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The Broadcasters Foundation of America has launched its annual Year-End Giving Campaign, which seeks to raise donations from tax-deductible personal contributions to the Guardian Fund and corporate contributions to the Angel Initiative.

Should the "AM Radio In Every Vehicle Act" fail to gain Congressional approval in the remaining weeks of what is now a "Lame Duck" session, a reintroduced bill could carry itself through to passage in 2025. Ted Cruz, the current Ranking Member of the influential Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, will be the Act's chief crusader in a more powerful role.

The individual who maintained oversight of broadcast media properties across all of Lilly Broadcasting's markets has retired, with November 4 serving as his final day at the Erie, Pa.-based privately held licensee.

It was predicted by some, but wholly unexpected by many still digesting the results. Donald J. Trump will be the 45th and the 47th President of the U.S. come January 20, 2025. What this could mean for broadcasters is monumental, as the Rosenworcel Commission will be coming to an end, along with Democratic control of the upper body of Congress.

“It was really cool seeing the students’ faces light up when they each made their first contact”

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Outcome of the 2024 federal elections.

He’s the only person to be named the SBE’s Engineer of the Year twice

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We profile Jim Dalke, the only person to be honored as the SBE Engineer of the Year twice.

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The Founder/Managing Partner and CEO of Nueva Network and Costa Media will be sharing his insight at a Forecast 2025 panel on November 13. To get a preview of what is in store for conference attendees, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson welcomes Villafañe to the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.fm.

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From the Hawaiian Islands to New England, dozens of stations within the iHeartMedia family have parted ways with employees on multiple levels of the audio content creation and distribution company's core radio broadcasting unit. Among the casualties is the Market President for Raleigh-Durham, and the Boston Region President.

On or about October 13, an individual with equity interest in a collection of New Hampshire radio stations passed away. This led a family member of the now-deceased sole owner of the stations to petition the state Probate Court to make him a special administrator of his estate. Now, the FCC is being asked to approve the plan.

"What percentage of the costs are coming out from just the news part, in particular?" That was just one of several questions analyst Craig Huber had for the Scripps leadership team during its Q3 earnings call on Monday, as Lisa Knutson completed her final earnings call as Chief Operating Officer.

Challenges abound for publicly traded radio broadcasting companies. And, they're continuing for Beasley Media Group. Despite strong political advertising revenue for some media companies, the owner of properties in markets ranging from Detroit, Boston and Philadelphia to Charlotte, Tampa, and Augusta, Ga., registered another Q3 net loss.

Pro media production software house Avid is now officially the owner of a maker of cloud-based multiplatform news planning, production and publishing tools, bringing it further into the broadcast media industry.

With activity ramping up and 5G-MAG actively engaging in industry conversations, a vote on forming a dedicated 5G Broadcast 5G-MAG workgroup is set for December, the 5G Broadcast Collective has shared.

Reporting to National Sales Manager Kenneth Cyr, the new executive will apply "his varied skillset and industry knowledge to a clearly defined sales role that will prioritize bringing the Hitachi professional camera brand to a bigger audience," the company says.

IEX Group's swXtch.io has joined forces with Telos Alliance by creating an alliance that will enable scalable broadcast intercom in the cloud at very low latency. This, the companies say, provides broadcasters with the same features, functionality and mission-critical performance they use within their on-prem environments, minus the servers and cost associated with keeping them alight.