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Come December 1, new local leaders will be taking over the reins for Gray Media-owned broadcast television stations in Presque Isle, Me.; Hazard, Ky.; and Topeka, Kan., respectively.

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When WFAS went silent, it took its MA3 with it

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The company helmed by CEO Bob Pittman and COO/CFO Rich Bressler seeks more time to repay its lenders by proposing to push out its repayment dates by at least three years. In order to accomplish this, two lender proposals have been drafted. Each would see a significant hike in interest rates in order to gain more time for repayment.

Pending regulatory approval, two Kentucky FMs, an AM and two FM translators will become part of a collection of Bluegrass State radio properties tied to the CEO of QUU Inc. who is also the former NAB Joint Board Chairman and EVP for Industry Affairs and Strategic Planning. Cantrell's group is getting something in return.

The president-elect called the commissioner a "warrior for free speech"

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The Market President for iHeartMedia's Seattle-Tacoma radio stations, an individual who rose to the post in November 2020 after seven years in ascending sales roles, has tacked on similar duties for the company's Spokane properties by rising to Area President for Washington.

Is it an existential threat to broadcast radio and TV, or is it a potential investment or partnership opportunity? New data from Pew Research Center suggest either may be of consideration, as nearly 40% of young adults queried say they get news from influencers on social media.

A 21-year-old broadcast television station licensee of properties in six markets across the eastern U.S. — all operated through a shared services agreement with Gray Media — has renewed and expanded its multi-year services agreement for local TV measurement with Nielsen.

For weeks, the rise of Brendan Carr to FCC Chairman — should President Trump return to the White House — has been discussed as a foregone conclusion. On Sunday evening, President-Elect Trump turned the rumors into reality.

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Media Bureau establishes a new pleading cycle for Paramount Global's transfer applications of December 16, 2024 for Petitions to Deny; January 2, 2025 for Oppositions; and January 13, 2025 for Replies.

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In the San Francisco Bay Area, conservative talk programs been heard on a 5kw AM radio station with a transmitter in the Pier 94 wetlands. Come Monday, this longtime Talker and one-time flanker to a News/Talk station at 810 kHz is moving to that bigger frequency, displacing the sports wagering programming that supplanted what was before that KGO.

WorldDAB president says "securing radio's digital future is critical and fundamental for listeners, for broadcasters and for society"

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A belated License to Cover application filed by the owner of a low-power television station serving Key West, Fla., has yielded a proposed fine that's bigger than similar occurrences. Why? Their extreme tardiness was singled out by the head of the FCC Media Bureau's Video Division.

New York Public Radio and NAB will observe co-channel interference and MA3 performance in an urban setting

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A Class A FM serving the upper half of New York's Capital District is changing hands, with Briton Ricki Lee signing off on a deal that will put the facility in the control of Todd Nixon, pending regulatory approval.