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The FCC's Media Bureau late Friday moved forward with establishing a formal pleading cycle and ex parte procedures for the early renewal applications of the eight ABC Owned Stations owned by its parent, The Walt Disney Co.

A comment period has been established that will guide the Media Bureau in determining whether or not to renew the licenses for the company that operated the now-defunct NewsNet — bankrolled by the man who invented 5-Hour Energy.

Jeff Winemiller, one of the most prolific buyers and sellers of low-power TV stations, has struck another deal. This time, it involves his company's acquisition of six properties in the state of Washington — including one in Seattle.

He's been linked to a spoken word AM radio station associated with CBS Radio since it purchased the property in 1932 from General Mills. Now, he has officially retired from the property that is today owned by Soros Fund Management-controlled Audacy Inc.

The National Association of Broadcasters on Friday announced the results of its 2026 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin this month.

The owner of a Class B1 FM serving downstate Illinois communities such as Centralia and its city of license, Mount Vernon, and an AM radio station in Cairo, Ill., has received two Notices of Violation from the FCC. A lack of white obstruction lighting is one of the matters at hand for Benjamin Stratemeyer.

"We’re making audio more measurable, targetable, and performance-driven through identity-based tools, large-scale audience reach, and major partnerships." That's how the nation's satellite radio operator describes its new expanded relationship with LiveRamp, one designed to support "scalable identity solutions" across programmatic audio. 

The Commission on Friday adopted its proposed general application cap, as well as a holding period for construction permits granted in an upcoming filing window for the first FM translators associated with a noncommercial full-power MHz band station.

As the 7pm hour began across the East Coast of the U.S. on Sunday, every TV station owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. was effectively obstructed under federal law from those who receive local broadcast television stations via DirecTV. The reason? A new carriage deal could not be reached, and each party blames each other.

Howard Fine documents errors on Part 74 licenses traced to an FCC database transition

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