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The FCC is closing in on the biggest ownership shakeup in a generation, and the people writing the checks for broadcast media’s future are already moving. The deals are real, the dollars are in motion, and the conversation is happening at Forecast 2026 on November 12.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has appointed a Special Assistant in his office. She will be responsible for managing administrative operations, scheduling, and travel arrangements for the head of the Federal Communications Commission.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Salem Media Group shared that its Executive Chairman will be exiting the role at the end of 2025 — concluding an 18-year tenure for Ed Atsinger III, a chief architect of the Christian-focused and conservative News/Talk media company headquartered in Ventura County, Calif.

The head of ACA Connects, a pro-MVPD lobby that has regularly pointed fingers at broadcast TV station owners in retransmission fee disputes, says the proposed combination of TEGNA and Nexstar is bad news for consumers.

The new agreement, which is retroactive to January 1, 2022, represents what the groups call "a historic rate increase for BMI that reflects the company’s superior market share in the radio industry."

It's a Class C FM with a booming signal licensed to the state capital of Washington that can be heard as far south as Astoria, Ore., and well into the Seattle-Tacoma area. Pending FCC approval, it will become the latest addition to the stable of stations owned by Amador Bustos. Kalil & Co. was the seller's broker.

A reader recalls trying to secure the Brecksville, Ohio, building from pesky intruders

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He joined iHeartMedia in 2020 as PD for "95.5 The Bull" in Las Vegas and has experience in the Country, Top 40 and Hip-Hop formats, even serving as "Country Format Captain" for Alpha Media. Now, he'll be overseeing what comes out of the speakers for the company's four Las Vegas audio offerings.

Nexstar Media Group has reached a formal agreement to acquire TEGNA. And, in terms of EBITDA, it puts Nexstar in the same league as FOX and Paramount Skydance, something Nexstar founder and Chairman/CEO Perry Sook believes will put his company in broader media industry conversations in a bigger and meaningful way.

Mark Persons drops in to see TWR’s facility on Bonaire

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