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FCC staff confirms that pending Channel 6 applications do not require protection. REC still advocates for the elimination of these analog-era protection rules.

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Jorge Pabón “Molusco”, Alí Warrington, Pamela Noa y Robert “Fantacuca” Maldonado — hosts of “La Tendencia de Molusco” — have generated monster ratings in afternoons for "KQ105" in Puerto Rico. Now, Molusco and his co-hosts are getting the opportunity to share their success across the continental U.S.

“Never trust a box that counts to F”

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Media Bureau proposes to delete vacant Channel 288A at Selmer, TN.

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Travel 100 miles east of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., and you'll find the small city of Selmer. It's home to a Class A Rocker, and will soon be minus another possible Class A FM, as it is being deleted from the FCC Table of Allotments for the municipality.

Days after the FCC's Media Bureau warned broadcasters that no licensee holds a right to the public spectrum, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute is arguing that the regulatory framework underlying that notice is technically obsolete and constitutionally indefensible.

Merkhet Solutions CEO Sam Matheny testified on June 4 before the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee at a hearing titled "Where Are We?: Examining Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capabilities in the United States." The purpose of the longtime NAB executive? To promote the proposed Broadcast Positioning System.

The Quincy, Ill.-headquartered designer and manufacturer of broadcast products, has named a new Chief Technology Officer. The appointment, says BE, reinforces the company’s "commitment to innovation, customer focus, and long-term growth" and comes after BE’s recent acquisition by a U.S.-based investor group. 

The global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary products is welcoming an individual they consider to be "a highly experienced sales professional and self proclaimed Pro AV veteran."

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"As newsrooms shrink, media companies consolidate, and communities lose access to trusted local information." Leave it to a privately held operator of two Raleigh-Durham television stations to tackle the challenges of print and broadcast media in an era where a smartphone bring a world's full of information instantly.

In the roughly three months that Circle City Broadcasting has owned WRTV-6, the company has made a full-court press touting its commitments to local news and how it is adding to the marketplace while serving as a blueprint for further industry consolidation. Now, CCB is readying the debut of a new modern news studio for WRTV.

He is a 25-year veteran of FOX Television Stations who since 2021 has served as Senior Vice President of FOX Ad Sales, overseeing the stations' overall sales efforts and holding responsibilities for local and national station sales. Now, he's rising to Executive VP of Ad Sales for FTS.

There's a new Sr. VP of Revenue and Strategic Partnership at American Urban Radio Networks, and it is someone CEO Chesley Maddox-Dorsey says "has consistently demonstrated the vision, leadership, and business acumen that have helped drive our growth across audio, digital, podcasting, streaming, and emerging media platforms."

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