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Across Thursday, talk of a potential carriage fee impasse between YouTube TV and Paramount Global escalated, with each company expressing their views on the terms of a new agreement publicly with their respective consumers. At 8pm Eastern, a "blackout" by law of most of the CBS News and Stations' parents channels was prevented — for now.

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On April 14, 2022, a woman who held 80% equity interest in four radio stations passed away. The licensee, however, failed to promptly share this information with the Commission. That's a FCC rule violations, but a forfeiture notice isn't to be handed out. Instead, the Audio Division Chief, Al Shuldiner, is signing a Consent Decree.

High school students embrace their new audio system

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The third-generation President of radio station owner Mid-West Family Broadcasting will be shifting to a role as Chairman of the Board, as another longtime executive has been named Chief Operating and Revenue Officer.

He has a surname that's apropos for his workplace, and he's just been promoted to Regional VP of Sales for the FOX Television Stations serving Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Gainesville-Ocala.

An individual who most recently served as Sr. VP of Global Media Rights for Aggregate Sports and before that was VP of Programming for NBC Sports Group will now be reporting to the President of The CW Network, as he's taken on the role of SVP of Sports.

Congress is marking World Radio Day in a particularly meaningful way: a bipartisan group of 114 US House members has reintroduced the Local Radio Freedom Act, a resolution opposing the imposition of new performance fees, royalties, or taxes on local radio stations.

It will show the Bridge-IT XTRA II Codec in Las Vegas

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Consumers reliant on YouTube TV to view their favorite cable television channels from Paramount Global and most of the company's CBS News and Stations properties across the nation's largest markets could be in the dark come Friday morning. That's thanks to what is shaping up to be the latest retransmission consent flap.