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Five individuals central to the leadership of Leighton Radio Holdings have agreed to redeem their shares in the Leighton Enterprises subsidiary — a move that makes the parent company's employee stock ownership plan the sole shareholder of the radio station licensee.

They are properties operated by Sinclair Inc. via a shared services agreement with a licensee operated by political commentator and entrepreneur Armstrong Williams. On August 20, Williams moved forward with turning that SSA into outright ownership for Sinclair. The FCC has granted the assignment of authorization request.

It's Commission policy to solicit public input whenever there's a request, even from within the Media Bureau, to amend the Table of FM allotments. Two NPRMs were recently issued by the FCC, one involving a Class A FM signal shift and the other involving a Class A FM's deletion. No one spoke up; the actions are moving forward.

The RAB autumn Board of Directors meeting concluded last Thursday with a new slate of officers and directors, unanimously approved at the Northeast Ohio-based affair. Serving as Chair: Cox Media Group's Radio head, Rob Babin.

And what leaders can do about it

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As RBR+TVBR first announced on May 13, the Detroit Pistons selected The E.W. Scripps Co.'s WMYD-20 as the NBA team's official television partner for the 2026-2027 season. On Monday, the team revealed the local broadcast schedule for both TV and radio. In doing so, the Pistons confirmed that Scripps Sports will bring visual play-by-play to six outlying DMAs in the team's territory.

It's another big week at Spot TV for the company founded in Central Florida that today is the most recognizable accident attorney specialist firm in the U.S. Similarly, a European second-hand online clothing retailer is enjoying another huge week at Spot Cable, as these respective brands have emerged as some of television's biggest advertisers in 2026.

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Hooray, Democracy. One of the nation’s leading broadcast television companies has updated its financial guidance for the first quarter, which concludes Wednesday. It’s a positive boost to guidance Gray Media first released on August 7, and comes in connection “with lender meetings to potentially refinance its credit facility.” Gray also offered the upbeat Q3 2026 political ad dollar […]

As previously argued, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro stated, the Disney unit's argument "fails because the impetus for the early renewal processing of Plaintiffs’ broadcast licenses was the need for more information to support the Commission’s antidiscrimination investigation."