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The Senate has taken a recess before midterms

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Rogers Communications Inc. has completed its acquisition of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), increasing its ownership of MLSE to 100%. With that, Rogers Sports — a new business unit that will include its media assets — is forthcoming. And, Keith Pelley will run it.

It's a Class B AM with a Construction Permit for a Class D facility with 3kw watts during daylight hours but just 12 watts at night, using a tower in the heart of Fall River, Mass. Pending FCC approval, this radio station and FM translator W240EB at 95.9 MHz will be in the hands of a new owner.

The owner of 437 of a total 1,000 shares in the licensee of three radio stations and an FM translator in western North Carolina is moving forward with divesting her stake in the company, FCC records show.

Advertising Week New York kicks off Monday, and for the second consecutive year SiriusXM Media is hosting an event that it says will explore "the growing power and influence of audio across media, culture and advertising."

Forecast 2027 is closed to the press — including our own journalists. The sessions won’t be posted to YouTube. You won’t even find these lessons in our headlines e-mail the next morning. If you’re thinking you’ll catch it later for free, you won’t. The only way to hear these conversations is to invest in yourself. Be in the room.

To detractors including the TVB, a March 30 Public Notice outlining "lowest unit rate" rules wasn't a "reminder" but served as a policy change, suddenly allowing political action committees to benefit from the LUR rules. Now, both supporters and opponents can share their views on the matter with the Commission.

National community radio association transitions to new leadership structure

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“Stay tuned,” says Jeff McGinley. Change “is only going to accelerate from here”

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In a 77-22 bipartisan vote, the upper body of Congress passed the "Protect College Sports Act."  It preserves the scope of the "Sports Broadcasting Act" by allowing collective media rights negotiations for games on over-the-air television without extending that exemption to paid subscription streaming services.