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The Broadcasters Foundation of America's 2026 Summer Sessions arrives in New York City on BFOA Giving Day, Thursday, June 25, with a free Media Mixer hosted by Z100 (WHTZ) personality Maxwell, a special appearance by former CBS Radio executive Dan Mason, and a performance by The Voice alumnus Carolina Rial.

A federal appeals court has given the FCC 30 days to respond to a mandamus petition seeking to force the agency to rule on a request to repeal its news distortion policy, escalating a legal fight that began when a bipartisan group of former commissioners filed for the policy's elimination last fall.

Your competitors would prefer you not show up. They don’t want you to soak up the information and engage in the conversations about the future of Hispanic radio. Your colleagues will be sorry they missed you. They were looking forward to sharing the experience and the entertainment at the 16th Hispanic Radio Conference with you!

Family Stations sold the 38-acre property for WCUE(AM)

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Despite efforts in D.C. to limit its use in the U.S. due to its ties to the Chinese government and a new effort led by 14 state attorneys general to impose "significant penalties" on it for its harms to American youth, TikTok is a major social media platform that isn't fading away anytime soon. Data from Pew indicate that adults — not kids — are big-time users.

Chairman Carr said the overhaul “will cut red tape for broadcasters”

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With no open FM channels, "WHKA" desired to use 87.75

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Local digital advertising is still growing, but operators relying on prior-year baselines to set targets may already be falling behind. That was the central takeaway from Borrell Associates' annual benchmarking webinar, as executives from Townsquare Media, Bonneville International, and Newsday walked through their strategies for success.

Shotgun Tom Kelly, Boomer Esiason, Helen Little and Bob Pittman are among the eight honorees

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AI compiles scripts that are reviewed by humans

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