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The company behind a low-power TV station licensed to West Haven, Conn., has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court over the FCC's denial, and appeal courts' concurring views, that have prevented the facility from upgrading to Class A status under the Low Power Protection Act.

The console offers expanded connectivity and flexibility

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Josh Bohn talks about STL compression, satellites and the need for backups

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A new media rights deal will keep the NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and G-League Valley Suns on broadcast TV for the next three seasons. It's thanks to a fresh agreement signed by Mat Ishbia and Gray Media's Phoenix stations, former Meredith Local Media properties.

"Broadcasters must be able to make programming decisions free from government influence — a responsibility the First Amendment entrusts to America’s local TV and radio stations." That's what NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt expressed in commentary shared Sunday by the association.

As RBR+TVBR first reported on September 17, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025 was sent to the full U.S. House of Representatives for a full floor vote by the Energy & Commerce Committee with a neutered sunset period of the law. As John Catsimatidis sees it, "The sunset clause is unnecessary."

Head of NAB said presidents of both parties have applied inappropriate pressure

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A North Carolina state Superior Court Judge on Thursday ordered Total Traffic & Weather Network, owned by iHeartMedia since August 2017, to pay $50 million to the family of the late Jason Myers — a Charlotte TV meteorologist killed in a November 2022 helicopter crash that also claimed the pilot.

The key Senate Republican has fired a warning shot at the head of the FCC, challenging Brendan Carr's belief that "public interest" concerns are reason enough to open Commission probes into comments made by late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel regarding the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

"Younger marketing people may be more inclined to favor nothing but social media," notes Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy. Yet, while they do favor social media, Sunshine finds they may be interested in their older counterparts in good ol' traditional, linear media channels.