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The Media Bureau of the FCC has formally modified its rules as it pertains to FM terrestrial digital audio broadcasting systems, a change that is designed to give Xperi Corp.'s HD Radio a bigger signal contour.

ATSC, The Broadcast Standards Association, has selected the Sr. VP of Standards, Policy & Advanced Engineering at NBCUniversal as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal. Clarence Hau will be honored this year with an award that salutes individuals or teams who demonstrate exemplary leadership in advancing ATSC’s mission and embody the […]

Some ownership groups have been shutting down underperforming signals

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ENCO says its a powerful add-on for the DAD on-air radio automation system

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42.8 MHz will broadcast from the Alpine Tower for first time in a decade

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Meanwhile Sage reiterates its support of the NAB plan

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Streaming video has rapidly become the most critical source of digital growth for local broadcast television. In 2024, Connected TV and over-the-top advertising surged to nearly 30% of all digital revenue at local stations, up from approximately 10% the prior year, according to Borrell Associates’ 2025 Annual Digital Benchmarking Report. Borrell estimates that local TV […]

With the FIFA Club World Cup and the Concacaf Gold Cup on the horizon, Disney Entertainment and TelevisaUnivision have announced a new multiregion streaming video distribution agreement aimed at expanding access to Spanish-language programming in both the U.S. and Mexico.

MediaCo is strengthening its foothold in television and streaming after its Estrella asset acquisition, reshaping its leadership team with a trio of executive sales appointments to handle national and local revenue generation as the broadcaster expands its FAST offerings to include new takes on legacy assets.

Emergency Alert System hardware vendor Digital Alert Systems has issued a strong rebuttal to the NAB, defending its opposition to a proposed FCC rulemaking that would allow software-based EAS processing. In formal reply comments, the company refutes NAB's argument that the company's concerns are grounded in commercial self-interest.

Salem Radio Network syndicated host Mark Walters was the first to file a defamation complaint linked to OpenAI’s ChatGPT in June 2023, just months after the chatbot's public launch. Now that closely watched lawsuit has come to its conclusion, marking an early precedent in the legal scrutiny of generative artificial intelligence.

Radio One Buffalo owner Buddy Shula is giving a flag-waving rebrand to his latest AM acquisition as he prepares to launch a new format on the signal. The FCC has approved a call letter change for WHLD-AM in Niagara Falls, New York. Effective with a Local Marketing Agreement starting June 1, the station will officially identify as WUSW.

Sinclair Television Group has exercised a long-standing purchase option to acquire KMEG in Sioux City, along with its associated translators in Nebraska and northern Iowa, from Waitt Broadcasting. The transaction formalizes a relationship that has been guided by a Shared Services Agreement between the two companies since 2005.

Hispanic Radio Conference 2025 is coming to Houston June 11–12, and early bird pricing wraps up Tuesday, May 27 at 12:01a ET, immediately following the Memorial Day weekend. Register before the deadline to secure the lowest available rate for the industry’s premier gathering focused on Hispanic radio’s future.

She's the former Market President and Publisher of Pacific Business News and led the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Now, Pacific Media Group has tapped her as General Manager of its Honolulu Radio Operations, overseeing Oʻahu stations 102.7 da Bomb, 105.9 The Wave FM, HI93, and 94.7 KUMU.

The 2025 New York Festivals Storytellers Gala honored the best in television, film, and radio during a virtual ceremony on May 22, recognizing outstanding work across genres, formats, and platforms from more than two dozen countries. In television, Al Jazeera English was named Broadcaster of the Year for the ninth consecutive year.