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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.

"Imaging and branding are the most efficient ways to own the season," writes Gary Begin

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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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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.