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Rural towers are sitting ducks, president of FM hit by copper thieves says

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“Local Now is committed to bringing the audience what they want," said Byron Allen, Founder/Chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group. "Local Now continues to be the go-to destination for free news, weather, sports, and entertainment across America.”

At present, it has such local news and information portals as Clarksville Now, intricately linked to broadcast radio stations including "Q108," a regional leader. By 2030, nearly every Saga Communications market could emulate what Fort Campbell, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn. have seen monetarily. 

He previously worked in the Audio Division of the FCC's Media Bureau under its chief, Al Shuldiner. Now, he is the newest Associate Attorney at Inside-the-Beltway communications law firm Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth.

In the eyes of the Director of Media and the Live Entertainment Equity Research head at Guggenheim Partners, the investment community and his peers in Wall Street financial houses are “still bullish” on the broadcast television sector. That said, some presently robust fountains of dollars will likely slow to a trickle in the coming years.

A new track is coming to the NAB Show New York conference in roughly two weeks that will examine AI and automation in news production, focusing on how AI is transforming how news is gathered, produced and disseminated.

The software allows stations to plan music and organize content from a unified interface

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The TVB Executive Summit kicked off its half-day agenda at Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday with remarks from soon-to-retire President/CEO Steve Lanzano that not only welcomed in-person attendees ahead of a keynote from ANA head Bob Liodice but also revealed who Lanzano's successor will be.

The AWM Foundation is accepting entries for the 51st Annual Gracie Awards. For more than five decades, these awards have celebrated outstanding programming by, for, and about women — while funding scholarships and programs that support the next generation of women in media.

The expanding company is acquiring Bonneville's four Bay Area radio stations

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