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The owner of the Global broadcast TV network and radio stations including Toronto's "Q107" and "The Edge" and Calgary's "QR" has moved forward with a "recapitalization transaction" that effectively concludes any involvement with the Shaw family — putting the fiscally challenged company in lenders' hands.

Until eight months ago, he served as the Chief Engineer for an FM radio station that today is the top-billing broadcast asset for publicly traded Townsquare Media. Now, he's fighting back with an age discrimination lawsuit being considered by a Mercer County, N.J. superior court.

He gained national recognition as a Republican candidate for the Governor of New Jersey in 2024 and was handedly defeated by Jack Ciattarelli, who could gain the role in Tuesday's election. Now, Townsquare Media talk host Bill Spadea is celebrating a Garden State victory — this time in the courtroom.

FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty used her keynote address at the Media Institute’s Free Speech America Gala to outline how the agency can balance First Amendment protections with its oversight of modern communications, and why innovation is key to both free expression and public service.

The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology — the Congressional body that has direct oversight of the FCC — has a new Chief Counsel. And, it is someone who has strong ties to Dish Network, Sling TV and Boost Mobile.

There was a clear leader when it comes to Spot Cable activity for the week ending November 2, according to the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten report. That said, NBCUniversal stepped up its spot plays in a significant way for its OTT platform.

He made an indelible mark on Michigan broadcasting. But, for some longtime Detroit media observers, it was for the wrong reasons. Warren Pierce, known for his time at WJR-AM and as a morning news anchor at WJBK, has died at the age of 82.  Despite a car loan controversy, Pierce remains a market icon.

Fubo is no longer an independently owned entity under FuboTV Inc., but that didn't stop its co-founder and chief executive from releasing the company's third quarter earnings report — its last.

Negotiations between The Walt Disney Co. and Google's YouTube TV could stretch well into November, as a retransmission consent impasse took all of Disney's broadcast network O&Os and ABC affiliated properties off the virtual MVPD — as well as every Disney-owned cable channel.

It allows each station to pull from storage based on playlists and category rules

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FNPRM proposes to eliminate certain broadband label requirements and seeks comment on other ways to streamline the broadband label rules to reduce compliance burdens while preserving their consumer benefit.

As RBR+TVBR first hinted on Friday, there will be a new General Manager of Lotus Communications' media properties in Arizona's second-largest market at the start of 2026. We now know who will be succeeding Debbie Wagner, as the company also announced an operational move in Southern Nevada.

A new program designed to support the preservation, digitization, and public accessibility of America’s broadcast history has been launched by the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation.

He will lead its NextGen News Technology Lab

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Company says he expects to step down by end of next year

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Meanwhile the country slowly feels its way with digital for the FM band

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It will serve as the audio sales partner for Veritone's AI-powered ads network

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Audacy's assets in Music City USA do not include broadcast stations. Rather, it has a recently opened studio at the Hard Rock Cafe on Broadway. Overseeing this, while continuing to support national Country radio initiatives for Audacy, is a woman who began her career at WKKO in Toledo.