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Two weeks ago, it became known that Bally Sports Southwest will not be the home of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks for the 2024-2025 season. On Friday, the team owned by Miriam Adelson and led by CEO Cynt Marshall revealed who its new TV partner will be.

The publicly traded audio-focused media company founded by George Beasley and today led by his daughter, CEO Caroline Beasley, is moving forward with an exchange offer that swaps out old debt for new debt — at a slightly higher interest rate.

With Frank Montero as legal counsel, a New York-based individual is shifting ownership of a construction permit for a future radio station on Florida's Panhandle to an LLC for which he's the sole member. It now awaits regulatory approval.

In this document the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) continues to shape development of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service operations in the 3.55-3.7 GHz band (3.5 GHz band). This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) provides an overview of the federal protection regime implemented by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Department of Defense (DoD), and Commission staff and solicits input on proposals to update the technical and service rules. It also seeks commenters' ideas for further innovations and improvements to the 3.5 GHz band.

On June 24, 2024, the Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Gray), the licensee of WRDW-TV (Station or WRDW-TV), Augusta, Georgia (Augusta). Gray requested amendment of the Table of TV Allotments to substitute channel 12 for channel 27. Gray filed comments in support of the Petition, as required by the Commission's rules (rules), reaffirming its interest in the proposed channel substitution and that it will promptly file an application seeking authorization on channel 12. The Bureau concludes that the public interest would be served by substituting channel 12 for channel 27 at Augusta.

On June 24, 2024, the Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by King Broadcasting Company (Petitioner or King Broadcasting), the licensee of KTVB, channel 7, Boise, Idaho (Station or KTVB). The Petitioner requested the substitution of channel 23 for channel 7 at Boise, Idaho (Boise), in the Table of TV Allotments. TEGNA, Inc., on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary, King Broadcasting, filed comments in support of the Petition, as required by the Commission's rules (rules), reaffirming King Broadcasting's commitment to apply for channel 23. The Bureau concludes that the public interest would be served by substituting channel 23 for channel 7 at Boise.

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Licensee requests amendment of the Table of TV Allotments to substitute channel 11 for channel 32.

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But it will defer a decision that would let more FM HD Radio stations increase power

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Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink broke the news in February that Rick & Bubba Show co-host Rick Burgess would be going solo with his own syndicated show in 2025. Details regarding that program’s premiere are now known, and Burgess won’t have a long break after Rick & Bubba's end.

The North Carolina-based radio station ownership group led by Tom Birch has filed a 53-page interference complaint against a licensee led by one of the region's biggest local broadcast leaders. It pits Birch's Lakes Media against Don Curtis, and a Class C3 FM licensed to Clarksville, Va., against a 150-watt FM translator designed to expressly serve the cities of Cary and Raleigh.

What sets Nexstar Media Group apart from its peers in the television broadcasting space? With a stock price that far exceeds that of other over-the-air station licensees, founder and CEO Perry Sook and Chief Financial Officer Lee Ann Gliha had much to tout during a "fireside chat" held Wednesday during the Citi 2024 Global TMT Conference.

In this exclusive chat, conducted in early June, Pio Ferro opens up about working for a privately held broadcast group, how great content can drive revenue and advertiser ROI, and why a Foo Fighters/Becky G mashup may not be the best of ideas. It's all in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

It will feature community radio standouts, station diversity tools and election coverage how-tos

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The owner of 14 radio stations has announced that it will voluntary cease operations on September 20 for an FM serving the Nation's Capital from a downtown tower, as well as an FM to the east of Ottawa and a third FM serving a small city between Gatineau and Montréal, Québec.

The Director of Engineering for the E.W. Scripps Company's NBC affiliate serving Lexington-Fayette, Ky., has been promoted to VP/GM — a rare move upward to the top slot at a station, as he's not rising from the local sales team.

What were radio people talking about 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago this month?

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An Oakville, Ontario-headquartered market research firm has acquired a 46-year-old Raleigh-based operation that has served the radio, podcasting and streaming industries with insights designed to build stronger brands and developer better talent. What does this mean for Coleman Insights?