The VIAC ticker symbol is no longer in use. That’s unfortunate for the company known now as Paramount Global to Nasdaq. On its final day under the old ticker symbol, a $6.41 single-session slump was seen by the company formerly known as ViacomCBS.
In midday trading on Friday, things weren’t much brighter for Paramount.
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Do I feel like I have a mission to succeed for the format in a Top 5 market? No. I feel like I have a mission to succeed for Susquehanna and the people who work for me.
Those words were shared by Joel Folger in a column appearing in the January 30, 1998 edition of Radio & Records. Speaking to columnist Sky Daniels, Folger was fresh off of a run as the top programmer of KDGE in Dallas. With 15 years in the market that included a well-remembered run as PD for Rock-oriented Top 40 KEGL “97.1 The Eagle,” Folger was now programming the short-lived KKZN.
In 2000, he’d jump into consultant work, and consistently served in this role until a setback tied to a recent stroke. He made “tremendous progress,” AllAccess.com reports. Yet, that couldn’t prevent a fatal heart attack suffered Thursday by the veteran radio industry figure.
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How big is the recovery from the pandemic-impacted month of January 2021, with respect to ad spend?
According to Standard Media Index (SMI), ad spend in the first month of 2022 surpassed that of 2021 by $1.1 billion, hitting a new record high for the month.
How did Radio, in particular, perform? Quite good, SMI finds.
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Want to work for the largest licensee of broadcast television stations in the U.S. or its WGN-AM 720 in Chicago? Perhaps the Sean Compton-led NewsNation is of particular interest?
“Please be cautious of individuals or online entities claiming to represent Nexstar in the hiring process,” Nexstar Media Group is warning potential hires, as it has learned it has become the victim of a recruitment scam.
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Forty years ago, it perhaps would have made more sense to schedule an appearance on TODAY. That’s because Byron Allen was part of the lineup of hosts on what many believe is the first “reality” series to air in prime-time, NBC’s Real People.
Much has changed in the years since that television program aired in the 8pm slot each Wednesday on the Peacock network. Today, Allen is a media mogul who wants to grow his broadcast TV assets and has an interest in owning an NFL franchise.
He’ll be sharing his thoughts about the Denver Broncos, among other topics, on CBS come February 20.
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It’s quickly become of one the broadcast media industry’s most anticipated honors of the year.
Starting today, you’ll have the power to help shape this year’s ranked list.
The nomination window has officially opened for BROADCAST TELEVISION’S BEST LEADERS of 2022!
For the fourth consecutive year, RBR+TVBR is turning to its readers to help us determine who the top-ranked individuals that oversee over-the-air broadcast TV groups are.
From understanding AVOD and FAST Channel opportunities to the voluntary rollout of NEXTGEN TV, these are exciting times for over-the-air television. Furthermore, the desire for broadcast TV — from live sports to news programming and from syndicated fare to prime-time favorites — remains strong amid increased competition. That’s why it is our honor to salute the individuals that have demonstrated management prowess, guiding their broadcast television stations to ratings and revenue success.
VOTE TODAY! You may make up to three nominations by our deadline of Friday, March 4, 2022, at 5pm Eastern.
Remember: This is a reader-generated ranked honor roll — the voting is in your hands. Don’t miss this opportunity to help create BROADCAST TELEVISION’S BEST LEADERS of 2022.
VOTE NOW BY CLICKING HERE!
Across the nation and around the world, radio stations are being recruited to celebrate the unique and undying format of vinyl records by doing something that on January 26, 1987, would have seemed absurd given the tech trends of the times.
No CDs. No MP3s via computer. Not even a cart machine, if they still exist.
A vinyl-only day in celebration of “Vinylthon 2022” is planned for Saturday, April 23.
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Jeff Winemiller and his Lowcountry 34 Media has been involved in many transactions involving low-power television stations over the last several months.
The latest one has just been filed for approval with the FCC, and it sees Winemiller signing off on an agreement that would give one of his properties to the Chicago-based entity led by Norman Shapiro that is readying the launch of a sixth digital multicast network.
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A home for “praise and inspiration” serving Texas’ capital city with a Class D AM with a 2kw signal from 3 towers has been sold.
The price the buyer is paying for the daytime-only operation to the northeast of Austin is something to take note of. Why? It’s actually a pretty impressive valuation.
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Until now, it has served as the home in the Tampa-St. Petersburg market for Miami-based América Tevé.
Soon, the independent Spanish-language television programming seen on the facility, a low-power TV station licensed to Pinellas County’s biggest municipality, will say adios to the fare.
That’s because a religious broadcaster has just snagged the station.
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Telos Alliance announced a series of online presentations about software container technology.
The first part, streaming on March 2, “introduces hardware selection concepts for containerized software applications, analyzes the importance of dedicated CPU resources, and differentiates which computing resources can be de-emphasized vs. those which must be prioritized,” the company said.
“Attendees will learn which computing functions are key to successful broadcast functionality in a software container environment.”
The five-session series is intended for broadcast engineers. Part 1 on March 2 is at 1 p.m. Eastern. Archived versions will be available.
Subsequent sessions will discuss various AoIP transmission formats, the three main deployment scenarios for virtualized broadcast infrastructures, synchronization and key security issues.
The registration page is open.
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Radio World Buyer’s Guide articles are intended to help readers understand why their colleagues chose particular products to solve various technical situations. This month’s articles focus on products for radio remotes and sports.
Program Director Will Russell has been with Eastern Shore Radio in Virginia for 12 years. His first experience with Tieline was using a Report-IT app for sports coverage.
“We realized the superiority of the audio quality, but the phone app had its limitations.” The Tieline ViA remote codec turned out to be the solution.
“Tieline’s SmartStream Plus redundant streaming technology is crucial for us,” he said. “Wireless technology is improving, but it still has its issues on the Eastern Shore. Knowing we have two signals and one can replace packets if required, really makes live remotes less stressful.”
Eastern Shore covers a lot of high school sports, and it also has aired graduations during COVID, with parents listening in their cars on the radio.
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“Recently, we covered a political debate on the radio and provided video with Facebook Live.”
Russell said they normally employ SmartStream Plus using an iPhone hotspot connection over Verizon, along with a Verizon Jetpack tethered hotspot.
“Rural cellular connectivity is always the challenge. Sometimes you’ll have enough signal for sound, but not for video. Video is nice, but at the end of the day we are a radio station.”
For sports, Russell uses one or two headsets for the play-by-play and color commentator, and adds a third mic for crowd effects. For video he’ll use a mini-USB cable to send line-level audio from the ViA into a dongle for an iPhone video stream.
“We connect to a Bridge-IT codec at the studio. After one of the graduations a member of the local school board came up to me and said the sound was just as good as being there in person. I think this is the best compliment a radio person can get on the technical side of things.”
Russell said redundant streaming is simple to configure and that Wi-Fi works well too. “The ViA remembers hotspot connections, which is nice. We have broadcast in stereo, but with internet connectivity sometimes an issue, we went back to mono to reduce bandwidth without sacrificing audio quality. Studio-based audio is streamed back to the Tieline ViA from our studio console for remote site monitoring.”
Recently, a friend and client wanted to make a big announcement about the entertainment for a fundraiser he was holding.
“He had a two-day window to announce it, but unfortunately he came down with COVID and couldn’t come to the studio. He didn’t want to make such a big announcement on the air with a regular telephone call. So I went to the venue and set up the ViA, ran a 10-foot cable for his mic to ensure social distancing, and we made the announcement live on location. This remote was made on battery power and was cool all the way around.”
Info: https://tieline.com/contact/
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In mid-September 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned Dielectric first shared how the company literally changed how FM broadcast antenna manufacturers validate directional pattern studies for new FM broadcast antennas.
This led Dielectric to submit a Petition for Rulemaking with the FCC. And, if the FCC moves forward with a NPRM and subsequently approves the rules, a process that could take just months, a move from physical to AI-driven simulated modeling could come to fruition.
The engineering guys may get this, but those in the C-Suite may already have eyes glazed over. In this encore InFOCUS Podcast, Keith Pelleiter explains this so the only thing glazed in their office is a Krispy Kreme donut.
Given the FCC’s decision this week to eliminate six of 7 “outmoded” radio broadcast technical rules, the timing is right to revisit this audio discussion with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson.
Listen now!
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FCC on Wednesday (2/16) adopted a Report & Order released today that effectively eliminates or amends what the Commission calls “outmoded” broadcast technical rules.
One will remain, however, and it is thanks to the NAB.
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The FCC’s Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC) will gather online on February 23.
The agenda for what will transpire has been released by the Commission.
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How important are AVOD, OTT and FAST Channels to broadcast TV? The latest data from The Gauge, Nielsen‘s total TV and streaming snapshot, show that streaming reached an all-time high in first month of 2022, while overall television usage increased 8%.
Combined, a powerful metric for broadcast TV emerges.
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Ad-ID, used for identifying advertising assets across all media platforms, has agreed to a new partnership with TelevisaUnivision to support advertising asset identification and tracking for Univision’s media portfolio.
The agreement is designed to improve targeting and delivery for Univision and its advertising partners.
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It could be «Cosas que debes saber» or “Вещи, которые вы должны знать.”
Whatever the language, “Stuff You Should Know” could soon be available to listen in it.
And, it is all thanks to a new collaboration to produce and translate podcasts for new marketing opportunities forged between iHeartMedia and Veritone.
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