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Tech company urges FCC to eliminate its main transmitter requirement

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LPTV Broadcasters Association head Frank Copsidas, through his Intrigue TV LLC entity, is agreeing to acquire a television property serving "America's Finest City," in a deal filed with the FCC by his legal counsel, Smithwick & Belendiuk attorney Mark Denbo, and the seller's legal counsel: David O'Connor of Wilkinson Barker Knauer.

In September 1998, this Class B AM in the High Desert of Southern California was acquired by Randy Michaels' Jacor Broadcasting, and later ended up in the hands of iHeartMedia predecessor Clear Channel Communications. Since the end of 2011, it has been owned by Saul Rosenzweig. That's about to change.

Dan Shelley will retire in December, Tara Puckey will succeed him

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An AM, its FM translator companion, and a full-power FM radio station serving communities due east of the Atlanta metropolitan area are being sold, with the buyer being assisted by Jon Yinger of Broadcast Properties LLC.

The NAB's legal team late Friday filed a 145-page manifesto with the FCC that repeats its request for the elimination of the national TV ownership rule. Of note is a new request from the association that says the Commission "should scale back rules that micromanage radio broadcasts."

She joined BIA Advisory Services as VP of Forecasting and Analysis. As of today, there's a new individual in that role at the media market intelligence firm based in Northern Virginia. What does this mean for Nicole Ovadia? She wants to buy a radio station.

CSWBE desires to use the station for HD Radio experimentation and STEM education

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A pair of AM radio stations and an FM translator serving towns straddling the border between North Dakota and South Dakota are poised to change hands, pending FCC regulatory approval of the deal.

Gila River Telecommunications operates four commercial LPTV stations

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