Iowa Broadcasters Association

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas to all!

12/23/2025

THANK YOU to Rep. Randy Feenstra, Rep. Miller-Meeks, and Congressman Zach Nunn for helping radio broadcasters reach 218 co-sponsors for the Local Radio Freedom Act. A huge win for local radio!

12/18/2025

FCC Chairman faces criticism from Democrats, support from Republicans during Senate hearing yesterday:

FCC Chairman Carr appeared before a Senate oversight committee and faced harsh criticism by Democrats on topics including threats against TV broadcasters.

12/15/2025

Major shakeup for public television viewers in Arkansas as AR PBS drops its affiliation with PBS. The network will be renamed Arkansas TV and vows to continue to focus on " visual storytelling—centered on the people, places and experiences of our state."

Public TV network changes name, will drop network programming after losing $2.5 million in federal funding this year

12/15/2025

Radio Music Licensing Committee Executive Director Bill Velez to retire. Former General Counsel at Audacy Andrew Sutor to step into the role on Jan. 1.

The Nashville-based non-profit organization that represents commercially licensed radio stations when it comes to music licensing matters has selected the former General Counsel at Audacy Inc. as its next Executive Director, as Bill Velez will be retiring on January 1, 2026 — ending a 17-year tenu...

12/12/2025

Opinion: "Consolidation among broadcasters should therefore be viewed not as corporate opportunism, but as a long overdue effort at market modernization."

- Adonis Hoffman, former FCC Chief of Staff and Sr. Legal Advisor

Allowing broadcasters to compete on fair terms is just a matter of common sense.

12/10/2025

North Carolina's Henry Hinton, President/CEO of Inner Banks Media, goes to bat for radio in Senate American Music Fairness Act (AMFA) hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property.

Standing up for AM and FM stations in the face of the ever-flailing American Music Fairness Act (AMFA) at a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property hearing on Tuesday afternoon was the President of a small licensee in Greenville, N.C.

12/05/2025

Warner Bros. to Netflix finalized leaving Paramount and Comcast without.

Netflix, born out of a DVD-by-mail service, is acquiring Warner Bros. — including its film and television studios, the HBO Max platform in competition with Netflix, and the HBO cable TV network, from the David Zaslav-led Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount had questioned the sale process' "fairness ...

12/01/2025

"Proposed rules would give broadcasters flexibility, but a lack of direction for devices, rights management and MVPDs risks slowing adoption."

Proposed rules would give broadcasters flexibility, but a lack of direction for devices, rights management and MVPDs risks slowing adoption

12/01/2025

“If station operators don’t secure their network links with VPNs, or at least don’t expose the Barix configuration interface to the internet, such hacks will continue."

Make sure your station takes the steps necessary to keep hackers at bay.

Two compromises of audio at stations in Texas and Virginia have resulted in the FCC reminding broadcasters to priortize cybersecurity.

11/24/2025

"Localism will still exist as the benchmark of good radio. Stop crippling radio by the controls of artificial ownership caps. Let the market decide our future and be brave enough to steer our industry forward." - Larry Patrick, Patrick Media Brokerage

If limits are relaxed or removed, brokers expect rapid consolidation through mergers, acquisitions or station swaps, not just in large markets.

11/21/2025

Unique collaboration between stations and a local band finds success and connects generations of radio listeners:

WALL Radio, WKZE and “The Low Darts” make beautiful business together.