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Broadcasters will file newly required attestations in a pending regulatory portal

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There's a new individual who has been tasked with overseeing radio stations in 30 markets across the South, Southwest and Texas for iHeartMedia. It's someone who served as Head of Sales Enablement and Business Development at the broadcast TV company that hopes to be acquired by Nexstar.

It is now known how much NRG Media will be earning from two sales, one involving a five-station deal with Usher Media and another that sees an FM become a Nebraska Public Media noncomm. An LMA went into effect on Tuesday for the properties Alan Usher's group is obtaining from Mary Quass's company.

SummitMedia is taking advantage of modern streaming solutions across its U.S. markets

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The largest affiliate group for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises' Telemundo broadcast TV network is Gray Media. That won't be changing for the next several years, thanks to an expanded partnership that sees a multi-year affiliation agreement get signed by the Atlanta-headquartered company led by Hilton Howell Jr. and Pat LaPlatney.

The NAB Leadership Foundation has shared the Class of 2026 participants for its two flagship collegiate programs, the Media Sales Academy (MSA) and the Technology Apprenticeship Program (TAP). These workforce development initiatives are designed to prepare the next generation of leaders for careers in broadcasting.

For those driving around on Super Bowl Sunday, listeners to KGMZ "95.7 The Game" in the San Francisco Bay Area will see something on their dashboard audio tuner never-before brought to fruition. It's thanks to a new partnership involving Audacy, GeoBroadcast Solutions and Lazer Spots.

A partnership has been forged between a tech company "building the context graph for marketing decisions" and the privately held parent of a unit comprised of 35 broadcast television stations under the leadership of Michael J. Hayes. Why? To explain the favorable ad spaces across Hearst's digital platforms.

Ratings company alleges its "crown jewels" were secretly handed to competitor

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A request filed by Fort Myers Broadcasting Company seeking a limited waiver of the Commission’s rule addressing operational readiness for Emergency Alert System (EAS) equipment at three FM radio stations it owns has been granted. At the same time, a similar request involving its CBS affiliate in Southwest Florida has been deemed moot.