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The FCC's August Open Meeting is on Thursday, and based on the statement issued late Wednesday from the agency's lone Democratic vote-caster, the end of the current 39% national TV ownership reach put in place by Congress in the early 2000s appears to be coming to its conclusion.

Amidst reported listener declines, public broadcaster targets mid-fall to resume FM

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Nine will be inducted in October in Greenwood Village ceremony

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It will exhibit at the IBC show in Amsterdam

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A Class A FM station serving Winona, Minn., and La Crosse, Wisc.; along with a 100kw Class C FM reaching these markets from Monroe County is being acquired by the radio broadcasting company led by founder Dave Magnum. Along for the ride in this transaction are a Class D AM and its FM translator in Sparta, Wisc.

The Maryland House Democrat believes the FCC's "extraordinary decision to require early renewal of eight Disney-owned ABC broadcast licenses breaks from decades of practice and causes severe constitutional problems by at least appearing to use the Commission’s licensing authority to censor protected speech." As such, "further Congressional oversight may be warranted."

Visitors to IBC2026 can experience the Maxiva XTK and GatesAir's portfolio of TV and radio offerings at Stand 8.B75, where the Ohio-headquartered company plans to demonstrate technologies designed to improve transmission efficiency, simplify operations and prepare broadcasters for the next generation of over-the-air services.

The licensee of a Milwaukee radio station since 1972 which is poised to become the latest property in the Civic Media stable — along with a 61-year-old newspaper serving the Black community of Milwaukee — has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC's Media Bureau to resolve a transfer of control violation in November 2024.

Conservative political talk host Chris Stigall has won his Republican primary race for a seat in the U.S House of Representatives. He'd serve the sixth Congressional district of the state of Missouri, if elected in November.

He is receiving the Jules Cohen Award, which is the Society's highest honor

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