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The Media Bureau enters into a consent decree with SDK Franco, LLC.

Nearly four hours. That's how much time the average American spent with audio every day in Q1 2026, new data from Nielsen Audio show.  It's an achievement that comes as Americans have access to an ever-expanding menu of listening options.

In a must-read Media Information Bureau column, public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal notes how we live in an age when communication tools are everywhere. Yet despite all these ways to connect, we're speaking to each other less using our voices in real time. Here are some tips to remedy this conundrum.

Featuring recipients of the "Best of Show" Awards

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Across the New York Tri-State Area, Erick Salgado has established himself as a key purveyor of Hispanic evangelical radio programming through a collection of stations licensed to Cantico Nuevo Ministry. Now, he's expanding the broadcast ministry's footprint to Sussex County, N.J.

The National Research Council said its Ottawa transmission site is at end of life

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On May 12, the LPTV Broadcasters Association sent an open letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr asking the Commission to formally recognize the 3GPP 5G Broadcast standard as a voluntary transmission option under Part 74 for Low Power Television stations. The ATBA has spoken, and it doesn't agree with the proposal.

Sinclair Inc. has just launched what it calls "a comprehensive local marketing and consumer education campaign" designed to increase awareness and adoption of NEXTGEN TV in Ohio's state capital. The campaign focused on the Columbus, Ohio, market includes a localized website designed to educate and influence.

Omnichannel outcomes platform Teads has reached an integration agreement with Havas Media Network that places its Audience Planning API technology into Havas’ Converged.AI platform. This, say the companies, allows planners to activate audiences directly from Havas’ planning environment.

LG Radio+, an LG Electronics offering, and it is teaming up with iHeartMedia in a plan that brings the company's more than 850 live iHeartRadio stations, digital-only stations and roster of podcasts to the LG Radio+ app.

Griffin Media and DirecTV have successfully reached a new carriage deal that restored the company’s Tulsa and Oklahoma City stations to the direct broadcast satellite TV service’s local lineups across Oklahoma.

The first FCC spectrum auction in four years has commenced, and it will over some 200 5G-grade spectrum licenses that "laid fallow for more than a decade." The license areas included in the action include 48 states, two U.S. territories and major markets including New York, Chicago, Boston, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Charlotte.

How serious is the NAB's effort to bring its Broadcast Positioning System (BPS) to fruition, and get it deployed as a solid alternative or even an ultimate replacement for GPS technology? An independent company focused on BPS's commercial deployment has come to be.

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A selection of video podcasts within the SiriusXM network are heading to the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel service that is owned by Fox Corporation and is rapidly attracting households of viewers.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has finalized the date of its annual BFOA Giving Day, rallying the broadcast industry for a one-day fundraising effort to provide critical financial assistance to radio and television professionals facing acute hardship due to catastrophic illness, disaster, or other life-altering circumstances.

News/talk maintained its position as the top format

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Sam Matheny, who has led the Broadcast Positioning System effort for NAB, will be CEO

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