The Chief of the Audio Division within the FCC's Media Bureau has denied a petition filed by Townsquare Media to renew the license of a 1-watt FM translator serving the Berkshires city of Pittsfield, Mass. However, the licensee has entered into a Consent Decree with the Commission in order to win it.
It's a unique 3kw FM radio stations with no less than eight FM boosters assigned to it, so that it may overcome terrain concerns and best reach the Springfield, Mass., market from its city of license, Northampton. At present, the station is silent. But, that could change once a new owner takes control.
A Spanish-language radio broadcast ministry has agreed to sell a trio of full-power FMs serving a good portion of California's High Desert and Mojave regions, in addition to nine FM translators stretching from the Inland Empire through the Las Vegas market. Who's the buyer of the Ondas de Vida properties?
Whether you’re giving a toast, running a town hall, or opening the first meeting of 2026, preparation is your superpower. Start this week, and you’ll enter every room with holiday spirit and the confidence of a leader who knows exactly what to say, says public speaking pro Rosemary Ravinal.
Jeff Warshaw, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the growing radio station ownership group Connoisseur Media, and a pair of television industry C-Suite leaders have been appointed to the National Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors to fill recently vacated seats.
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Who are the best tech-focused leaders in radio and television? Industry leaders are chiming in and offering suggestions as we consider nominations for the fifth annual "Broadcast Media's Top Tech Leaders." Time is running out, as the nomination window closes Friday, December 5.
Urban One has announced robust early results from its debt restructuring plan. Some 92% of bondholders, representing $450 million in debt, submitted their notes before the December 1 early tender deadline as the company superserving African Americans advances a three-part refinancing strategy.
The ad tech platform's new initiative is built on a mission of "Trust, Transparency and Seamless Ad Execution" for live streamed content, Including sports. ABC and ESPN parent Disney is one of the first certified partners, joining FOX, NBCUniversal and CBS News & Stations parent Paramount.
A newly released study from a Sinclair Inc. subsidiary shares just how the new digital broadcast TV standard will help power the "internet of things," a robust alternative to DBS, and other non-broadcast revenue-revving features the ATSC, Pearl TV and broadcast TV executives have been promoting for months.
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary products, is preparing for a global conference that's growing in importance to U.S. broadcasting companies — where it will be debuting a robust interactive and immerse experience for visitors.
It isn’t a trial, a teaser, or a limited offer.
Aiir is moving ahead with a full release of software "that helped so many hobbyists, community stations, and broadcasters bring their ideas to life" at no cost to its users.
London-headquartered live production technology firm Vizrt has brought to market a series of AI-driven advances focusing on speed, intelligence, and accuracy in its media asset management (MAM) system, Viz One 8.1.
S&P Global Market Intelligence's Kagan arm surveyed U.S. adults on their social media habits. The results show that Generation Z users spend nearly double the amount of time on social media as millennials — and three times that of Gen Xers and baby boomers/seniors.
Do you have anything to share with the FCC regarding the proposed acquisition of TEGNA by Nexstar Media Group? Your opportunity to share your party's views on the blockbuster deal via an ex parte filing with the Commission has opened.
It's an institution of higher learning "developing servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ’s redemptive love, grace, and truth to the world" since 1846. Soon, it will become the owner of two Hoosier State FM radio stations.
In March, a Class B1 FM airing Classic Country music under the "NASH Icon" brand went dark, concluding its service. The station's owner, Cumulus Media, thought the FM would be better silent than a money-loser. Now, the publicly traded company led by Mary Berner has found a buyer.
It already has a presence on Suffolk County thanks to WLIR-FM 107.1 in Hampton Bays, bringing programming heard on WABC-AM 770 to the easternmost portion of New York's Long Island. Now, John Catsimatidis and his Red Apple Media are reinforcing its coverage of the region with an AM and its FM translators.
The Chief Legal Officer and head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at the NAB has made it clear that any suggestions that retransmission consent is a relevant consideration when contemplating changes in the FCC's national television ownership rule are "unsound" and "wholly unmeritorious."
The weekly look at the actual amount of commercial airings per brand at both spot cable and spot TV is here, courtesy of iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors. And, at spot cable, there's a big push to increase consumption — and subscriptions — at Warner Bros. Discovery's key OTT streaming platform.
