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A 100-watt noncommercial FM radio station serving tiny Dushore, Pa., is being acquired by a 50/50 partnership that will put it in the hands of a purveyor of AEC support services and equipment and a local community solutions organization.

There's now roughly one week remaining in the holiday shopping season, with Hanukkah underway and Christmas Eve coming one week from Wednesday. As such, attracting consumers remains a key desire for retailers. That's why Walmart stepped up its spot activity at Spot Television for the week ending December 14.

A noncommercial licensee that involves "WALL Radio" purveyor Bud Williamson and WKZE Radio co-owner Andrew Gladding recently agreed to acquire a Danbury, Conn., AM radio station. Now, they're agreeing to purchase a Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-area FM translator.

Across Italy, Marco Mazzoli is known as a Radio 105 "Zookeeper." In the U.S., he's been associated with a group of FM signals in South Florida for nearly a decade. Now, Mazzoli-led ANCO Media Group are ready to bring their radio "Revolution" to Sin City in a deal brokered by Michael J. Bergner.

National Council looks to postpone deactivation until the end of 2031

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Following an FCC notice, the company said "robust network security" is necessary

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The Enforcement Bureau on Friday issued the final Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) audit letters for 2025, sent to randomly selected multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs). Some 27 local franchises must comply with the request.

It's the new owner of the global TuneIn audio streaming portal and the parent of stations including "Boom 97.3" in Toronto. In the U.S., it is the purveyor of all-music channels on MVPDs such as Hotwire Communications. Now, Stingray has launched a co-branded music, podcast and radio platform for automakers.

That's the conclusion of new forecasts courtesy of Omdia, which state that the change will come in 2027 — marking the first time a vMVPD will claim the top position in the evolving cable television marketplace.

A new partnership will see Banfield lead the cable TV network’s true crime digital vertical. As part of the new agreement, content from Banfield’s podcast "Drop Dead Serious with Ashleigh Banfield" will be made available on NewsNation, too. The bigger news is the end of the prime-time "Banfield" offering.