Broadcasters of All Sizes Share Ideas for the Future of EAS
One community radio advocate questions if LPFMs even need emergency alerting equipment
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Censorship or Commerce? YouTube TV Moves Forward With Univision Move
Google's plans to drop the Univision broadcast television network from its main bundle on YouTube TV have come to fruition. This led TelevisaUnivision and the MMTC to lambast the "big tech" giant for a move they say is discriminatory against Spanish-speaking audiences.
What Does the Federal Government Shutdown Mean for the FCC?
Most filing deadlines that fall during the shutdown will be extended
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Valkoun Takes Top Sales Post for iHeartMedia in Milwaukee
The iHeartMedia stations serving the home of Major League Baseball's Brewers have a new Vice President of Sales. She'll work closely with the stations' sales executives to deliver "innovative marketing solutions for advertisers" across the company's broadcast, digital, and live event platforms.
Letter: AM Headlines Are Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The real issue is revenue, Archie Stulc writes
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Pay-To-Sway? Tiered Licensee Scheme Could Evade FCC Public Interest Needs
A writer at large for The New York Times focused on media and politics is to thank for getting the Chairman of the Federal Communications Communications to suggest that a tiered premium licensee opportunity could be one way a broadcast radio or TV station would be able to avoid adhering to strict public interest obligations.
What’s The FCC Perspective On ‘The View’?
Jim Rutenberg, a writer for The New York Times, asked Brendan Carr during a post-November Open Meeting press conference on Tuesday if the FCC should look at programs such as "The View" to see whether the ABC chat show and similar programs are bona fide news or something running afoul of Commission rules.
Local TV Pushback Of Network Programming Heralded By Carr
As FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sees it, Nexstar and Sinclair pre-empting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" because the groups each did not believe network programming supplied to them was fit for their viewers amounts to a "significant win" if the goal is to empower local TV stations to comply with their public interest obligations.
Cogeco Media Upgrades Network Across Quebec
The media company uses Tieline Gateways to streamline distribution
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HMPG To Provide Programming To Telemundo Local ‘DigiNet’
Hearst Media Production Group will begin provide programming for a three-hour educational and informational (E/I) block on a nationally distributed Spanish-language digital multicast network that's part of NBCUniversal Local's Telemundo Station Group.
