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The future of local advertising, shifts in ad spending patterns, key business categories investing in local television, and the prospects of mergers and acquisitions in the broadcast industry in 2025 were shared this morning by BIA Advisory Services CEO Tom Buono ahead of an in-person appearance at the TVB Executive Summit.

An NPRM to be considered in December would tweak rules and update legacy language

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Gray Television announced following Wednesday's Closing Bell on Wall Street that it has completed a series of transactions that collectively reduced the company’s principal amount of debt outstanding by $278 million since October 1 — bringing its total principal debt reduction to $519 million since the start of 2024.

 Comcast Corp. has agreed to move ahead with a spin-off of its cable television assets, creating a new publicly traded company in the process. As such, networks such as MSNBC and CNBC will no longer be directly linked to NBC Owned Stations across the U.S.

An asset purchase agreement has been signed and submitted to the FCC for its regulatory approval that will see Bill Christian, a prolific low-power TV entrepreneur, part ways with a facility serving Manchester, N.H. Who is the buyer of this "YCN" broadcast home?

Along with his co-founder and co-COO Mark Gross, Chad Broude oversees the creative efforts at Highdive Advertising for clients including Jeep, State Farm, BetMGM, Jersey Mike’s, NHL, KFC, and Frito-Lay. His work has helped lead Highdive to earn 2024 Radio Mercury Awards Best of Show honors.

With access to data from platforms like X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and more 250,000 news sources, TopicPulse now includes a “Community Radar” feature, which tracks activity in select Facebook groups without leaving the platform.

The FCC's December Open Meeting will be the final gathering to see Jessica Rosenworcel preside as the agency's head, and among the items up for consideration is a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would amend its rules for radio and TV stations "to reflect current application processing requirements."

A Spanish-language Christian-themed radio station using a Class D AM radio station with a broadcast tower just southwest of the Gandy Bridge connecting St. Petersburg and Tampa is being sold. What does the future hold for "Genesis 680"?

We checked in with President Ted Hand about the society’s goals for 2025

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