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Appeals judge upholds injunction granted by lower court

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He previously served as Vice President of Ad Sales for C15 Studio. Before that, he led the advertising business at FuboTV, now a part of the Walt Disney Company.  Introducing the new Director of Sales for Connoisseur Media's radio stations serving New York's Long Island region.

A Cato Institute fellow states, "the FCC is correct that Congress and the courts have allowed the agency to wield power that can trample broadcasters’ expressive rights." Fortunately, he adds, the Commission's own Public Notice that “reminds broadcasters of their public interest obligations" also illustrates "how weak the case for that power is."

The new arrival at KHCB brings more than two decades of Christian media leadership to the role, including time with the K-LOVE and Air1 networks. He previously served at Hope Media Group, where he led creative teams at KSBJ in Houston and oversaw the launch of Spanish-language Christian brand Vida Unida.

For Nielsen and the nation's biggest radio station licensee, removing AM/FM radio "is a multibillion-dollar gamble for automakers." The declaration in a new report comes as the FCC is expected to introduce rule changes at its August Open Meeting that would loosen media ownership limits for radio and TV licensees.

If the FIFA World Cup hasn't captured your attention, then perhaps the Women's Volleyball World Cup is ripe for your consideration. And if that's the case, stations owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. and its ION broadcast TV network are your forthcoming destinations to catch all of the action.

Broadcast TV station ownership group Gray Media has committed to participating in some way at a quartet of investor conferences on the calendar in late August, in September, and during the month of December.

Does the NCE band feel more crowded to you? It's not your imagination

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The Sinclair Inc.-owned CBS affiliate serving Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky will be airing its final local weekend newscasts on July 18 and 19, concluding 35 years of Saturday and Sunday coverage of Cincinnati and its surrounding communities.

He's worked at a wide range of radio ownership groups since joining Mid-West Family Broadcasting's WSJM-FM in Benton Harbor, Mich., in 1994 as a Production Director. Most recently, he served as Executive VP of Content for the former Alpha Media. Starting July 20, he'll be taking a key Cox Media Group role.