2025 year-end figures. The drop is measured in millions of viewers per…
A new “BOB-FM” branded station has launched in San Antonio at 102.7, pitching itself as a wide-lane music mix with an explicitly local posture. In a launch write-up, the station describes a playlist designed to jump across decades and styles,…
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has voted to dissolve, formalizing a wind-down that began after Congress rescinded CPB’s federal funding for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. CPB was created by Congress in 1967 and has historically served as a…
A coalition of 19 AM station operators has asked the FCC to revive and expand the translator-relocation windows first offered in 2016 as part of the Commission’s AM Revitalization effort. The petition argues that many smaller AMs still lack an…
Across rural America, public radio stations report a surge of donations since last summer’s federal decision to cut CPB funding. Managers describe supporters treating small gifts as a form of protest—and, more practically, as a way to keep trusted local…
