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Two months after the FCC opened up a comment period on a trio of proposals that would unwind VHF-to-UHF shifts at stations owned by Gray Media, the FCC has given its blessing to the company's requests. It did so as it received not one comment on the matter, except from Gray itself.

Al Sikes and Tom Wheeler have teamed up to pen an opinion piece for Newsweek that slams the current Chairman and President Trump for having "upended 90 years of precedent and Congressional mandates to transform the agency into a blatantly partisan tool."

In recent years, national spot TV became a target of one accident attorney specialist formerly known mainly in parts of Florida. Today, it is found across the U.S., and Spot TV efforts are helping make it a dominant brand.

Using open-source tools, Vlad Fomitchev aims to spark engineering interest

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His story is a true saga of the American Dream, and now Spanish Broadcasting System President/CEO and Radio Ink Executive of the Year Raúl Alarcón will join the Hispanic Radio Conference for an exclusive one-on-one conversation on his legacy and lessons learned.

All five FCC votemakers have OK'd a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would provide more coherent and clearly stated foreign ownership requirements for those seeking to purchase a radio or TV station in the U.S. This means a comment period in which the NAB will undoubtedly state its case is coming soon.

The FCC has agreed to new sharing rules that the Carr Commission believes will "bolster innovative commercial uses" in the lower 37 GHz spectrum band. With this proceeding, Chairman Carr believes the new licensing framework could unlock 600 MHz of spectrum for new and more intensive commercial services.

As 2025 began, an AM and FM pair serving a small city in the Southern Colorado Rockies concluded their broadcast service. Now, one of the station's former leaders has stepped up to bring that station back to life.

He’ll continue to work as an advisor to Quu and others in radio

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Thanks to The E.W. Scripps Co., the first-ever nationally televised pre-season contests for the WNBA will be coming to all stations aligned with its ION network. It's a double-header, and will see the WNBA Friday Night Spotlight on ION return on May 2 with a pair of exhibition match-ups.

It's a free app that gives consumers cash back on gas, groceries, and at restaurants, and over the last several years has turned to national radio to help increase and create brand awareness. Now, Upside is turning once again to Spot Radio to get more people to download and use the platform.

Oh never mind … we can make our own!

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After decades with Cumulus Media’s Westwood One and the network’s predecessors, Vice President of Programming David Felker has departed the company. It comes amid a new round of consolidation that sees the discontinuation of seven 24/7 syndicated radio formats.

Thanks to the Congressionally passed PIRATE Act, the FCC is empowered to go after landlords of facilities found to harbor broadcast buccaneers. On Friday, Enforcement Bureau Region One Regional Director David Dombrowski did just that, as the pirate radio operator in question has ignored a forfeiture notice.

They support mic- and line-level capture, zero-latency mixing and up to 192 kHz sampling

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"In the realm of public speaking, real influence begins when you truly see your audience." Here are some valued tips from veteran public relations professional and public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal on how truly seeing the audience can gain a level of trust and influence that puts you in the driver's seat.

"People close to the discussions" have told The Wall Street Journal that Paramount Global will continue "to abstain from particular corporate diversity initiatives," one step it will take to meet FCC approval of Skydance Media's proposed merger with the company through an acquisition of National Amusements, Inc.