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It will feature community radio standouts, station diversity tools and election coverage how-tos

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The owner of 14 radio stations has announced that it will voluntary cease operations on September 20 for an FM serving the Nation's Capital from a downtown tower, as well as an FM to the east of Ottawa and a third FM serving a small city between Gatineau and Montréal, Québec.

The Director of Engineering for the E.W. Scripps Company's NBC affiliate serving Lexington-Fayette, Ky., has been promoted to VP/GM — a rare move upward to the top slot at a station, as he's not rising from the local sales team.

What were radio people talking about 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago this month?

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An Oakville, Ontario-headquartered market research firm has acquired a 46-year-old Raleigh-based operation that has served the radio, podcasting and streaming industries with insights designed to build stronger brands and developer better talent. What does this mean for Coleman Insights?

"We're improving digital FM radio service." That's how FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel posits a coming vote by all five Commissioners at the September Open Meeting on a plan that would streamline the process for allowing digital transmissions at different power levels on the upper and lower digital sidebands.

The company long associated with radio engineering pioneer Frank Foti has signed a pact with the Los Angeles-based AI-powered radio services provider that is designed to improve the listener experience while giving broadcast radio team members more time in their day for other tasks and responsibilities.

He's widely known for his four years as an editor-at-large at CNN. Now, he'll be contributing to programs on the Scripps News digital multicast network found on broadcast stations across the U.S.

His resume includes 10 years as a supervising producer covering investigations, breaking news and special events for CNN and, most recently, a position in the CBS Network News Special Events Unit as a producer for the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Now, he's VP of News Content and Streaming for Fox's two Chicago broadcast properties.

LiveConnect will use AI to assist on-air talent

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