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The E.W. Scripps Company's Board of Directors has responded to a $7 per share unsolicited merger offer from Sinclair Inc. by adopting a limited-duration shareholder rights plan, something it says will "ensure that all shareholders receive full value in connection with any proposal to acquire the company."

NRG Media, the radio station ownership group led by CEO Mary Quass, is moving forward with the sale of properties serving a trio of Nebraska cities. Who's the buyer in this deal brokered by Kalil & Co.? Look no further than the Ushers, and we know how much their paying for the former Waitt stations.

Some 45 years after a report produced while shadowing a full-time KTRK-13 news team member made it on the air, much to the News Director's anger, Melanie Lawson will be retiring from the ABC Owned Stations property in Houston. She shared her plans with viewers during Tuesday's 5pm newscast.

An AM radio station with a Construction Permit for 1kw during daylight hours and 80 watts at night from 1 tower, which is presently silent under Special Temporary Authority, is being sold by entrepreneur Jeff Chang. The buyer? It's an owner of radio stations in small markets across California.

The individual that's behind the low-power TV licensee King Forward Inc. has finalized an asset purchase agreement that sees his company acquiring a pair of LPTV facilities serving Northern Nevada's biggest city.

Stations across the country are focused on fundraising this Thanksgiving

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Recent trends continue, with FM noncoms growing and AMs decreasing

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The longtime General Manager of the radio properties serving Baltimore owned by Urban One will be retiring at the end of 2024, ending more than three decades of service to the company led by Alfred Liggins III. Who is his successor?

It was first shared in a blog post from Chairman Carr discussing the agenda for the FCC's December Open Meeting. Now, more details can be shared regarding a Report and Order that would see the Commission amend its rules "to provide regulatory certainty" for all classes of low-power TV broadcasters.

Bill Wilson, Stu Rosenstein and Erik Hellum, along with Claire Yenicay, are finalizing their company's presentation at an upcoming institutional investor event planned for December 3 at Florida Atlantic University and presented by the financial advisory house that's home to Director of Research Michael Kupinski.