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Valari Staab, the Chairman of NBCUniversal Local who oversees both NBC and Telemundo-branded owned stations and the NBC Sports Regional Networks, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 RBR+TVBR Lifetime Leadership Award. She'll receive it at Forecast 2027 on November 12 in New York.

There's a new News Director for KCRA-3 & KQCA-58 in the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto DMA, and VP/GM Ariel Roblin believes she is the "right leader" to succeed Derek Schnell, who recently rose to VP/News at Hearst TV.

Gray Media Chief Operating Officer Sandy Breland will serve as Television Co-Chair of Forecast 2027, which has an agenda that keeps growing by the week. Now in its 24th year, the annual broadcast and finance leadership summit will be presented on November 12 at the Harvard Club of New York.

Two of radio’s most recognizable voices are stepping behind the podium for Radio Ink and RBR+TVBR‘s Forecast 2027. One is a Radio Hall of Fame host and four-time Gracie Award recipient. The other has spent nearly 20 years in Boston sports radio.

It's a software application that allows broadcasters and media organizations move audio in all major AoIP formats, including Ravenna, AES67 and ST 2110-30, between facilities and into the cloud over standard IP networks, including the public internet. And, it has arrived courtesy of swXtch.io.

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There's a new commander for the two heritage FM rockers serving the Tidewater Region of Virginia under the Hampton Roads Media Group banner, as Carol Commander has departed the role of General Manager at the Saga Communications-owned pair. Succeeding Commander is the stations' Director of Sales.

Its licensee name is Ventana Television, but when one takes a closer look at who is involved, they'll find the name of the Associate General Counsel at home shopping brand QVC. He's has signed off on a deal that will deliver a collection of low-power broadcast TV stations to HC2 Broadcasting.

"The Fan" will no longer be the official radio home of the National Basketball Association club that calls the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul home. And, in a move that makes the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act's pending Senate vote ever more urgent, the team's new flagship is on the kHz band.