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It's no joke: TikTok is now a major source of news and information for a significant percentage of Americans. Still, new data from Pew Research Center indicate that broadcast television remains a major source for the facts when occurrences of imporance happen.

Broadcaster associations from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have sent a letter to congressional leadership in support of the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act.

It made its debut in the Fraunhofer booth at IBC

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The Commission's "CORES" database has been updated with revised AM and FM radio station fee codes and amounts for fiscal year 2024. This ends the short hold on submissions due to miscalculation errors that were arise from some.

Video consumers who use The Roku Channel have gained access to the ad-supported version of the AMC+ over-the-top platform, provided they subscribe to it and pay a monthly fee.

“Lives will be saved”

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A collection of radio properties comprised of two AMs, three FMs and nine FM translators located in the nation's 49th state are being sold from one Peninsula to another Peninsula, a FCC filing awaiting regulatory approval shows. How much will David Becker earn from the sale of these stations to a group led by Michael Dukes?

The commission will contact broadcasters who may have made incorrect payments

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The area surrounding Lynchburg, Tenn., is famous thanks to its whiskey distilleries. That's why Bowman Broadcasting's local broadcast audio services includes "Whiskey Country," airing on a pair of FM frequencies. Pending FCC approval, the audio brand and its siblings will be under new ownership.

There's a new leader for the iHeartMedia radio stations serving the state capital of Texas, and the market to the southwest that's home to the Alamo and the Spurs. Concurrently, the company's Dallas-Fort Worth stations has promoted from within when selecting its new SVP of Sales.

Harker Bos Group's latest State of Spanish-Language Media 2024 report is chock full of takeaways that are of value to all across the television industry. Sean Bos, VP of Branding and Research at Harker Bos Group, discusses the findings, which are heavy on cable and streaming consumption, on this latest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

Replaces hardware with a touchscreen-operated control surface

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100 more exhibitors were added to the show floor

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A full Committee markup of some 16 bills including the AM radio legislation are being teed up for a session scheduled for 10am Wednesday on Capitol Hill. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers will oversee the markup session, and it will be a busy one.

Six exceptional women, including the President/Publisher of Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report, will be recognized for their "visionary leadership" at this year's Gracies Leadership Awards on November 19. The event, staged by the Alliance for Women in Media (AWM), is dedicated to celebrating the achievements and impact of women in media.

Saga Communications has elevated its longtime Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to an EVP while also promoting its Senior VP of Operations to the COO role. The news comes ahead of a September 25 ex-dividend date for Saga shares, which are trading at a five-year low going into Tuesday's Opening Bell on the Nasdaq.

Two vital broadcasting industry organizations are inviting media companies and professionals from across the radio and television landscape to make a lasting impact by participating in an inaugural Fantasy Gifts & Experiences for Good Auction, which kicks off November 13 at Forecast 2025 in New York.

A January 12 game versus the Denver Nuggets marked the first New Orleans Pelicans game-day telecast on Gray Television-owned WVUE-8. Now, the company now doing business as Gray Media has secured a deeper media rights deal that results in a forthcoming multistate sports and entertainment network anchored by WVUE.

In a month that saw the Olympic Games Paris 2024 across both NBC and Telemundo and numerous breaking news stories, broadcast TV's total share of the viewing pie came in lower than that of cable television. That said, streaming is clearly the dominant way U.S. consumers are watching video content.

Thomason Broadcast-owned GatesAir last week formally introduced a new high-efficiency, low-power offering for two product lines that "offer insights into the changing requirements for RF infrastructure." In particular, low-power radio and TV broadcasters are the focus of these new "solutions."