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The Chris Ruddy-led cable television network moving ahead with an initial public offering of stock is welcoming three industry veterans to serve as Executive Producers for some of its key shows.

Public radio stations serving California's Central Valley; Erie, Pa.; and the Wasatch Front of Utah are eligible to receive grants from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting to upgrade their equipment in order to provide enhanced emergency alerting to their respective listeners.

As RBR+TVBR previously reported, Bob Longo is retiring at the end of 2024 as the head of Cox Media Group's television station in Jacksonville, and as the leader of its joint service partner owned by Hoffman Communications. Now, CMG has announced who is taking Longo's role.

Seven Giants of Broadcasting and Electronic Arts were honored at a Tuesday luncheon reception presented by the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation in New York.

Starting in January 2025, Nielsen will move to a 3-minute qualifier to count a radio listener (from the previous 5-minute mark). As a result of this enhancement, radio and its advertisers will get credit for more of the audience that hears their ads and content.

Two-thirds of marketers queried by WARC Research expect business conditions to improve next year. That could have a positive trickle-down effect for broadcast media advertising, giving core ad dollars a potential needed boost in 2025.

An Indian scalable playout services company with SaaS services at its forefront has brought to market a real-time ad delivery tracking dashboard designed to stop revenue leakage that can occur in "high pressure live sports playout environments."

A collection of 11 radio stations spread across the Delmarva Peninsula has a new leader. At the same time, social media posts confirm that the entire news department at HeartMedia's News/Talk radio station serving Southern California, which last week saw the resignation of its longtime PD, has been dismantled as part of widespread job cuts.

A Beasley Media Group-owned Rock station serving the Tampa-St. Petersburg market has officially been "relaunched," and is now "fully powered" by an artificial intelligence-driven operating system developed by Super Hi-Fi.