Radio+Television Business Report
A Theatrical Transaction In The Lone Star State
Hop On The Road To New Revenue In Cincinnati
Nexstar CFO Commits To Institutional Investor Events
TelevisaUnivision’s Chief Client Officer Exits For New Venture
The InFOCUS Podcast: Donna Baker
National TV Currency Certification Granted to iSpot
Audacy Touts Sports Radio’s Advertiser Impact In New Study
Scripps Sports’ New Studio Is Unveiled
DTS To Share ‘The Power Of Better Innovation’ At IBC
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Kramer Acquires AVoIP Company ZeeVee
Mediaproxy To Show New LogServer Capabilities At IBC 2024
Super-Charged American Tower Corp. OKs Dividend
Its shares, like most on Wall Street, started slumping on May 6. On Friday, they rocked forward by 4.8%, putting American Tower Corp. at $244.53 and back on track toward its 1-year target price of $291.
What propelled AMT on an otherwise dismal day for U.S. financial markets? A hefty dividend is in the works.
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Bureau Extends Pleading Cycle for TEGNA Transfer Applications
WASHINGTON, D.C. — TEGNA shareholders have voted in favor of the plan. Now, regulatory approval is the only obstacle to an effort that Soohyung Kim and his Standard General LP have waged for some two years — gaining control of the broadcast TV station and Premion owner.
That’s not so easy, it turns out. Common Cause, The NewsGuild-CWA, and Public Knowledge wish to stop the transaction, which sees Cox Media Group’s majority shareholder, Apollo Global Management, take a non-voting equity stake in TEGNA.
And, they’ve convinced the FCC to allow more time for providing the Media Bureau with information they believe is needed to fully assuage the situation.
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Certification To Operate an Open Video System? Sure Thing
The Policy Division of the FCC’s Media Bureau has signed off on an application for certification to operate an open video system serving a host of major markets.
With no comments regarding the application received by the Commission, it has gone forward with an affirmative nod to the ask.
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How to Remove Unconscious Bias in the Sales Hiring Process
By Michael Ferguson
SAN FRANCISCO — The case for diversity is solid and has long been established: diverse teams outperform their peers when it comes to revenue generation, workplace efficiency, innovation, market share, and employee wellness. Even then, majority of organizations still struggle with unconscious bias in their recruitment process where age, gender, race, and other role-irrelevant factors still significantly influence hiring decisions.
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Longtime Florida Gators Radio Voice, a Dayton TV Veteran, to Retire
Mick Hubert has called every Florida Gators college football game since the 1989 home opener at the University of Florida’s main campus.
Longtime fans expecting his signature “Oh My!” this fall will be at a loss, however.
Hubert is retiring, and will be devoting game days to his wife and their Sarasota home.
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A ‘Mega Media’ Deal Converts a TBA To Ownership
A Class D daytime-only AM station, along with its FM translator serving the Rose Hill, N.C., area is poised to change hands.
Pending regulatory approval, Mega Media will be the new owner.
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Pennsylvania Licensee Facing License Revocation Gets Lurid With FCC
The facts surrounding the felony conviction of Central Pennsylvania radio station owner Roger Wahl, as previously reported by local media and by RBR+TVBR, involve some rather disturbing tales of voyeurism, and finding men to engage in unwanted sexual activities with a local woman.
The conviction prompted the FCC to conduct a License Revocation Hearing, for which Wahl is serving as his own legal counsel, that will eventually determine whether or not he’s ultimately able to retain control of his radio station, WQZS-FM 93.3 in Meyersdale, Pa.
Officially known as Media Bureau item No. 21-401, the hearing under the office of the FCC’s Administrative Law Judge has already created fireworks between ALJ Jane Hinckley Halprin and Wahl, who was warned to treat the proceeding no different than an in-court legal affair. Now, Wahl has provided answers to a second set of interrogatories from the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau.
Some of Wahl’s responses are eye-opening, and could further cloud his chances of remaining a licensee.
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