The federal government may be shut down and more than 1,000 FCC staffers remain on unpaid leave, but that hasn't deterred individuals from submitting comments on GN 16-142 — authorizing the permissive use of the "Next Generation" broadcast TV standard known as ATSC 3.0 — on the Commission's ECFS.
A member of the air staff at KBDZ-FM 93.1, licensed to Perryville, Mo., and serving a swath of downstate Illinois and southeastern Missouri between St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, has died after contracting West Nile Virus some five weeks ago.
The Sinclair Inc.-owned broadcast TV station serving Flint, Mich., as "FOX 66" is heading to the University of Michigan on Thursday evening to participate in the Athletes First Tailgate Tour stop, along with the parent company's AMP Media team.
Privately held broadcast radio station owner Evanov Communications Inc. has lured a high-profile programming executive with previous experience at Corus Entertainment, Rogers Sports & Media and at the former Alpha Media in the U.S. to lead its two stations serving the GTA.
The news was first shared on a Texas local media blog and shared by the individual at the heart of the report via LinkedIn early Friday morning. A former Regional VP for Urban One's radio division from October 2004 through March 2015, overseeing its Dallas and Houston stations, is returning to the company.
For thirty years, a nonprofit organization founded by Brent Bozell determined to clean up sex and violence portrayed on prime time television has fought for its advocates. Now, the PTC is in self-destruct mode, after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
He was known by listeners as the "Voice of Westerly," for his distinct voice on a Class C AM serving the Rhode Island city on Block Island Sound. Christoper DiPaola passed away three years ago this coming Tuesday. Now, transfer of control of the AM and its associated FM translator he owned has begun.
Adam Jacobson
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