Ariel Roblin is one of the Radio + Television Business Report’s Top Local TV Leaders, and as RBR+TVBR begins the nomination process for 2025 honorees in late August, Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson reconnects with her to get the latest about what’s happening in California’s state capital and across the region.
It's a Class D AM licensed to Somonauk, Ill., with an FM translator targeting such far-suburban Chicago communities as Sandwich, Yorkville and Newark. Nelson Multimedia is not selling them, but it's just submitted documents with the FCC requiring its approval on an ownership tweak.
We now know when the financial results for the three-month period ending June 30 will be released from iHeartMedia, Cumulus Media and Entravision Communications.
Deregulation. That was one of the topics the current Chairman of the FCC noted in a brief Keynote Address delivered in person on Friday at the MMTC 2025 Former FCC Chairs' Symposium. And, Brendan Carr's comments came right before a keynote from the Democrats' lone voice of dissention on the Commission.
American Public Media Group, the parent of Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and the Classical 24 service, has confirmed that it will engage in a reduction-in-force initiative that will trim between 5% to 8% of its staff. Other expense reduction efforts are also on the way.
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