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The Chief Financial Officer of Sinclair Inc., the media company leading the transition to ATSC 3.0 broadcast technology and the parent of a group of stations including flagship WBFF-TV in Baltimore has been confirmed as a speaker at a pair of March investor conferences.

Exhibiting companies are welcome to submit their latest offerings

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Buyer expresses commitment to localism

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It's a Nashville-headquartered operation known for its five digital multicast networks led by CEO and co-President Joel Wertman, and it recently promoted a woman to a role in which she serves as the company's "human API" — seeing her integrate "complex operations and bridging the gap between creative vision and operational experience."

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Zeno Media, a New York-headquartered audio and digital media company led by CEO Morris Berger, has promoted from within to fill a key executive-level role. Naturally, it sees a person focused on growth shed her Vice President stripes.

Some 24 names will be selected as nominees to be voted upon by industry personnel later this year, leading to the selection of the 2026 Radio Hall of Fame Induction Class. The Radio Hall of Fame was founded in 1988, and The Museum of Broadcast Communications took over operations of the Hall in 1991.

The transmitters, which were ordered through Warmus and Associates, include two GV2-30ND units, a GV2 3.5, and a VS1. Chuck Poulton, Senior Director of Technology for Ideastream, says these purchases will complement prior Nautel purchases.

Liberty Mutual Insurance, nearly unheard of two decades ago, emerged as the leader by ad play count.  Today, Liberty Mutual continues to be the pace car in the auto insurance realm. But it is not without its competitors seeking consumers via cable and spot TV efforts.

This document amends the Table of TV Allotments (table) of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) rules by substituting channel *33 for channel *8 at Hutchinson, Kansas in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc. (Kansas Public or Petitioner), the licensee of noncommercial educational PBS member television station KPTS(TV) (KPTS or Station), Hutchinson, Kansas. In support of its channel substitution request, the Petitioner asserts that allowing the Station to move from a VHF to a UHF channel would serve the public interest by improving signal reception for viewers. The staff engineering analysis finds that the proposal is in compliance with the Commission's principal community coverage and technical requirements. The substitution of channel *33 for channel *8 in the Table will allow the Station to improve its over- the-air reception within its coverage area and is not predicted to result in viewer loss.

Viewer engagement platform and live production technologies specialist Vizrt has brought to market a series of four "Campus Stadium Production Bundles." They're expressly designed to equip high schools and colleges in the United States with broadcast-quality sports solutions, empowering the talent of broadcast media's future.

Cross-platform TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot has brought to market an agentic AI-powered platform that the company says reimagines how independent measurement can be leveraged to unlock new insights, accelerate workflows, drive better consumer connections and assure advertising effectiveness.

One week after the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., the CP Communications is still celebrating — and it has little to do with the NFL championship game's outcome on the playing field.

The role of a sales executive has evolved, says Alexander Group media-focused change agent Matt Bartels. Today's sales pros require knowledge of new technological skills, and younger pros tend to have them all. However, as Bartels writes in this classic column, they may not be considering sales careers because they don't see it as a lucrative profession.

RBR+TVBR Editor-In-Chief Adam R Jacobson paid a visit on Wednesday, one day after attending an all-important Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the national TV ownership reach cap. He offers a report that features highlights from the hearing, and a VIP behind-the-scenes look at NAB Headquarters.

Its acquisition of TuneIn in December raises the profile of the Canadian company 

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For more than 15 years, a Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., broadcast group led by Bill Curtis and business partner Tim Sabean has operated 11 radio stations acquired from Northern Star Broadcasting. Now, Curtis and Sabean face perhaps the biggest challenge of their ownership tenure — a license revocation proceeding. 

Four items are on the agenda for the FCC's February Open Meeting on Wednesday morning, and among them is a Media Bureau item of particular interest to noncommercial radio broadcast station operators — religious and secular in nature.

In September 2024, RBR+TVBR shared the news that a 6kw Class A FM serving a town between Austin and College Station, Tex., had been acquired by Cowboy Broadcasting Network. At the time, Cowboy was a 50/50 partnership between two business partners. Now, one is buying out the other.