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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has handed a sizable multi-thousand dollar grant to a key public media distributor for a pilot that is designed to enable free access to the PRX digital platform for 30 non-commercial secular stations.

At Forecast 2025, new media entrepreneur and best-selling author Matt Britton returns to the radio and television industry's premiere C-Suite symposium and cuts the cord on nebulous AI chatter. "AI Unplugged: Transforming the Future of Radio and TV Broadcasting" pinpoints the specifics that are revolutionizing the broadcast landscape for radio and television.

“Local News Live delivers a local perspective on national stories by tapping into the expertise of Gray journalists in 113 markets,” said Gray COO Sandy Breland. “With this new streaming presence, our reach will expand to deliver that unmatched breaking news coverage and impactful information to a national audience.”

It describes itself as "a global creator company" founded in 2016 "to inspire a new order in the marketing, advertising, and media landscape." Now, it has forged a "unique partnership" with the leading audio content creation and distribution company in the U.S. that seeks to provide creators and marketers additional opportunities to reach their audiences.

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ENCO and its partners say the spec spot service is taking off

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The radio stations that comprise iHeartMedia's Minneapolis-St. Paul cluster now have a new VP/Sales, and it is an individual who joined the company nine years ago as an Account Executive.

Broadcasters Foundation of America President Tim McCarthy says, “We’ve already approved over half a dozen requests and that’s just the beginning. Based on the number of requests from previous disasters, we know that figure will grow significantly as those impacted by the storm assess their damage and determine the costs."

Beasley Media Group has offered details regarding the expiration and final results of its exchange offer of its existing notes; its tender offer; its new notes offer; and its consent solicitation established in its exchange offer designed to replace old debt at new debt — giving the radio station owner more time to repay its lenders.

For quarter after quarter in recent years, the "local first" media company that derives the majority of its revenue from its digital advertising and marketing assets has prided itself on its non-broadcast revenue prowess. Now, it is linking up with the company founded by veteran radio industry executive Carl Parmer to help that radio station ownership group with its digital solutions dollar opportunities.