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In 1965, he became a co-owner with his brother Norman of what would become "Radio Carlisle." Today, the operation includes an AM/FM combo and a pair of FM translators. These facilities are now in the hands of another family member, as Harold Swidler's passing has led to an involuntary transfer of control.  

NBC O&O WMAQ-5 in Chicago and its Telemundo sibling, WSNS-44, earlier this week christened a new state-of-the-art newsroom that NBCUniversal says is "designed to power the next generation of storytelling."

The rapid pace that defined Cumulus Media’s antitrust fight against Nielsen throughout the fourth quarter of 2025 is giving way to something far less dramatic, but far more consequential: a litigation calendar that will now be defined in months, if not years.

The final fiscal year 2026 "minibus" package has been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, and while it does restore any of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting dollars that were rescinded in 2025, it does put dollars toward noncommercial broadcast media's Next Generation Warning System (NGWS).

Today, Substack is a publishing platform that helps writers, podcasters, and creators build and monetize their work through audio and video, too. This explains the beta launch of an app now available on both Apple TV and Google TV from a platform targeting the DIY content creator.

Operations of Cumulus Media's radio stations serving Kansas' state capital are being consolidated with the publicly traded company's Kansas City properties, located in a corporate office building in the suburb of Mission, Ks.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is putting the finishing touches on its unique and free-to-air Spanish-language coverage of the National Basketball Association for the 2025-2026. It's possible thanks to the return of NBA telecasts to sibling network NBC.

There's a new Product Software Development Director at TitanTV Inc., and as company President Mick Rinehart sees it, “His experience building and scaling high-performing product teams aligns perfectly with our commitment to delivering accurate, dependable solutions to TitanTV’s ever-growing client base.”

A well-known trader of low-power television stations has moved ahead with an exchange agreement with a Pennsylvania non-profit that will see his company add a Parkersburg, W. Va., property to its stable. In return, the charity organization is getting a Clarksburg, W. Va., LPTV station.

A Fresno-based owner of low-power television stations who has emerged as a pioneer in the use of multiple digital multicast signals has agreed to sell a digital Class A facility serving a portion of California's Central Valley. The buyer is another individual well-known for his LPTV station ownership.