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Hey, it's a good dividend already ... right?  Nexstar Media Group's Board of Directors has elected to maintain its current dividend rate. That said, it is one of the biggest cash rewards out there when it comes to broadcast media stocks.

The agenda for the 2026 Hispanic Radio Conference is firming up, and this year's affair signals a sharp focus on innovation and strategy across one of broadcasting’s hottest sectors.  The conference begins with a keynote address that challenges traditional thinking about how Hispanic broadcasters compete and connect.

For the public media's greater good, CPB needed to dissolve, she said

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The organization argues that ownership limits for community FMs should also be relaxed

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The parent company of Rocky Mountain PBS, Jazz-focused KUVO-FM in Denver and HD2 "Urban Alternative" offering "The Drop" is the latest noncommercial educational entity that has chosen to downsize after a Republican-led Congress effort crippled federal funds distributed through the CPB.

A former home of a Polish-language Full Service radio brand serving Chicago has been sold. And, in a sign that kHz-band radio is imperiled in even the largest of markets, the final purchase price is in the tens of thousands of dollars — rather than hundreds of thousands of dollars.

CBS Atlanta, which debuted on August 16, 2025, as WUPA-69 took the network affiliation from Gray Media's WANF-46, has launched its new weekday early morning newscast. It's a 60-minute offering, airing in the 6am hour ahead of CBS Mornings.

Coloff Media LLC has decided to trim its holdings ever-so-slightly by agreeing to sell one AM and two FMs in an area north of Waterloo, Iowa. The buyer is a partnership that includes an individual who is a former Regional Director of Content for Townsquare Media.

The Board of Directors of ATSC, the television industry's Broadcast Standards Association led by President Madeleine Noland, has elected its 2026 Chair and Vice Chairs, welcomed new directors, and appointed 2026 officers.

It also sets new rules for transparency in “foreign adversary control”

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