The Assistant Program Director and Operations Manager for Alpha Media's WROU-FM and "Hot 102.9" has been promoted to OM for all of the company's radio stations serving the Miami Valley.
Are issue ads entitled to the Lowest Unit Rate? Is the broadcaster exempt from liability for false statements? Must the broadcaster allow opposing views on its air? Many think the answers to these questions are "Yes." Think again, veteran Washington, D.C. attorney Gregg Skall says in this classic column.
On Tuesday, RBR+TVBR was first to report on the sale of two FM translators to Townsquare Media. Now, the seller behind that deal in Sedalia, Mo., has engineered a transaction that will see it obtain a dark 1.25kw FM serving areas due east of Joplin, Mo.
The individual who most recently served as Senior VP of AVOD Streaming and Digital for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises has been named EVP of Sports. He succeeds Eli Velazquez, who is leaving the company at the end of the month.
A U.S. District Court Judge in Grand Rapids, Mich., has said no to a legal request from the nation's No. 1 owner of broadcast television stations to dismiss a complaint filed by a former WOOD-8 News Director and his assistant — a move that keeps their defamation suit alive.
Dish has submitted a request for monetary sanctions against Soo Kim and his Standard General, calling his lawsuit against the FCC for alleged civil rights violations — a legal action that includes Dish and head Charlie Ergen as non-government defendants — a costly response from "an entitled entrepreneur" who simply didn't get what he wanted.
For nearly a decade, he's been the Sales Manager for the FOX affiliate serving the Kansas City market. Now, he's heading to Augusta, Ga., where he will serve as General Manager for that market's FOX affiliate — owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group.
Adam Jacobson
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