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The Media Bureau modifies on its own motion a Memorandum Opinion and Order issued in connection with the application of SBP, LLC, for renewal of license for station WABG(AM), Greenwood, Mississippi.

A privately held licensee of broadcast radio stations found across the Show-Me State is largely to thank for the end of the FCC's TV "Top-Four Prohibition," as it successfully sued the Commission in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2025. Now, it has written to the Commission to outright eliminate its local radio restrictions.

By this order, WCB reminds providers of incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) that Annual Reports and Certifications are due on June 1, 2026.

Super Typhoon Sinlaku communications status report for May 1, 2026.

Our experts comment on the remarkable power of today’s control and monitoring systems

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Who are the recipients of the Diane Sutter Shooting Star Award and the Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) Champion Award?  We now know that this year's honors went to KOAT-TV's VP/GM and the recently retired FCC Video Division chief, respectively.

Together, Cumulus says the tools will give its account executives a framework for advertiser conversations built around category demand, consumer targeting, and competitive positioning rather than tuning data. The alliance comes as Cumulus continues its legal spat with Nielsen over coverage and pricing.

He's been with DMR/Interactive since taking the post of VP of Marketing Strategy in December 2019, helping shape the company's strategy as media consumption habits were shook by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, he's been promoted to Executive VP of Strategy and Growth.

The changes would facilitate voluntary DIRS participation, NAB said

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Signals in Wilmington, Jacksonville are part of the $1.75 million deal

The post Curtis Media Acquires Five Stations in Coastal North Carolina appeared first on Radio World.

Tools and tactics to help your station prosper

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With a focus on its broadcast stations' programming and ratings, Sinclair Inc. CEO Chris Ripley on Thursday released first quarter 2026 results that beat analysts' revenue projections as the media company that also owns tower firm Dielectric and has a key role in the ATSC 3.0 rollout reaffirmed its full-year fiscal guidance.

If there was any doubt as to the seriousness of the chatter regarding a potential merger between SiriusXM Holdings and iHeartMedia, the early Thursday Q1 2026 SiriusXM earnings call held for analysts and investors perhaps offered a subtle yet plainly obvious sign that talks are indeed ongoing and quite substantial.

It serves the blue-collar communities of Groton, New London and Norwich, Conn., with a Class A signal that as of today airs a Classic Hits format and is branded as a "Big" choice for local listeners. Soon, that will change, as Hall Communications has sold the station to the nation's biggest purveyor of CCM programming.

In these newly-created leadership roles, both executives will be responsible for leading and driving broadcast advertising revenue in addition to developing and overseeing newly created enterprise-level preferred partnerships with agency holding companies across all of the AMG expansive portfolio of broadcast, cable, and digital streaming assets.

He was with the FCC for 15 years, most recently as Media Bureau special counsel

The post NAB Hires Former Carr Legal Adviser appeared first on Radio World.

The Global Chief Revenue Officer of DAZN and DAZN USA's President, along with a Soros Fund Management executive, have been named to the Board of Directors of Audacy, the audio content creator and distributor that is now majority controlled by SFM.

He began his career at WPVI‑TV in Philadelphia in 1993 as a news writer for Action News. Now, he is being promoted to the role of President/General Manager of the ABC Owned Stations property among eight facing an early license renewal order handed to The Walt Disney Co. by the FCC this week.

With Kalil & Co. serving as the exclusive broker in the transaction, Curtis Media Group is moving ahead with the acquisition of four FMs, one AM and two FM translators in the Wilmington-New Bern-Jacksonville, N.C. market. The deal sees the seller now focusing on their multimedia assets in the Triangle region.