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Ten Crystal Radio Award winners will be chosen from the finalists by a panel of judges representing the broadcast industry, community service organizations and public relations firms. The awards will be presented during a special ceremony at the 2026 NAB State Leadership Conference.

As September ended, an AM/FM combo serving a small community on the western slopes of New York's Catskill Mountains were poised for a resurrection, after Townsquare Media shuddered them. Bold Gold Media Group had acquired the properties. Now, the company has formally taken over the radio stations.

The program honors radio stations for outstanding community service

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Lionsgate and Debmar-Mercury have selected LTN to launch and deliver the newly launched MovieSphereGold all-movie digital multicast network and Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channel via the company's multicast-enabled, purpose-built IP video distribution network.

In one fell swoop, the FCC under Chairman Brendan Carr has done a little more than a "delete, delete, delete" as part of the agency's sweeping clean-up of inactive, "unnecessary" and "outdated" items that have been collecting dust over the past several years.

The new host embraces his predecessor's "forensic curiosity"

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Marketers’ cooling optimism, uncertainty around US trade policies, the impact of AI adoption and the dominance of digital channels on media planning. These are the top themes examined in WARC's newly released annual report, "The Voice of the Marketer."

GM looks beyond smartphone mirroring

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As the country eyes digital radio, Xperi sees its IBOC model as a blueprint

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At the end of 2025, the VP/General Manager of the two stations operated by Sinclair Inc. in Titletown will retire. There won't be a national search for his successor: The current Station Manager for the Green Bay, Wisc., pair will assume that role come 2026.