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Press Communications is pressing the FCC — along with 18 other licensees of Class C and Class D AM stations — to reinstate a 2016 FM translator filing window (with minor modifications) for kHz-band properties. If granted, the rule making would allow for "substantial" FM translator transmitter site and channel moves.

On December 18, RBR+TVBR shared the news that a station that has served the African American community in Wisconsin’s largest market since 1967 is being acquired by Civic Media. With the filing of a Form 314 in the FCC's LMS, we now know how much Sage Weil has agreed to pay for the AM.

Travel south of the Oklahoma City area and you'll come across the small cities of Chickasha, Duncan and Lawton, Okla. Here, Mollman Media has owned and operated a collection of radio stations that it has decided to sell. Who's the buyer? It is a locally based operation.

Until a few weeks ago, a 1kw daytime/20 watt nighttime AM radio station in Goodland, Ks., served the small community with an Oldies format. Then a bad storm blew through, damaging the station's transmitter. What will the station's owner do? It is opting not to repair it, and shut down this "Gold" facility.

An Arkansas Christian institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees with a focus on faith is growing its stable of stations with an offer accepted to purchase "The Fort," a Rocker that's poised to fade to black, as "Jesus Is Just Alright."

A change of setting and the company of loved ones can shift your outlook. But, respected public relations professional and "Zoom expert" Rosemary Ravinal did not anticipate that her grandson, Mo, would provide a fresh perspective on storytelling during her visit.

Chief engineer warns against continued staffing shortages in 2026 and beyond

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A Gray Media CBS affiliate serving Eastern Kentucky is welcoming a News Director. In fact, he'll be just the seventh person to hold the role at WYMT-TV, starting January 19, 2026.

It's been known by locals as "Powerhouse 760" and uses a Class D daytime-only AM radio signal along with its all-important FM translator serving Morganton, N.C. Soon, the facilities will come under new ownership.

Brian and Kevin Lilly have moved ahead with the acquisition of a group of stations within a short drive of their family-run company's headquarters in Erie, Pa. With the FCC's OK, they'll be gaining ownership of stations serving a Western New York city and properties targeting a city in far Northeastern Ohio.