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Three landlords in the Empire State have been given fair warning from the FCC to do what they can to silence unlicensed FM radio station operations originating from buildings they own.

It starts May 23, the day after CBS News Radio shuts down

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As November 2018 began, a two-year interference battle between Lakes Media and a FM translator in the Raleigh-Durham market ended with the silence of W234AR. Then came tiny W252EL at 98.3 MHz in Cary, N.C., creating in fall 2024 a third interference headache for Lakes Media. At long last, Birch has a win.

Signals were tracked down in Manhattan and Queens

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Zach Sang has built one of broadcasting’s most distinctive careers, and he’s bringing a masterclass in modern radio to Las Vegas. Sang is joining Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats for a fireside chat at BEA 2026.

The owner of the Global broadcast TV network and a variety of cable television channels including Canadian versions of History, Adult Swim, National Geographic and Disney Channel continued to experience a downturn in core advertising, with the loonies and twonies down sharply from last year.

In a four-page order released early Friday morning, Sacramento-based Chief District Judge Troy L. Nunley has modified and extended a Temporary Restraining Order preventing Nexstar Media Group from integrating all of the assets acquired in its merger with TEGNA for seven days.

"FOX 13" in West Tennessee's key DMA is owned by a licensee led by Todd Parkin. This could soon change, as RBR+TVBR reported in late March that multiple stations his group acquired are being transferred back from Rincon Broadcasting Group to Standard Media’s Community News Media LLC. That hasn't stopped Parkin from naming a VP/GM of the Memphis property once owned by Cox Media Group.

The Media Bureau of the FCC this week released an Order that extends an existing waiver of a rule that would require broadcast TV stations to provide an aural representation of visual, non-textual emergency information that is displayed during non-newscast programming.

It's a Class C1 FM known for playing "the most music" in Northwest Arkansas, from a transmitter located between Fort Smith and Fayetteville. Soon, it will be in the hands of a new owner.