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One of the world’s top data, insights and consulting companies has appointed a new Group Chief Executive Officer.

But, he won’t be taking the role until November 1.

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The Georgia Association of Broadcasters named finalists for its 2021 GABBY Awards.

“This year’s awards will be presented on Saturday, Oct. 23. The finalists … will either receive a GABBY or Merit award for broadcasting excellence in various categories,” the association said.

 Finalists are listed on the GAB website.

Registration for the annual GABCON conference also is now open. The event will take place at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead.

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A low-power television station serving the capital city of Florida is being sold.

The buyer? It’s been broadcasting on television since 1992 and launched an international television network in 2016.

That offering is likely on the way for Tallahassee.

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Since 2018, she’s served as President/GM of TEGNA‘s ABC affiliate serving Louisville, WHAS-11.

Now, this longtime company local station leader is being promoted to the role of President/GM for TEGNA’s stations serving the Pacific Northwest’s largest market.

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Serving the Centralia, Wash., area is an FM translator at 99.7 MHz. It is a sibling to an FM translator at 102.1 MHz, sandwiched between Renton and Tacoma, Wash., and serving the southern portion of the Seattle DMA.

These translator twins are seeing an ownership adjustment. It’s not a “sale,” given the assignor and assignee.

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The rise of subscription-based video on demand (SVOD) digital platforms is not only attention-getting but increasingly lucrative for media companies seeking to capture the consumer that’s rapidly shifting from linear to digital content delivery vehicles.

Among the SVOD players making noise is Disney+, with discovery+, Paramount+ and Peacock among the newest entrants offering paid access to various shows.

Now, you can add an Allen Media Group-owned brand to the mix.

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C-Band users, take note. The Federal Communications Commission released an updated list of earth stations this month.

Making note of this, the law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer says radio stations should review the list “to make sure that any earth station that you operate is included and that all of the details of its operations are correct.”

[Read: Repacking C-Band Earth Stations]

“The updated list (see a PDF version here and an Excel version here) reflects a variety of changes to earth station registrations, including address or coordinate corrections, registration/licensee name changes due to sales or other transfers, and the removal of earth stations that were reportedly inactive and unresponsive to FCC inquiries about their status,” the law firm wrote in a newsletter of the Vermont Association of Broadcasters.

The FCC’s public notice lists Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) earth stations in the 3.7–4.2 GHz band (C-Band) within the contiguous United States that the International Bureau has found satisfy the criteria to be classified as incumbent earth stations for purposes of the C-Band transition.

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On February 1, the radio station owner then-known as Entercom Communications revealed that “later in 2021” the Sports Format Captain for the entire company — and Brand Manager for one of its most iconic properties — will step down.

On May 12, the exact date for his departure from WFAN-AM & FM in New York and CBS Sports Radio was revealed.

Now, that day has come. As of July 1, Mark Chernoff will be succeeded by Spike Eskin at “The Fan.”

To commemorate his years of service at WFAN, which is the first Sports Talk and play-by-play-focused radio station in the world, Audacy on Wednesday officially unveiled “The Mark Chernoff WFAN Newsroom.”

The plaque reads: “Program Director 1993-2021. Influenced the sound of New York sports over four decades while nurturing the careers of many who traveled this space. Dedicated June 30, 2021.”

Among those saluting Chernoff can be seen in the above photo — (Top left to right): Craig Carton, Mark Chernoff, Al Dukes, and Eddie Scozzare. (Bottom left to right): Boomer Esiason, Jerry Recco, and Chris Oliviero.

The audience for terrestrial radio remains high. That’s a point made by many of the leaders of commercially licensed broadcasting companies over the last several years.

Here’s the bad news: A Pew Research Center analysis of MEDIA Access Pro and BIA Advisory Services data confirm that average radio revenue dropped “fairly sharply” in 2020.

And, for the all-news format, the dip in revenue was no different.

Or, are the numbers skewed?

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The Radio Board of the National Association of Broadcasters has a new chair. He’s Bill Wilson, the CEO of Townsquare Media Group.

He succeeds David Santrella, the president of Broadcast Media for Salem Media Group, who now becomes chairman of the association’s Joint Board of Directors, succeeding Jordan Wertlieb of Hearst Television.

John Zimmer, president and owner of Zimmer Radio of Mid-Missouri Inc., was elected Radio Board first vice chair, while Kevin Perry, VP/COO of Perry Publishing and Broadcasting, was elected second vice chair.

Collin Jones, senior vice president of corporate development and strategy for Cumulus Media Inc., was elected as the Radio Board’s major group representative on the NAB Board’s Executive Committee.

[Read: Hershberger Honored With 2021 NAB Engineering Award]

On the TV side, Perry Sook, chairman, president and CEO of Nexstar Media Group, was elected as NAB Television Board chair. Lynn Beall, EVP/COO of Media Operations for TEGNA, was elected TV Board first vice chair. Pat LaPlatney, president and co-chief executive officer of Gray Television Inc., was elected TV Board second vice chair, while and Emily Barr, president and CEO of Graham Media Group, was elected third vice chair.

And Christopher Wood, SVP and associate general counsel for government and regulatory affairs at Univision Communications, was appointed to the designated TV network seat on the NAB Board’s Executive Committee.

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