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While broadcast television companies across the U.S. have been busily signing rights agreements with various sporting leagues as the RSN model crumbles, there's been concern that in the near future an OTT "Big Tech" deep-pocketed Goliath could come forward and snap up the rights to a big-ticket item. Netflix has just stepped up to the pitch.

A future 50kw noncommercial FM serving Florida's Forgotten Coast — an area ravaged by hurricanes in recent years — is being donated to a private not-for-profit educational institution based in Pensacola.  The group transferring the station is led by Athens, Ga.-based Lowell Jackson.

Prior to his death on April 8, 2020, David C. Keister was the sole officer and director of Mid-America Radio of Indiana Inc. After his passing, an individual was appointed as the personal representative of Keister's trust. Now, a county superior court has order that must see a shift in control of the late owner's trust.

Is the future bright for broadcasters? That's a question posed to New York Interconnect CEO Andrew Kandel and Gray Television SVP of National Sales Becky Meyers in a "virtual candid conversation" shared this week by Matrix Solutions with its CEO, Mark Gorman, and Vertere Group founder and CEO Tim Hanlon.

Comscore is "expanding its partnership" with the Atlanta-headquartered broadcast television company led by Hilton Howell Jr. and Pat LaPlatney.

Introducing "WNPT-VC," a new virtual ATSC 3.0 channel that's just been launched in Music City U.S.A. thanks to a partnership between Nashville PBS and the company that is leading the charge on the transition from ATSC 1.0 digital TV broadcasts: Sinclair Inc.

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The Media Bureau dismisses the applications of People's Advocacy Institute and Crazy Faith Foundation and grants the application of Mississippi College for construction permits for new LPFM stations in Mississippi

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The Media Bureau and the Office of Managing Director require Unidos Para Cristo, Inc., to pay delinquent regulatory fees or show cause why payment should be waived or deferred.

Signature rule violation by other MX group applicant results in school's full-time 107.1 CP

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Tis the season to welcome a new editorial colleague

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The privately held company that has proven to be a champion of new television broadcasting technology is now transmitting content in High Dynamic Range (HDR) via the FOX affiliate it owns in North Carolina's Triangle region.

A 30-year radio industry veteran has been selected to lead Michigan-based Black Diamond Broadcasting as its new EVP/General Manager. She rises from Director of Business Development, and before joining the company in 2017 was an Alpha Media Market Manager.

Occupants can watch video streaming apps from their phone on the dash when parked

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A 10kw daytime-only AM radio station serving Clovis, N. Mex., from across the state line in Texas, faces a license revocation hearing should it not resolve its highly delinquent regulatory fees owed to the FCC.

Protocols are being put into place in the event the government closes on Saturday.

The longtime Hearst Television newsroom leader who since 2021 has served as Assistant News Director at its WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh has been appointed bureau chief of the company’s Washington, D.C., news bureau.

The incoming head of the FCC has signaled that the Commission will give credence to a public interest law firm that has filed a petition challenging the pending merger of CBS News & Stations parent Paramount Global and Skydance Media.