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In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) revises the technical rules for low-power auxiliary station (LPAS) devices to permit a recently developed type of wireless microphone system, termed herein as a Wireless Multichannel Audio System (WMAS), to operate in the broadcast television (TV) bands and other LPAS frequency bands on a licensed basis. The Commission adopts technical rules for licensed WMAS operations in specific frequency bands under our LPAS rules and also permits WMAS to operate on an unlicensed basis under the rules in the TV bands and 600 MHz duplex gap. The Commission updates its existing LPAS and technical rules for wireless microphones, which already rely on certain European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) standards, to incorporate the latest version of that standard where appropriate. Finally, the Commission updates the wireless microphone rules to reflect the end of the post-Incentive Auction transition period. The Commission's goal in the FCC document is to increase wireless microphone spectral efficiency and enable more intensive use in the spectrum available for such operations.

FCC Enforcement Chief: "Transmitting EAS Tones in the absence of an actual emergency is not a game...”

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Media Bureau allots Channel 284A at Huntley, Montana, as the community's first local service, and modify the license of KYSX, Billings, Montana to specify operation on Channel 286A in lieu of Channel 283C1

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Philadelphia, Phoenix, Fort Worth and San Diego among key markets

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If you're a Charlotte radio listener, or perhaps were once one, you're likely familiar with Paul Schadt. He's been in the market since the early 1980s, and since 1997 at WKKT "96.9 The Kat," the Country radio station owned by iHeartMedia. Come February 2025, Schadt will be hanging up the headphones. But, he will be an active retiree.

The FCC has formally unveiled the tentative selectees from 93 groups of mutually exclusive applications for new low-power FM station construction permits filed during a December 2023 window.

A reader shares his United Parcel Service woes

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The entertainment and sports programming network within the ABC arm of The Walt Disney Company could be on the hook for thousands of dollars in fines payable to the FCC for its apparent misuse of emergency tones during a promotional segment for the start of the 2023-2024 NBA season.

Illinois broadcaster shuts down an AM to prioritize its FM investment

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The ABC affiliate serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties, the only television station licensed to the Warren Buffett-owned BH Media, is warning viewers that it could suddenly go dark on Dish within hours.

Lead-generation tool can be used in email pitches

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A new dashboard consolidates important information

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The NBA franchise owned by Miriam Adelson and family members has successfully secured eight DMAs that will transmit their games produced by TEGNA's North Texas operation on broadcast TV stations in the respective markets. Gray Media, Sinclair Inc. and Nexstar Media Group stations are all in the mix.

A Commission-hosted database featuring MVPD notifications of a broadcast TV station "blackout" due to a retransmission consent impasse goes beyond the agency's statutory authority. That's what the NAB's Deputy GC for Legal and Regulatory Affairs told an advisor to Nate Simington last week, arguing that the plan should be abandoned.

SiriusXM subscribers have until now enjoyed audio access to three NBCUniversal News Group channels. As of today, they are getting two more choices, thanks to an expanded agreement between the two companies.

In mid-August, Howard Greiner was named Metro President for iHeartMedia in Nashville, leaving Upstate N.Y. Bob Morgan was named its area leader. Now, the Market President for the company's Mid-Hudson Valley and Sussex County stations is adding New York's Capital District to his duties. 

Wondering what ratings may look like in the future for viewers that tune to NEXTGEN TV stations using ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast signals that have embraced the Run3TV platform designed to mimic a smart TV app? The first such data is on the way, thanks to a partnership with audience measurement firm TVision.