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Hunter Deeley succeeds Patrick Webre

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WCB seeks comment on a petition for relinquishment of ETC designation pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(4) filed by Carolina West Wireless, Inc.

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Effective immediately, Patrick Webre is no longer the FCC's Enforcement Bureau Chief. That's because he will now take a senior role in the Office of Managing Director at the Commission.  Who is Webre's successor? The Chief of Staff and Deputy Bureau Chief within the Enforcement Bureau.

He was born in New York as Ronald Ferrazzuolo but was widely known under a different name for decades, thanks to his time at radio stations across the South and, more recently, at SiriusXM. Ferrazzuolo, professionally known as Ron Parker, is now being mourned, as the programmer and air personality has passed away.

MaxxKonnect has brought to market a modular software suite that it says "provides a clear, continuous picture" of critical program audio, online streams and over-the-air signals.

For the past two years, the amount owed to the Commission from AM and FM radio station owners for the right to use public spectrum has gone down. That ends this year: the FCC said no to requests from dozens of state broadcasters associations and the NAB to dampen a coming fee rise.

The companies led by low-power TV entrepreneur Frank Copsidas have filed an ex-parte with the FCC in support of HC2 Broadcasting’s "expert filing" about their meeting with members of Chairman Brendan Carr’s staff. The topic of discussion: 5G Broadcast capabilities and realities for LPTV stations.

There are now 14 CBS News & Stations broadcast television stations bringing immersive weather storytelling to viewers, and the latest addition to the list of Paramount-owned properties embracing AR/VR technology for the local news studio now includes CBS Boston.

KNTV-11 in San Jose, branded as "NBC Bay Area," is adding an additional hour of local news to its daily schedule, starting September 7. It happens to be in the time slot that, until today, is held by a popular talk show hosted by the first "American Idol" winner turned pop star. Clarkson is signing off from daily TV.

NRB argued lower courts misapplied strict scrutiny in a dispute over land in a San Antonio park

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There's a new Chief Programming Officer for Pillar Media's non-secular radio stations serving Central New Jersey, Cincinnati and Denver. It's an individual who arrives from Gateway Creative Communications in St. Louis, where he served as OM for "99.1 JOY FM," the BOOST Radio Network and "WorshipOne."

Ledcor Industries (USA) Inc. and three co-licensees agree to pay $45,000 and each implement a compliance plan to resolve their failure to renew AmeriCan-1 Submarine Cable Landing License

Zayo Group and three co-licensees agree to pay $45,000 and each implement a compliance plan to resolve their failure to renew AmeriCan-1 Submarine Cable Landing License

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Rogers Communications and three co-licensees agree to pay $45,000 and each implement a compliance plan to resolve their failure to renew AmeriCan-1 Submarine Cable Landing License

Marine Cable Corporation and three co-licensees agree to pay $45,000 and each implement a compliance plan to resolve their failure to renew AmeriCan-1 Submarine Cable Landing License

“Everyone was operating on adrenaline,” former EVP of engineering for Clear Channel said

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