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What do NAB Chief Legal Officer Rick Kaplan, Motion Picture Association Sr. Executive VP and Global General Counsel Karyn Temple, and NCTA-The Internet & Television Association Chief Legal Officer Russell Hanser have in common? The three disparate organizations all agree on how the FCC should proceed in MB Docket No. 19-41, focused on the TV […]

A noncommercial FM radio station licensed to Jonesboro, Tex., that is presently silent under special temporary authority with the FCC is being acquired by a religious institution that's more about Jesus Christ than the "solid rock" one may have heard on stations like WLS some 55 years ago. 

Founded in 2023, Crush Yard is growing via a franchise model focused on "community, connection, and premium experiences on and off the court." That's convinced Sinclair Inc. to align its Sinclair Ventures arm with the pickleball-themed eatery and entertainment center brand.

In recent weeks, the Spot Ten Cable crown has been taken by a brand that until recently had been largely quiet with its marketing efforts. That's what makes Coca-Cola's Spot Cable activity noteworthy, and last week's spot play totals are certainly headline-making.

Honorees include Michele Crist, executive director of the WVBA

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The Motion Picture Association, which today very much includes "Big Tech" behemoths Amazon and Netflix, has asked the FCC to refrain from "intervening" in the video marketplace "in light of increasing innovation, intermodal competition, and viewer choice."

She's a well-known personality across the Triangle region of North Carolina, thanks to her role as the midday host for "Foxy 107/104." Now, she's expanding her role within Urban One by taking a key marketing role in Raleigh-Durham.

In a move the Apollo Global Management-controlled broadcast media company believes will strengthen its leadership "in driving digital revenue growth and innovation across its markets," Cox Media Group has named a Senior Director of Digital Sales.

In 1987 she took the role of an account executive at the former WDBN-FM in Medina, Ohio. She then joined WNIR in Akron before shifting to a pair of stations in Mansfield, Ohio. Over the years, that station group grew to become a seven-station cluster, one that she would lead. Now, Margie Tasseff is retiring.