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As January 2025 came to a close, RBR+TVBR learned that 78-year-old Dan Viles agreed to sell his digital low-power television station reaching New York's Capital District from the Catskills. Now, the Pittsburgh-based buyer of the station is spinning it — and HC2 Broadcasting is the company snagging it.

Two longtime Empire State radio broadcasting companies are combining assets. The transaction, yet to be filed for FCC approval, comes as Ed Levine is retiring as Galaxy Media’s leader.

One year after Congress pulled federal dollars for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, California is putting its own money behind local newsrooms — and radio is included. Gov. Gavin Newsom approved the "Community NEWS Act," which establishes refundable tax credits for news outlets that retain staff journalists.

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As 2021 began, Bill Gittler signed off on an agreement to sell his radio stations to Dimes Media, a licensee operating in California's Central Coast created from the Richard D. Buckley Trust. Now, Dimes, led by President/CEO Eric Dimes Fahnoe, is spinning these stations located in southern Monterey County.

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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.