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For Graham Media Holdings, the second quarter of 2026 was a strong one. Revenue rose 7% to $1.3 billion as operating income grew to $83.6 million, from $72.8 million. The increase is due, in part, to a winning performance for Graham Media Group in Q2.

"Auction 114" is scheduled for February 2, 2027, and the Commission has moved forward with sharing information tied to filing requirements, minimum opening bids, upfront payments and other procedures of note.

Distributed workflows are fast becoming the norm, as our latest ebook explores

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In mid-June the ATVA warned of a potential "blackout" of the FOX and MyNetwork TV affiliates in Central New York on Verizon FiOs systems. That's now occurred, and the pro-MVPD lobbying group is pointing fingers — naturally — at the TV station ownership group led by Webb Collums.

It is an operation that dates to July 1990, when WBGW-FM 101.5 began broadcasting from a remote corner of Gibson County in Southwest Indiana. Today, it has a network of six total FM signals in addition to WBGW, and WBGW-AM, too. Soon, it will be adding three FMs and two FM translators to its stable of non-secular broadcast properties.

In March 2018, owner Donald Pugh Sr. transferred an AM and its FM translator companion to his Eternity Media Group. Now, it seems, the FCC has been waiting an eternity for the station's annual regulatory fees. As such, it has ordered Pugh to pay up or risk losing the Laurel, Miss., stations' licenses.

In September 2024, Great Plains Media agreed to sell an FM licensed to Lawrence, Kansas, to a leading Hispanic market media operation in greater Kansas City. An extension was granted in February 2025. Now, the deal has crumbled, leading the seller to go back to the drawing board on finding a buyer.

Jerry Brown and the late Joseph DiMaggio receive top honors

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With YouTube TV grabbing NFL Sunday Ticket rights from DirecTV, restaurants and bars across the U.S. have been grappling with the transition. Some shifted services, while others are forking over dollars for both. Now, thanks to a new deal, every National Football League game will be made available via DirecTV For Business. 

Coalition expands to North America to keep free AM/FM and digital radio prominent

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