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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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A Montréal-headquartered provider of real-time video network and visual collaboration products is placing a spotlight on its video transport platform and its mobile video transmitter at the upcoming IBC 2026 conference scheduled for the same weekend as the Jewish New Year.

He joins UPR following leadership roles in both commercial and public broadcasting, most recently serving in senior management at Penn State University's WPSU Radio. During his career, he has overseen broadcast operations, programming, and audience development at university-affiliated media organizations.