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From the Hawaiian Islands to New England, dozens of stations within the iHeartMedia family have parted ways with employees on multiple levels of the audio content creation and distribution company's core radio broadcasting unit. Among the casualties is the Market President for Raleigh-Durham, and the Boston Region President.

On or about October 13, an individual with equity interest in a collection of New Hampshire radio stations passed away. This led a family member of the now-deceased sole owner of the stations to petition the state Probate Court to make him a special administrator of his estate. Now, the FCC is being asked to approve the plan.

"What percentage of the costs are coming out from just the news part, in particular?" That was just one of several questions analyst Craig Huber had for the Scripps leadership team during its Q3 earnings call on Monday, as Lisa Knutson completed her final earnings call as Chief Operating Officer.

Challenges abound for publicly traded radio broadcasting companies. And, they're continuing for Beasley Media Group. Despite strong political advertising revenue for some media companies, the owner of properties in markets ranging from Detroit, Boston and Philadelphia to Charlotte, Tampa, and Augusta, Ga., registered another Q3 net loss.

Pro media production software house Avid is now officially the owner of a maker of cloud-based multiplatform news planning, production and publishing tools, bringing it further into the broadcast media industry.

With activity ramping up and 5G-MAG actively engaging in industry conversations, a vote on forming a dedicated 5G Broadcast 5G-MAG workgroup is set for December, the 5G Broadcast Collective has shared.

Reporting to National Sales Manager Kenneth Cyr, the new executive will apply "his varied skillset and industry knowledge to a clearly defined sales role that will prioritize bringing the Hitachi professional camera brand to a bigger audience," the company says.

IEX Group's swXtch.io has joined forces with Telos Alliance by creating an alliance that will enable scalable broadcast intercom in the cloud at very low latency. This, the companies say, provides broadcasters with the same features, functionality and mission-critical performance they use within their on-prem environments, minus the servers and cost associated with keeping them alight.

As Hurricanes Helene and Milton threatened to wreak havoc across Florida, CP Communications rose to meet the dual challenges of storm preparation in its Pinellas County, Fla., headquarters — prone to flooding — and one of the company's busiest times of the year in sports.

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CTS’ Cloud TV is designed to provide companies "a complete multi-platform TV experience, both broadcast and OTT, delivered from the cloud via a managed 24x7 service."

How will broadcast advertising revenues in the U.S. be affected? Where are the biggest areas of opportunity? And how will AI alter the landscape? A panel of experts will share their perspectives and insights in a provocative opening Forecast 2025 session on November 13 at the Harvard Club in the City of New York.

An FM radio station licensed to serve the community of Hettinger, N. Dakota, is being spun, with paperwork filed with the FCC seeking its blessing on the transaction.

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The E.W. Scripps Co. expects total 2024 presidential-year political advertising revenue in the Local Media division to reach at least $340 million — a record level that far exceeded the guidance the publicly traded company led by CEO Adam Symson shared in August. But, how did the company perform on the whole in Q3? Good, yet Scripps shares sunk on Monday.

Four scrappy entrepreneurs have faced all of the threats and competition from digital media, streaming ventures and even cable television channels. How have these "Main Street Media" professionals succeeded? That's a question ex-NAB communications head Dennis Wharton will ask as a Forecast 2025 session moderator.