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“This is urgent. Some manufacturers have already dropped FM”

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The operator of Eurovision and Euroradio has produced a 16-page report that focuses on a highly important subject for radio station owners in the U.S.: the connected car. When the car gets connected, there are three existential challenges, EBU notes.

It was home to Lewiston's former KRLC(AM) since 1947

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The Radio Mercury Awards has selected its 2026 chief judge for the Radio Mercury Awards. It is the co-Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Bandits & Friends, described as "an independently owned, award-winning, business-driven, minority and female-founded full-service creative ad agency."

The market embraces the 8000 and the company expands into AM

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Counsel representing Bonneville International Corp. and Connoisseur Media have submitted paperwork with the Commission seeking its regulatory approval of the sale of the LDS Church-affiliated media company's assets in the San Francisco Bay Area to the company led by Jeffrey Warshaw.

With Standard Media unloading its TV stations following its failed attempt to merge with TEGNA, it sold the non-licensed assets of the ABC affiliate in Providence and two Paducah, Ky., area TV stations to the company led by Chris Ripley. Now, Standard Media has those stations and its Lincoln, Neb., property.

In early September, radio industry veteran Tom Birch made it known that “illegal translator interference” was impacting the reach of a Clarksville, Va.-licensed FM with listeners on the northern edge of the Raleigh market. The FCC hasn't yet acted, leading Birch to renew his call for Commission assistance.

Speaking at a press conference after the FCC's November Open Meeting, Anna M. Gómez said Nexstar Media Group's proposed TEGNA merger— a deal that would put Nexstar well above Congressionally mandated local TV ownership reach limits — can't simply get the FCC's approval without a rule change.

On Thursday, BCE — parent of the CTV television network and radio stations operated under the iHeartRadio Canada banner — and the Bell Media broadcast arm both culled its manager-level employee roster in a move tied to a 36-month debt leverage reduction plan.