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The NAB has endorsed a request from aviation organizations that the FCC extend the deadline

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Just like industry peer Beasley experienced, Discord chat rooms about investment opportunities — as seen on social media platform X — are actively talking up iHeartMedia stock. With 30 minutes to go in trading on Thursday, their posts appeared to be working, with "IHRT" shares up by more than 8% from Wednesday.

Thanks to "meme stock" Discord chat among gamers and followers to dubious trading option-makers with followers on X, "BBGI" exploded in growth on Wednesday. Within the first 90 minutes of Thursday's trading on Nasdaq, the wild increase in value had all but evaporated.

Travel to Visalia, Calif., and you'll find an automotive family focused on everything from Cadillacs and Chryslers to Dodge, Ford, GMC and Honda vehicles across five dealerships, plus GA Motorsports. It turns out the family behind these car and truck centers loves radio, and is buying an AM/FM combo.

Two entities within noncommercial giant Minnesota Public Radio have agreed to settle a matter in which Emergency Alert System tones inadvertently aired across nearly 550 broadcast radio stations during a program provided by the BBC. The consent decree involves a big U.S. Treasury "voluntary contribution."

Global advertising spend is now on course to close out 2025 with growth of 8.9% to $1.19 trillion, an upgrade from WARC’s September forecast. Why? Don't look to linear media, as WARC says the change is due to strong results from "Big Tech" platforms and a muted impact on global trade from tariffs.  

Connected TV advertising player LG Ad Solutions has entered into new partnerships that the TV set manufacturer with its own "FAST" channel lineup across all of its televisions believes has established "the industry’s most robust local television dataset."

His website features a wealth of microphone information and even sound

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The New York Festivals Television & Film Awards has unveiled its 2026 Grand Jury, bringing together more than 100 top industry leaders from around the world to evaluate this year’s most innovative TV and film projects.

They're at it again. Three days after word surfaced that Verizon Fios was nearing an impasse over a fresh retransmission consent agreement with Cox Media Group, threating a "blackout" of the company's Pittsburgh and Boston stations, respectively, a new potential tussle over carriage rights fees has surfaced for the regional MVPD.