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In an environment where some of Canada's largest radio broadcasting companies are shutting down AM radio stations, one publicly traded station that tried — and was stopped by the CRTC — to simulcast its big spoken word AM on FM is giving its heritage kHz-band brand in Calgary a slap shot. 

A courtroom win for Cumulus Media has not yet translated into relief on the ground. Even after the Second Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against Nielsen in the companies’ antitrust dispute, enforcement is being held up, sending both sides back before the judge who granted it.

The next-generation VersaFrame VF-9100 fiber transport platform will be introduced to international clientele by MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems in one month at IBC2026, bringing a redesigned hardware architecture that expands expanded processing capacity.

Paperwork has been submitted with the FCC that would allow Sinclair Inc. to convert a shared services agreement to outright ownership of the broadcast television station branded as "CW46" in the Saginaw-Bay City, Mich., market. It would create a "triopoly," as Sinclair already owns two stations and controls two of the "Big Four" networks available in the DMA.

It’s no wonder owners are looking to get rid of some of their towers

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A pair of privately owned radio stations serving communities to the west of Fort Bragg, N.C., in the Sandhills region are the latest to sign on for digital advertising white label services offered by Townsquare Media through its Townsquare Ignite segment.

The engineer worked for the former VP of Science and Technology at NAB

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It weighs the rejection of CAP EAS messages that lack valid digital signatures

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Investors reacted negatively to iHeartMedia's late Monday release of its second quarter earnings report, which illustrated how the company again posted a significant net loss despite a revenue gain of more than $43.5 million. "IHRT" finished Tuesday's sessions on Nasdaq down by more than 20% from Monday.

The technology, rolled out at 12 other Paramount Global-owned broadcast TV properties, was first deployed on Monday during the KDKA-2 4pm newscast with anchor Kristine Sorenson and meteorologists Mary Ours and Ray Petelin.