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On a Sunday evening in October 2025, Horizon Radio listeners heard the "F-word" repeatedly on a loop, resulting in a trio of complaints to the UK's regulator for communications services. Ofcom investigated the incident, and there will be no Pounds owed to the FCC equivalent in Great Britain. Why? The station was hijacked.

Building on its attention capabilities in Teads Ad Manager, the wider pact with global attention firm Lumen Research brings to live attention measurement across HomeScreen placement across the U.S., Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific regions.

For CEO Josh D'Amaro, increasing reach and engagement and improving the user experience on Disney+, Hulu and ESPN apps is a top C-Suite priority. But what about the ABC Television Network and ABC Owned Stations? There was little mention of either entity as The Walt Disney Co. released its fiscal Q2 2026 earnings report.

Nexstar Media Group finds itself not only appealing a California Eastern District Court's preliminary injunction preventing it from integrating TEGNA's assets, but also defending its deal in the D.C. Circuit. And, it may have an ally in the Commission itself. How so? The FCC says the court has no jurisdiction, because a final agency action hasn't yet happened.

The NAB has a new podcast. AirTime launched today as a weekly series covering legislative and regulatory developments affecting local radio and television stations, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday morning to keep the industry current on DC policy.

It features our big NAB Show issue photo coverage

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The Media Bureau has a new acting chief in Alex Sanjenis

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Small-form-factor mixer can be expanded to up to 16 faders

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Younger listeners, in particular, feel hearing AI music is a "deal-breaker"

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For Entravision Communications' first three months of 2026, an increase in digital advertising revenue and retransmission fees helped spark a 4% year-over-year increase in its net revenue.  That said, lower broadcast advertising revenue and decreased revenue from spectrum usage rights played their respective roles.