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Engineer seeks to give FM stations more flexibility in site selection   

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On Super Bowl weekend, KGMZ will use MaxxCasting node to display RDS messages

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He says his company is "building a digital media and content powerhouse" — namely thanks to the strength of its Crave OTT streaming platform. For Mirko Bibic, President/CEO of Bell Media parent BCE, "strong results" seen in 2025 were tied to this strategic priority. But, how did BCE perform in the fourth quarter?

Year-over-year sales were flat. Subscriber rolls were down compared to the final three months of 2024. Earnings per share estimates were much more robust than the actual results. That latter win led investors to express pleasure with the Q4 2025 fiscal health report from Sirius XM.

Broadcast booths and networking will be concentrated near the west doors of the newly renovated Central Hall

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An arm of the publicly traded broadcast TV station ownership group led by President/CEO Chris Ripley has agreed to pay thousands of dollars to a group of plaintiffs who sued Sinclair and several of its broadcast TV peers in October 2018. They filed antitrust claims linked to alleged price fixing for advertising.

The NAB is relocating the "TV and Radio HQ" from the West Hall to a "new, highly visible location." The other big news? the Small and Medium Market Radio Forum will take place on Sunday, April 19, "positioning it at the start of NAB Show when the full broadcast community is on site."

Broadcasters will file newly required attestations in a pending regulatory portal

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There's a new individual who has been tasked with overseeing radio stations in 30 markets across the South, Southwest and Texas for iHeartMedia. It's someone who served as Head of Sales Enablement and Business Development at the broadcast TV company that hopes to be acquired by Nexstar.

It is now known how much NRG Media will be earning from two sales, one involving a five-station deal with Usher Media and another that sees an FM become a Nebraska Public Media noncomm. An LMA went into effect on Tuesday for the properties Alan Usher's group is obtaining from Mary Quass's company.