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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has been pressed to say no to a proposed recapitalization plan submitted by broadcast licensee Corus Entertainment by a collection of minority shareholders. Why? They want a pledge for keeping editorial diversity and local news coverage. 

She may be reluctant to talk to the press about the flurry of radio station deals she's signed off on, but Christina Biegun has emerged as one of South Florida's biggest discussion topics in recent months.  Why? Her Little Dog Media Group has been scrappy in scooping up AM radio stations with FM translators. Now, she's struck again.

Last fall's government shutdown has produced an unexpected downstream effect for broadcasters: FCC penalties will not increase in 2026. The Enforcement Bureau confirmed this month that civil monetary penalties will remain frozen at 2025 levels.

On Tuesday, it became known that Ernesto Caballero Acevedo had returned to Spanish Broadcasting System to serve as General Sales Manager of KRZZ "93.3 La Raza" in San Francisco. Now, that station's two Los Angeles siblings have a new GSM.

As attorneys from Brooks Pierce and Cooley LLP representing all four network TV affiliate groups state, "Even if that subscriber leaves cable or satellite for a virtual MVPD provider, the broadcaster’s revenue suffers because of the below-market economics of the vMVPD opt-in paradigm." 

It's a Class B FM licensed for 20kw with much of its signal covering water. Still, it reaches enough of Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach to warrant this station's acquisition by K-LOVE Inc. In exchange, it is handing an FM in the Palmetto State to the seller.

The fundraiser is an annual effort to raise critical funds that support our mission of providing financial assistance to broadcast professionals facing severe hardship due to debilitating illness or disaster. The BFOA has distributed more than $20 million in aid to radio and television professionals over the past 15 years.

The five audio brands serving Idaho's largest metropolitan area have a new VP/Market Manager overseeing the stations, and he's inbound from a small market in Arizona to the southeast of Tucson where Townsquare Media has a presence. It's an individual who is a former VP of Cherry Creek Media, which Townsquare acquired.

Valari Staab, the Chairman of NBCUniversal Local who oversees both NBC and Telemundo-branded owned stations and the NBC Sports Regional Networks, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 RBR+TVBR Lifetime Leadership Award. She'll receive it at Forecast 2027 on November 12 in New York.