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When two Class B1 FMs with adjacent signals butt up against each other with their contour patterns, it can create interference concerns. However, that's not the case in Maryland, thanks to the deployment of GeoBroadcast Solutions' "MaxxCasting" technology at a pair of FMs in Baltimore and Frederick.

For 100 years, KMOX-AM has been one of the only radio stations audible from coast to coast, thanks to its Class A 50kw clear channel signal. Now, Audacy Inc. is celebrating its station's centennial with special programming.

Sinclair Inc. has been tasked with compensating plaintiffs in a case decided by an Illinois federal district court as a result of failing to retain such electronically stored information as text messages. It's tied to a antitrust lawsuit filed against the company tied to alleged price fixing of broadcast TV ads.

The Vice President of Public Policy at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) has provided a formal Letter for the Record to a key House Subcommittee that outlines the impacts of a potential permanent Daylight Saving Time on stations reliant on service in the kHz band.

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The Media Bureau announces that the Next Gen TV Fifth FNPRM was published in the Federal Register. Comments due January 20, 2026; Replies due February 18, 2026.

Paul Tinkle: “We can use our transmitters and antennas to save lives”

The post Take Care of Your Gear and It Will Take Care of You appeared first on Radio World.

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The Wireline Competition Bureau revokes California's status as a Lifeline opt-out state forUSF, moving California applicant eligibility verifications to the National Verifier and duplicate checks to the National Lifeline Accountability Database. 

A former VP/GM of WJZ-TV in Baltimore — a 28-year industry veteran who became a leadership coach after her March 2022 exit — has lost a battle waged against Paramount Global pertaining to a bonus she claimed was owed to her as part of her employment agreement.

WTB, OET, and SB remind grandfathered Fixed Satellite Service earth station licensees to submit annual registration filings by December 1, 2025.

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The parent company to Dielectric that's leading the march toward ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast standard conversion in the U.S. has over the last two months invested in a significant number of shares in The E.W. Scripps Co. On Monday, Sinclair continued its share-buying spree, a fresh SEC document shows.

Introducing MB Docket No. 25-322, which carries the lengthy name "Empowering Local Broadcast TV Stations to Meet Their Public Interest Obligations: Exploring Market Dynamics Between National Programmers and Their Affiliates." A comment period has opened, ensuring the FCC will get a flood of filings.

Two FM radio stations, an AM radio station and its accompanying FM translator are poised to become the properties of a new owner, as an asset purchase purchase dated October 21 has been submitted to the fully reopened FCC for its regulatory approval.

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on proposed rule changes that would support and accelerate the nation's ongoing market-based broadcast television transition to ATSC 3.0 (or Next Gen TV). The document tentatively concludes that the Commission should eliminate the simulcasting requirement for stations that transition to 3.0, while continuing to permit simulcasting on a voluntary, simplified basis. It also seeks comment on a range of closely related issues and other matters touching on the Next Gen TV transition.

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