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The North Dakota public broadcaster found technology to aid its members after hours

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For years, audio advertising — broadcast radio, streaming audio and podcast alike — carried the same quiet problem. Buyers loved the format and they loved the audiences, but what they could not prove was reach. That is starting to change, and the whole category is better for it.

A March 2026 public notice from the FCC's Media Bureau reminding broadcasters and the public about the Commission's "lowest unit charge" requirements did not break "new substantive ground" and is not a new and final agency action, acting chief Alex Sanjenis has ruled.

Console has USB and outboard power supply for about $3,500

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The Broadcast Standards Association known as ATSC is preparing to highlight the latest advancements in next-generation television broadcasting — and international collaboration — starting Monday in São Paulo, Brazil.

Noting that both Nexstar Media Group and TEGNA "take seriously the concerns" expressed by DirecTV in regard to their compliance of a preliminary injunction ordering a "hold separate" state of affairs between the two TV station ownership groups, a freshly filed status report shows where Nexstar is on reconstituting TEGNA's Board of Directors.

Documents produced by Nexstar in a retransmission consent complaint brought against it and two shared services providers in March 2023 by DirecTV have been criticized by the plaintiff in the federal legal battle as being deficient. Still, DirecTV believes there's another data that tilts the ongoing price fixing claim in its favor.

A Mendocino County, Calif., FM radio station with a Class B signal capable of reaching Laytonville, to the north, and northern portions of Santa Rosa and St. Helena to the south is being spun by Bicoastal Media.  The buyer in this deal brokered by Kalil & Co.? It's the giant of Christian Contemporary Music.

A Class A FM with a signal serving a listening area to the southwest of Huntsville, Ala., is trading hands. The new owner, pending FCC approval, is an individual known for his efforts behind the unfulfilled notion of a FCC-licensed "Class C4" FM radio station.

Alan Gottlieb has moved forward with the sale of an AM radio station that's presently silent under special temporary authority with the FCC. It is now poised to return to life under new ownership, thanks to a deal signed off by Keith Shipman.