An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned Wadl-tv in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)
Mission Broadcasting is no longer moving forward with its $75 million acquisition of a Detroit-area television station, The Desk has learned.
On Wednesday, Mission President and CEO Dennis Thatcher notified Wadl-tv (Channel 38) owner Kevin Adell that the company would be terminating a planned purchase agreement to acquire the station.
The decision comes one year after Mission agreed to acquire Wadl from Adell, and about one month after the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Media Bureau bestowed its blessing on the deal, albeit with some strings attached.
Those conditions required Mission and Adell to modify certain parts of their purchase agreement, which would have restricted Mission’s ability to use funds provided by Nexstar Media Group to close the deal. It would have also restricted Mission from entering into shared services agreements with Nexstar, and required all parties...
Mission Broadcasting is no longer moving forward with its $75 million acquisition of a Detroit-area television station, The Desk has learned.
On Wednesday, Mission President and CEO Dennis Thatcher notified Wadl-tv (Channel 38) owner Kevin Adell that the company would be terminating a planned purchase agreement to acquire the station.
The decision comes one year after Mission agreed to acquire Wadl from Adell, and about one month after the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Media Bureau bestowed its blessing on the deal, albeit with some strings attached.
Those conditions required Mission and Adell to modify certain parts of their purchase agreement, which would have restricted Mission’s ability to use funds provided by Nexstar Media Group to close the deal. It would have also restricted Mission from entering into shared services agreements with Nexstar, and required all parties...
- 5/22/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Spoiler Alert: The following reveals major plot points from CBS’ FBI: International’s Season 3 finale “Tuxhorn”
It’s the end of an era for FBI: International fans who will discover tonight how the series wrote off Luke Kleintank’s character Scott Forrester.
Deadline exclusively announced late last month that the actor was leaving after 3 seasons to spend more time with his family. Kleintank was an original FBI: International cast member since the drama premiered in 2021. The final episode he appeared in titled “Touts” aired on May 7.
The good news is, Forrester does not die. His destiny is tied to that of his off-the-radar mother, Angela Cassidy (Elizabeth Mitchell).
In “Tuxhorn,” the episode opens chaotically as Brian Lange (Colin Donnell) discovers that Forrester went to Norway to rescue his mom who is believed to have been captured. Wanting to help, Lange and the Fly Team risk their lives and reputations and...
It’s the end of an era for FBI: International fans who will discover tonight how the series wrote off Luke Kleintank’s character Scott Forrester.
Deadline exclusively announced late last month that the actor was leaving after 3 seasons to spend more time with his family. Kleintank was an original FBI: International cast member since the drama premiered in 2021. The final episode he appeared in titled “Touts” aired on May 7.
The good news is, Forrester does not die. His destiny is tied to that of his off-the-radar mother, Angela Cassidy (Elizabeth Mitchell).
In “Tuxhorn,” the episode opens chaotically as Brian Lange (Colin Donnell) discovers that Forrester went to Norway to rescue his mom who is believed to have been captured. Wanting to help, Lange and the Fly Team risk their lives and reputations and...
- 5/22/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The front of the Federal Communications Commission building in Washington, D.C. (FCC public domain image)
At least one official with the Federal Communications Commission is unhappy with the agency’s conditional approval of a sale between Mission Broadcasting and the owners of Detroit-area television station Wadl-tv.
On Wednesday, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr issued a statement criticizing a decision by the agency’s Media Bureau to approve the deal subject to a modification of certain terms, including an affirmation that Mission would financially separate itself from Nexstar Media Company, reserve a certain amount of advertising revenue for itself, and remove a stipulation that afford Nexstar the option to acquire Wadl (Channel 38) for itself in the future.
Carr characterized the Media Bureau’s conditional approval as a “denial” of the original purchase agreement between Mission and Wadl’s current owner Adell Broadcasting, which involved Nexstar bankrolling the $75 million that Mission would...
At least one official with the Federal Communications Commission is unhappy with the agency’s conditional approval of a sale between Mission Broadcasting and the owners of Detroit-area television station Wadl-tv.
On Wednesday, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr issued a statement criticizing a decision by the agency’s Media Bureau to approve the deal subject to a modification of certain terms, including an affirmation that Mission would financially separate itself from Nexstar Media Company, reserve a certain amount of advertising revenue for itself, and remove a stipulation that afford Nexstar the option to acquire Wadl (Channel 38) for itself in the future.
Carr characterized the Media Bureau’s conditional approval as a “denial” of the original purchase agreement between Mission and Wadl’s current owner Adell Broadcasting, which involved Nexstar bankrolling the $75 million that Mission would...
- 4/24/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned Wadl-tv in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)
Shareholders who have investments in a Detroit-area independent television station will call for statewide rallies this week over inaction by federal regulators to approve the transfer of the station’s license to a larger company.
On Monday, Rev. Horace Sheffield III will distribute a call for action on behalf of the minority shareholders of Detroit’s Wadl-tv (Channel 38), with a request for rallies across the state of Michigan over the FCC’s lengthy delay in deciding an application to transfer the station’s license to Mission Broadcasting.
The Desk obtained a draft copy of the press release slated to go out Monday morning, which states that a number of other faith-based leaders and their respective groups — including Bishop Charles Ellis and Rainbow Push Coalition founder Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jr. — have expressed solidarity with shareholders in pushing...
Shareholders who have investments in a Detroit-area independent television station will call for statewide rallies this week over inaction by federal regulators to approve the transfer of the station’s license to a larger company.
On Monday, Rev. Horace Sheffield III will distribute a call for action on behalf of the minority shareholders of Detroit’s Wadl-tv (Channel 38), with a request for rallies across the state of Michigan over the FCC’s lengthy delay in deciding an application to transfer the station’s license to Mission Broadcasting.
The Desk obtained a draft copy of the press release slated to go out Monday morning, which states that a number of other faith-based leaders and their respective groups — including Bishop Charles Ellis and Rainbow Push Coalition founder Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jr. — have expressed solidarity with shareholders in pushing...
- 4/15/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
As Willie Nelson once sang, there’s no place but Texas — and some of country music’s hallmark awards shows seem to agree. In the past two years, two big-budget ceremonies have been staged not in Nashville but in the Lone Star State. On Sunday, the CMT Music Awards, airing on CBS, made their return to Austin for a second consecutive year and leaned hard into all the trappings of Texas.
Native son Cody Johnson opened the show with an everything-is-bigger performance of a song called “That’s Texas.” Cowboy hats were ubiquitous,...
Native son Cody Johnson opened the show with an everything-is-bigger performance of a song called “That’s Texas.” Cowboy hats were ubiquitous,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Kevin Adell, the owner of Adell Broadcasting and Wadl in Detroit. (Photo courtesy Adell Media)
The owner of an independent television station in Detroit says his $75 million deal to sell the station is likely not going to materialize after it drew strong opposition at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
In a phone interview with The Desk on Thursday, Wadl-tv (Channel 38) owner Kevin Adell said he is ready to accept that a pending deal to sell the station to Mission Broadcasting was “dead on arrival” when he sought regulatory approval from the FCC last May.
The deal would have seen Mission acquire the station from Adell using funds provided by Nexstar Media Group, according to documents submitted to the FCC last year. Once the deal closed, Mission would have transferred operational control of the station to Nexstar through a shared services agreement, a partnership that is similar to one Nexstar has with other Mission-owned broadcast stations.
The owner of an independent television station in Detroit says his $75 million deal to sell the station is likely not going to materialize after it drew strong opposition at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
In a phone interview with The Desk on Thursday, Wadl-tv (Channel 38) owner Kevin Adell said he is ready to accept that a pending deal to sell the station to Mission Broadcasting was “dead on arrival” when he sought regulatory approval from the FCC last May.
The deal would have seen Mission acquire the station from Adell using funds provided by Nexstar Media Group, according to documents submitted to the FCC last year. Once the deal closed, Mission would have transferred operational control of the station to Nexstar through a shared services agreement, a partnership that is similar to one Nexstar has with other Mission-owned broadcast stations.
- 4/4/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
In November 2016, at the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards, Beyoncé performed “Daddy Lessons,” her first explicit foray into country music. On the emotionally intimate, vervy album Lemonade, the song felt inspired by the singer’s Southern origins. Onstage, accompanied by The Chicks and a band wielding the full power of acoustic guitars, horns and harmonicas, it became a full-throated declaration — an affirmation of all that came with Beyoncé’s roots in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.
The backlash to her performance was swift and predictably racist. In a recording of that moment, the camera quickly cuts away from parts of the audience largely unmoved by Beyoncé’s enthusiastic invitation to clap along. On social media, detractors expressed their anger at the musician’s inclusion. A month later, the Recording Academy rejected “Daddy Lessons” as a country entry for the Grammys, setting the stage for a contentious battle about who and...
The backlash to her performance was swift and predictably racist. In a recording of that moment, the camera quickly cuts away from parts of the audience largely unmoved by Beyoncé’s enthusiastic invitation to clap along. On social media, detractors expressed their anger at the musician’s inclusion. A month later, the Recording Academy rejected “Daddy Lessons” as a country entry for the Grammys, setting the stage for a contentious battle about who and...
- 4/3/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is galloping on Spotify and bringing other Black country-based artists for the ride.
Since the album’s release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts like Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Shaboozey — who all appear on Cowboy Carter — has increased in the past week.
Spencer saw an uptick of 170 percent in first-time listeners, Roberts and Tanner Adell both went up 125 percent, and Tiera Kennedy’s first-time listens were increased by 110 percent. Spencer, Reynolds, Adell and Kennedy collaborated with the Grammy-winning superstar on a cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird,” the second track on Cowboy Carter.
From left: Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Tiera Kennedy
Willie Jones, who appears alongside Beyoncé on “Just for Fun,” saw an uptick of 75 percent in first-time listeners, and Shaboozey, who is featured on “Sweet/Honey/Buckiin’” and “Spaghetti,” went up 70 percent.
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just...
Since the album’s release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts like Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Shaboozey — who all appear on Cowboy Carter — has increased in the past week.
Spencer saw an uptick of 170 percent in first-time listeners, Roberts and Tanner Adell both went up 125 percent, and Tiera Kennedy’s first-time listens were increased by 110 percent. Spencer, Reynolds, Adell and Kennedy collaborated with the Grammy-winning superstar on a cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird,” the second track on Cowboy Carter.
From left: Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Tiera Kennedy
Willie Jones, who appears alongside Beyoncé on “Just for Fun,” saw an uptick of 75 percent in first-time listeners, and Shaboozey, who is featured on “Sweet/Honey/Buckiin’” and “Spaghetti,” went up 70 percent.
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just...
- 4/1/2024
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Among the guests appearances on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter are a few newer names country fans may recognize. Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, and Reyna Roberts pop in to sing with Beyoncé on “Blackbiird,” a reimagining of the Beatles 1968 song “Blackbird” (the “ii” signifies the LP is the second installment in the singer’s three-album project).
Adell is a rising country star who dropped her debut album, Buckle Bunny, last summer. Her inclusion on Cowboy Carter is of note because she seems to have manifested it herself. In February,...
Adell is a rising country star who dropped her debut album, Buckle Bunny, last summer. Her inclusion on Cowboy Carter is of note because she seems to have manifested it herself. In February,...
- 3/29/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Kevin Adell, the owner of Adell Broadcasting and Wadl in Detroit. (Photo courtesy Adell Media)
The owner of a Detroit-area independent television station will meet with a Federal Communications Commisison (FCC) official on Thursday to discuss the pending sale of his broadcast outlet, The Desk has learned.
Facing opposition from pay TV groups, the acquisition of Wadl (Channel 38) by Mission Broadcasting has been delayed nearly a year because the deal still need regulatory approval from the FCC.
Opponents alleged the deal would give Mission partner Nexstar Media Group more leverage to increase retransmission consent fees for the stations under its ownership and control. All stations licensed to Mission are operated by Nexstar under shared services agreements that are common in the industry.
Supporters of the deal include the Detroit chapter of the NAACP and Reverend Jesse Jackson, Jr., the leader of the Rainbow Push Coalition. Jackson has met with FCC...
The owner of a Detroit-area independent television station will meet with a Federal Communications Commisison (FCC) official on Thursday to discuss the pending sale of his broadcast outlet, The Desk has learned.
Facing opposition from pay TV groups, the acquisition of Wadl (Channel 38) by Mission Broadcasting has been delayed nearly a year because the deal still need regulatory approval from the FCC.
Opponents alleged the deal would give Mission partner Nexstar Media Group more leverage to increase retransmission consent fees for the stations under its ownership and control. All stations licensed to Mission are operated by Nexstar under shared services agreements that are common in the industry.
Supporters of the deal include the Detroit chapter of the NAACP and Reverend Jesse Jackson, Jr., the leader of the Rainbow Push Coalition. Jackson has met with FCC...
- 3/27/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned Wadl-tv in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)
The buyer and seller of a local television station in Detroit has accepted the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) guidance to extend out the termination date of their deal, The Desk has learned.
The station, Wadl (Channel 38), and prospective buyer Mission Broadcasting now say the shot clock for the deal to be consummated will run out on June 29, or about 90 days out from their prior termination date of March 31.
The shot clock was extended after officials from Mission and Wadl’s current owner, Adell Broadcasting, held meetings with FCC officials on the matter.
The sale, announced last May, has been pending approval at the FCC following objections levied by cable and satellite industry groups who argue that the transfer of Wadl’s license to Mission will benefit the much-larger broadcast operation Nexstar Media Group, who operates...
The buyer and seller of a local television station in Detroit has accepted the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) guidance to extend out the termination date of their deal, The Desk has learned.
The station, Wadl (Channel 38), and prospective buyer Mission Broadcasting now say the shot clock for the deal to be consummated will run out on June 29, or about 90 days out from their prior termination date of March 31.
The shot clock was extended after officials from Mission and Wadl’s current owner, Adell Broadcasting, held meetings with FCC officials on the matter.
The sale, announced last May, has been pending approval at the FCC following objections levied by cable and satellite industry groups who argue that the transfer of Wadl’s license to Mission will benefit the much-larger broadcast operation Nexstar Media Group, who operates...
- 3/25/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Tanner Adell fell in love with country music young.
She grew up splitting her time between Los Angeles and Star Valley, Wy, which created a stark contrast - but it was the country lifestyle, and specifically the music, that held her heart. Adell remembers falling in love with Keith Urban when he released "Somebody Like You." And every summer, when she and her mom would set out to drive back to LA from Star Valley, she'd sit in the back of the car and "just silently cry my eyes out as we'd start on this road trip back to California," she remembers.
These days, Adell is a rising country music star. And ever since Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages" on Super Bowl Sunday and announced her forthcoming country album, the spotlight has been on Black women country artists like her. A lot of that attention has been positive...
She grew up splitting her time between Los Angeles and Star Valley, Wy, which created a stark contrast - but it was the country lifestyle, and specifically the music, that held her heart. Adell remembers falling in love with Keith Urban when he released "Somebody Like You." And every summer, when she and her mom would set out to drive back to LA from Star Valley, she'd sit in the back of the car and "just silently cry my eyes out as we'd start on this road trip back to California," she remembers.
These days, Adell is a rising country music star. And ever since Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages" on Super Bowl Sunday and announced her forthcoming country album, the spotlight has been on Black women country artists like her. A lot of that attention has been positive...
- 3/19/2024
- by Lena Felton
- Popsugar.com
Kevin Adell, the owner of Adell Broadcasting and Wadl in Detroit. (Photo courtesy Adell Media)
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been urged to approve the sale of a Detroit-area television station to a Nexstar Media Group-controlled company by this week.
In a letter filed with the FCC last Friday, an attorney representing Wadl (Channel 38) owner Adell Broadcasting said time is running out for the station to be sold to Mission Broadcasting, whose assets are entirely operated by Nexstar, with the deal facing a March 31 deadline to be consummated in full.
During a meeting earlier this month, the office of FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel told Adell that the agency was weighing at least one other outstanding matter before it could hand down a decision on the sale, the letter obtained by The Desk said.
The sale of Wadl to Mission was first announced last May, as Nexstar was in...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been urged to approve the sale of a Detroit-area television station to a Nexstar Media Group-controlled company by this week.
In a letter filed with the FCC last Friday, an attorney representing Wadl (Channel 38) owner Adell Broadcasting said time is running out for the station to be sold to Mission Broadcasting, whose assets are entirely operated by Nexstar, with the deal facing a March 31 deadline to be consummated in full.
During a meeting earlier this month, the office of FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel told Adell that the agency was weighing at least one other outstanding matter before it could hand down a decision on the sale, the letter obtained by The Desk said.
The sale of Wadl to Mission was first announced last May, as Nexstar was in...
- 3/18/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned Wadl-tv in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)
A leading national activist is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to act on the proposed sale of a Detroit-area television station to a business affiliated with Nexstar Media Group, saying the matter has been held up at the agency for far too long.
On Friday, Reverend Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow Push Coalition sent a letter to FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel, restating comments he and other activists have made over the past few months while meeting with her and other FCC commissioners about the sale of Wadl (Channel 38) to Mission Broadcasting.
Document: Read the letter sent by Rev. Jesse Jackson to the FCC [Pro Access]
The sale has been pending since last May, when Mission Broadcasting and Wadl owner Kevin Adell announced the transaction. The FCC must sign off on business-related transactions involving licensed broadcast television stations,...
A leading national activist is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to act on the proposed sale of a Detroit-area television station to a business affiliated with Nexstar Media Group, saying the matter has been held up at the agency for far too long.
On Friday, Reverend Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow Push Coalition sent a letter to FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel, restating comments he and other activists have made over the past few months while meeting with her and other FCC commissioners about the sale of Wadl (Channel 38) to Mission Broadcasting.
Document: Read the letter sent by Rev. Jesse Jackson to the FCC [Pro Access]
The sale has been pending since last May, when Mission Broadcasting and Wadl owner Kevin Adell announced the transaction. The FCC must sign off on business-related transactions involving licensed broadcast television stations,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned Wadl-tv in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)
The top official at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) met earlier this month with several industry stakeholders and the owner of a Detroit-area television station who is trying to sell his outlet to a Nexstar Media Group-controlled company.
The meeting, held on January 18, involved FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel, Wadl (Channel 38) owner Kevin Adell and two public interest groups — the American Television Alliance (Atva) and Ncta the Internet and Television Association (Ncta) — and was the latest to be held concerning Adell’s pending sale of Wadl to Mission Broadcasting.
For months, the Atva and the Ncta have argued against the deal, filing briefs with the FCC that accused Nexstar of attempting to circumvent federal ownership caps by bankrolling Mission’s purchase of Wadl.
Nexstar operates all of Mission’s television stations under shared services agreements,...
The top official at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) met earlier this month with several industry stakeholders and the owner of a Detroit-area television station who is trying to sell his outlet to a Nexstar Media Group-controlled company.
The meeting, held on January 18, involved FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel, Wadl (Channel 38) owner Kevin Adell and two public interest groups — the American Television Alliance (Atva) and Ncta the Internet and Television Association (Ncta) — and was the latest to be held concerning Adell’s pending sale of Wadl to Mission Broadcasting.
For months, the Atva and the Ncta have argued against the deal, filing briefs with the FCC that accused Nexstar of attempting to circumvent federal ownership caps by bankrolling Mission’s purchase of Wadl.
Nexstar operates all of Mission’s television stations under shared services agreements,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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