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On Wednesday, in conjunction with NAB Show New York, the National Association of Broadcasters presented the 2023 NAB Marconi Radio Awards.

Established in 1989, and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the Marconi Radio Awards are given to radio stations and outstanding on-air personalities to “recognize excellence in radio.”

Recipients were recognized during a dinner celebration held at the Javits Center. The ceremony, presented by Xperi, was hosted by sportscaster Rich Eisen with entertainment from “Verzuz” host DJ Scratch.

Marconi Awards at the 2023 NAB Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 at Jacob Javits Center in New York, New York. Photo by Mike Lawrence for NAB.

This year’s NAB Marconi Radio Award winners are as follows:

Legendary Radio Station of the Year
KCBS(AM), San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

Legendary Station Manager
Debbie Kenyon, Audacy, Detroit, Mich.

Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year
Rich Eisen, Westwood One, Los Angeles, Calif.

Major Market Personality of the Year
Lin Brehmer, WXRT(FM), Chicago, Ill.

Large Market Personality of the Year
Dave Ryan with Falen, Jenny and Drake, KDWB(FM), Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

Medium Market Personality of the Year
Ashley Adams, Roger Todd and Michele Silva, WJXB(FM), Knoxville, Tenn.

Small Market Personality of the Year
Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart, KATI(FM), Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo.

Major Market Station of the Year
WALR(FM), Atlanta, Ga.

Large Market Station of the Year
KSTP(FM), Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

Medium Market Station of the Year
WXKB(FM), Ft. Myers-Naples, Fla.

Small Market Station of the Year
WIKY(FM), Evansville, Ind.

AC Radio Station of the Year
KODA(FM), Houston, Texas

Best Podcast of the Year
“The Letter,” KSL(FM), Salt Lake City, Utah

CHR Station of the Year
WAPE(FM), Jacksonville, Fla.

Classic Hits Station of the Year
KONO(FM), San Antonio, Texas

College Station of the Year
WSOU(FM), Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.

Country Station of the Year
KYGO(FM), Denver, Colo.

News/Talk Station of the Year
WTOP(FM), Washington, D.C.

Religious Station of the Year
KLTY(FM), Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas

Rock Station of the Year
WMMR(FM), Philadelphia, Pa.

Spanish Language Station of the Year
WLKQ(FM), Atlanta, Ga.

Sports Station of the Year
WBZ(FM), Boston, Mass.

Urban Station of the Year
WHQT(FM), Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Marconi finalists were selected by a committee of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. NAB said the votes were tabulated by an independent firm.

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The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the preliminary attendance numbers for NAB Show New York, which was held Oct. 24–26 at the Javits Center.

This year, NAB said the annual show drew 12,231 people to the Big Apple — a 28 percent increase from 9,500 attendees in 2022.

Exhibit Hall at the 2023 NAB Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 at Jacob Javits Center in New York, New York. Photo by Mike Lawrence for NAB.

Nearly 270 exhibitors could be found across the show floor, including 60 first-time exhibitors. NAB said there were approximately 225 sessions featuring approximately 300 speakers.

Next year’s NAB Show New York will be held Oct. 8–10, 2024.

Registration and main gates opening at the 2023 NAB Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 at Jacob Javits Center in New York, New York. Photo by Mike Lawrence for NAB.

The collocated AES Show continues through Friday, and has separate registration.

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When it comes to being a multipronged communications giant, keeping profits across every segment has its challenges. For Comcast Corp., which owns NBCUniversal, the Peacock OTT losses are subsiding. Theme park business is bustling. But its Xfinity home internet service is showing signs of a slowdown.

That news sent Comcast shares down sharply in Thursday’s trading.

With less than 20 minutes remaining in the day’s trading session, CMCSA was off by 8.2% to $39.28. The losses in its broadband internet division, and a glum outlook, fueled the decline in share price.

How important is Xfinity broadband growth? The share price dip came even as Comcast easily beat earnings per share estimates, with profit of $1.08 per share on an adjusted basis. Analysts’ forecasted $0.95 for Comcast’s Q3 EPS.

Revenue climbed to $30.12 billion from $29.85 billion as adjusted EBITDA rose to $9.96 billion from $9.48 billion.

With Peacock perhaps the darling of its NBCU unit, Q3 proved to be a strong one for the OTT platform. Comcast reported that its Peacock Paid Subscribers rolls grew by nearly 80% to 28 Million, and this includes net additions of 4 million in the third quarter. Peacock revenue improved by 64% to $830 million.

But, when drilling down the Media revenue within the “Content & Experiences” division of Comcast, Q3 revenue was statistically flat, moving to $6.029 billion from $6.005 billion. Adjusted EBITDA was up 6.5%, however, to $723 million from $679 million.

Breaking down those numbers a tad further, it becomes clear that domestic advertising revenue is challenged.

Meanwhile, the lone place where NBC and Telemundo were mentioned in the Q3 earnings report was in the footnote describing Comcast’s holdings as a company.

 

The Andrade family-run operation known as The Voice Radio Network has become an established player across the Delmarva Peninsula, with stations serving Salisbury-Ocean City, Md., and an FM translator serving Southern New Jersey added earlier this year.

Now, the licensee seeks to add an AM in the Garden State to its asset portfolio.

The Voice has agreed to acquire WOCQ-AM 1510 in Salem, N.J., formerly WXCY-AM. It is a Class D daytime-only operation with a 4-tower array just east of the Delaware River, just to the southeast of Wilmington, Del. It must power down at night to protect WLAC-AM in Nashville.

The seller is the Lynn Deppen-managed Forever Media, which has already allowed The Voice to operate the AM via a Time Brokerage Agreement, which went to effect on October 5. At that time, the station became the originating station of Spanish-language “Maxima 104.1,” heard on FM translator W281CM.

A $250,000 purchase price has been agreed upon, with no broker or finder associated with the transaction.

The seller’s legal counsel is David Oxenford of Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP.

An AM/FM combo serving a corner of Louisiana near the Mississippi border and such cities as Bogalusa faces a license revocation. Why? The stations’ owner is very delinquent in the payment of regulatory fees to the FCC.

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CHARLOTTSVILLE, VA. —The Chief the FCC Media Bureau’s Audio Division has denied an Informal Objection submitted by Saga Communications, and is moving forward with its approval of a modification request from a crosstown owner that will positively impact its FM translator targeting a big college town.

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NEW YORK — A new study released on Thursday by the TVB, conducted on its behalf by GfK, aims to better understand “the vast world of streaming and how linear television, specifically local broadcast TV, fits in it.”

Some 4,000 respondents offered their input. The key takeaway: Some 18% did not watch broadcast TV.

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The state, and fate, of broadcast television advertising in the U.S. is a subject noted media-focused financial analyst Brian Wieser has tracked since his years at Pivotal Research Group. Today, Wieser runs Madison and Wall, his own Portland, Ore., consultancy. But, many of his thoughts regarding core advertising trends remain bleak.

In short, Wieser can’t get past the fact that television advertising “struggles to grow.” Now, he’s offered suggestions as to what the industry can do to combat the problem.

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Following the untimely death of founding CEO Walter Ulloa at the end of 2022, Entravision Communications moved forward with the naming of Michael Christenson as the company’s new CEO.

Now, he’s been appointed a director of the company — one of two moves for the owner of Hispanic-focused radio and TV stations that earns the majority of its revenue from its digital segment.

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On September 11, RBR+TVBR shared the news that Tideline Partners media broker Greg Guy was overseeing an auction that would deliver a noncommercial FM serving the Salt Lake City market with secular programming to the winning bidder.

We now know who the future owner of the Class C2 facility will be, pending regulatory approval. And, the deal was struck traditionally, as the auction was cancelled.

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NEW YORK — A free ad-supported streaming television network distributed to a half-million hotels and more than 2,500 airport screens across North America has partnered with the nation’s No. 1 owner of broadcast TV stations to extend the distribution of its all-news MVPD-distributed network.

Nexstar Media Group reached an agreement with ReachTV that puts NewsNation on the FAST channel platform.

The agreement also brings the sports programming of the Nexstar-controlled CW Network, including ACC College Football and Basketball and LIV Golf, to ReachTV.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed; ReachTV gained immediate distribution rights to the programming.

“Nexstar always looks for ways to extend the distribution of NewsNation and The CW Network to new audiences,” said Dana Zimmer, Nexstar’s President of Distribution. “This new partnership with ReachTV enables both of these national networks to deliver their exclusive live content to millions of travelers in hotels and airports across the United States, and provides our advertisers with access to new and even larger audiences.”

ReachTV Chief Executive Officer Lynnwood Bibbens commented, “ReachTV is thrilled to expand its live news offerings with NewsNation, and its live sports programming in partnership with The CW, to provide LIV Golf, ACC College Foobtall, and ACC Men’s and Women’s College Basketball. Delivering these exciting and diverse new live sports offerings will help us meet demand from our audience of travelers, and build on our existing NFL rights to air every single NFL game, making ReachTV a new destination for live sports appointment viewing.”

When it comes to rewarding shareholders, TEGNA has been consistent with its dividend declarations. And, the riches are bigger for those who hold the company’s stock, rising from $0.095 per share in October 2021 to the value that TEGNA’s board just declared for its latest regular quarterly dividend payment.

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On Wednesday RBR+TVBR shared the news that a co-founder of American Tower Corp., former U.S. Senate candidate Tom Stoner, has died at the age of 88. Stoner played a key role in the launch of publicly traded American Tower, which was led by the late Steve Dodge.

Now, a CEO shift is set to commence at American Tower, as its President/CEO has announced his retirement.

 

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The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) on Wednesday evening presented the 2023 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, a dinner celebration held at the Javits Center during NAB Show New York. The ceremony, presented by Xperi, was hosted by acclaimed sportscaster Rich Eisen with entertainment from VERZUZ host DJ Scratch.

Established in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the NAB Marconi Radio Awards are given to radio stations and outstanding on-air personalities to recognize excellence in radio.

A group photo of the award recipients is available here.

This year’s NAB Marconi Radio Award winners are:

Legendary Radio Station of the Year
KCBS-AM,
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose,
Calif.Legendary Station Manager
Debbie Kenyon,
Audacy, Detroit, Mich.

Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year
Rich Eisen,
Westwood One,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Major Market Personality of the Year
Lin Brehmer,
WXRT-FM, Chicago, Ill.

Large Market Personality of the Year
Dave Ryan with Falen, Jenny and Drake,
KDWB-FM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

Medium Market Personality of the Year
Ashley Adams, Roger Todd and
Michele Silva,
WJXB-FM, Knoxville, Tenn.

Small Market Personality of the Year
Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart,
KATI-FM, Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo.

Major Market Station of the Year
WALR-FM, Atlanta, Ga.

Large Market Station of the Year
KSTP-FM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

Medium Market Station of the Year
WXKB-FM, Ft. Myers-Naples, Fla. Small Market Station of the Year
WIKY-FM, Evansville, Ind.AC Radio Station of the Year
KODA-FM,
Houston, Texas

Best Podcast of the Year
“The Letter,”
KSL-FM, Salt Lake City, Utah

CHR Station of the Year
WAPE-FM, Jacksonville, Fla.

Classic Hits Station of the Year
KONO-FM, San Antonio, Texas

College Station of the Year
WSOU-FM, Seton Hall University,
South Orange, N.J.

Country Station of the Year
KYGO-FM, Denver, Colo.

News/Talk Station of the Year
WTOP-FM, Washington, D.C.

Religious Station of the Year
KLTY-FM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas

Rock Station of the Year
WMMR-FM, Philadelphia, Pa.

Spanish Language Station of the Year
WLKQ-FM, Atlanta, Ga.

Sports Station of the Year
WBZ-FM, Boston, Mass.

Urban Station of the Year
WHQT-FM, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Marconi finalists were selected by a committee of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. The votes were tabulated by an independent firm.

This document amends the FM Table of Allotments, of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) rules, by allotting Channel 277C2 at Wharton, Texas, as a second local service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 277C2 can be allotted to Wharton, Texas, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, with a site restriction of 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west of the community. The reference coordinates are 29- 18-26 NL and 96-07-50 WL.

The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau) has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by One Ministries, Inc. (Petitioner). The Petitioner requests the allotment of reserved noncommercial educational (NCE) channel *3 to Tulare, California (Tulare), in the Table of TV Allotments as the community's first local television service. The Petitioner filed comments in support of the petition, as required by the Commission's rules, reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel *3, and if authorized, to construct the facility.

The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau) has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Vision Broadcasting Network, Inc. (Petitioner). The Petitioner requests the allotment of reserved noncommercial educational (NCE) channel *4 to Alamogordo, New Mexico (Alamogordo), in the Table of TV Allotments as the community's first local television service. The Petitioner filed comments in support of the petition, as required by the Commission's rules (rules), reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel *4 and if authorized, to construct the facility.

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