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The Chief Legal Officer and head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at the NAB has made it clear that any suggestions that retransmission consent is a relevant consideration when contemplating changes in the FCC's national television ownership rule are "unsound" and "wholly unmeritorious."

The weekly look at the actual amount of commercial airings per brand at both spot cable and spot TV is here, courtesy of iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors. And, at spot cable, there's a big push to increase consumption — and subscriptions — at Warner Bros. Discovery's key OTT streaming platform.

Media Bureau Establishes Pleading Cycle for Applications to Transfer Control of TEGNA Inc. to Nexstar Media Inc.

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It had operated as a Class B AM radio station. As of Monday morning, it was reduced to an online-only offering featuring Christmas music. That's because this facility no longer has a broadcast signal. The FCC affirmed the cancellation of its license, for being dark for too long without permission and then seeking its renewal.

Rich Bressler will soon focus fully on his COO role at iHeartMedia. What's happened? The company has given Bressler's CFO duties to an individual who has been its Executive Vice President of Finance and Deputy CFO since joining iHeartMedia in 2019.

Stingray Group Inc.'s broadcast arm is expanding its radio station stable in the home of the Stampede. The deal will give Stingray three FMs in Calgary, joining a Top 40 station and Adult Hits leader modeled after its successful "Boom 97.3" in Toronto.

The man who has served as Senior VP of Media Operations at the broadcasting company that's parent to such stations as WUSA9 in Washington, D.C., and is poised to merge with Nexstar Media Group in 2026 — pending regulatory approval and a likely federal court challenge — has retired.

Nonprofit supports broadcasters suffering from critical illness, disaster

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WELY Radio is back on the air in Ely, Minn.

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Barix CTO says such incidents will continue without station IT measures

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Commission says WNJC's extended silence does not qualify for extenuating circumstances

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Third-generation broadcaster owns six Oklahoma FM stations

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