An AM radio station serving Lewiston, Me., is now silent, as the licensee earlier this month received a grant for a silent Special Temporary Authority request from the FCC. If the AM returns to officially celebrate its 78th birthday will likely be up to any potential buyer.
It's a media and marketing company operating in Jackson, McKenzie, Paris, Martin and Union City, Tenn.; and in Murray, Ky., led by President/COO Christine Hillard and members of the Alt family. Now, Forever Communications has a new ownership partner, and it is the company's Chief Revenue Officer.
AMP Media, Sinclair Inc.'s growing audio-on-demand platform, will launch on September 3 a new local sports podcast designed for fans of the Green Bay Packers, produced in conjunction with the company's "FOX 11" in the upper Wisconsin city that's home to the storied National Football League franchise.
How much will your radio or television station pay the Federal Communications Commission to help fund its fiscal year 2025 budget? A total of $390,192,000 will come from the assessment and collection of regulatory fees, with a portion of that big total coming from broadcast media.
In October 2022, the individual who had successfully created the "WECK" Oldies brand in Western New York closed on his acquisition of an FM radio station in a city where he's a "Snowbird." Now, the man professionally known as Buddy Shula is focusing his broadcast ownership efforts on Buffalo.
From 1981 through his retirement in December 2007, he dominated afternoon drive on one of the world's most listened-to AM radio stations, creating a cast of unique and oftentimes hilarious characters including "Gilbert Gnarley," "The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs," and "Eunice and Bernice."
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