FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty recently took a trip to Utah and Kansas to highlight the "golden age of communications," and she took time to visit the Gray Media-owned CBS affiliate in Kansas' state capital and the headquarters of Bonneville International Corp. in Salt Lake City.
A group of nine full-power FM radio stations and five FM translators serving non-secular radio audiences across small towns and cities in Eastern Colorado and Kansas will soon be added to the roster of noncommercial broadcast stations linked to a 100kw FM in rural Copeland, Kansas.
As Bureau Chief Erin Boone sees it, the updates reflect current application processing requirements, clarify and harmonize provisions, and remove references to outdated procedures and legacy filing systems. The R&O earned a 3-0 unanimous vote, thus removing it from the FCC's March Open Meeting docket.
The nation's largest audio content and creation company and No. 1 licensee of broadcast radio stations and the unit of the company that owns a MVPD, a "Big Four" TV network and the Peacock streaming platform have each announced that they're launching programming wrapped around the nation's 250th birthday.
For the GOP, further rule "modernization" 30 years after the passage by President Clinton of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is of interest. For Democrats, countering consolidation by protecting diversity of voices and opposing the Media Bureau's approval of the Nexstar-TEGNA merger, is Issue No. 1.
Activists organized by Free Press gathered outside of the FCC's L Street headquarters to condemn Chairman Brendan Carr for his record on "media consolidation and threats to press freedom." A billboard on wheels accompanied the five protestors.
Just in time for the full rollout of Major League Baseball Opening Day coverage, fans that subscribe to DirecTV will have season-long access to games for nine clubs whose coverage has been assumed by MLB in the wake of regional sports network rights demises.
It's a victory in a federal court for the subscription-based satellite radio service provider, as a German entity known for its application-oriented research had sought to claim SiriusXM infringed on a patent it holds. A judge's decision puts a more than nine-year legal tussle to rest.
It's a move that Sinclair Inc. is calling "a strategic transformation" of its news operations in Tulsa, one in which it is "refocusing resources" at its two "Big Four" stations to "enhance" local programming. What does this mean for viewers of the ABC and FOX stations in the Oklahoma market?
Todd Parkin, a former head of sales for the Bally Sports regional sports network, had agreed to acquire various TV stations from Standard Media, Imagicomm, and Sinclair Inc., respectively. Now, filings made at the FCC suggest Parkin will not be moving forward with the announced acquisitions.
An AI company "advancing the connected TV ecosystem" with "contextual video intelligence" believes it has a solution for advertisers seeking clarity, control, and confidence in their ad buys. Allen Media Group is confident this newly launched product unveiled today at the IAB NewFronts will help its streaming video ad growth.
She presently serves as VP/Market Manager for Cumulus Media's Indianapolis radio stations, a role she's held since 2023. Now, this sales and management veteran has been promoted to Regional Vice President of Cumulus Central Indiana, adding oversight for stations in two other Hoosier markets.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which maintains oversight of the FCC, has approved proposed legislation that would bring updates to the nation's Emergency Alert System. Two bills were passed out of Committee, and each saw unanimous roll call votes.
A low-power television station serving the Aurora, Ill., area, has taken advantage of the FCC's December 2025 decision to lift its freeze on major change applications for LPTV facilities by moving to the heart of Chicago. It's a perfect demonstration of how a big-market move-in can result from the Commission decision.
Upon FCC regulatory approval, two AM stations and three FMs in a South Dakota market will end up in the hands of a local operator. With closing expected in early summer 2026, Connoisseur Media is moving forward with the sale of the following properties to Brookings Radio LLC.
In the streaming and digital media universe, the IAB NewFronts have successfully proven to be big a challenger to the traditional mid-May Upfront Week in New York. Across three days in lower Manhattan, digital advertising solutions earned a big spotlight, with Comcast Advertising on Wednesday unveiling a notable product.
The buyer, which owns liberal-leaning political talk and spoken word AMs across Wisconsin, has formally completed its acquisition of an AM and its two FM translators serving Wisconsin's largest market. Kalil & Co. served as the broker in this transaction.
He joined the Fordham University Adult Alternative noncomm serving the New York Tri-State Region in 1987 and officially became General Manager on July 1, 2012. Now, he's retiring from the station on June 30.
She began her professional career in 2001 as a Producer Assistant for Univision Puerto Rico. Meet the new News Director for WNBC-TV and WNJU-TV, the NBC and Telemundo Owned Stations serving the nation's biggest market.
It's a Class C AM serving the Southern San Joaquin Valley since 1956, presently with a Spanish-language sports talk format aligned with TUDN Radio. Soon, it will be offering listeners English-language religious programming, courtesy of Northwestern Media.