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The organization that founded “Free Speech Week” has named former FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly as a senior fellow.

The Media Institute said O’Rielly will also become a member of its First Amendment Advisory Council.

The nonprofit organization describes itself as nonpartisan and “working to advance sound communications policy, freedom of speech, and excellence in journalism.”

“During his tenure at the FCC, Commissioner O’Rielly was known for his dedication to streamlining the regulatory process, eliminating outdated regulations, promoting competition and innovation, and defending the First Amendment,” the organization said.

O’Rielly, a Republican who was nominated to the FCC by Pres. Barack Obama, was a commissioner from 2013 to 2020. He is a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for the Economics of the Internet and principal at MPORielly Consulting LLC.

The announcement was made by The Media Institute Pres. Richard T. Kaplar.

 

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Walt Tiburski, a veteran radio broadcasting sales and management leader and former station owner, has just announced his retirement after more than 50 years in the business.

From the shore of Lake Erie to the tranquil beaches of Southwest Florida, Tiburski’s seen a lot over the years, and he’s our guest on today’s RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by Dot.FM.

 

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Entravision Communications Corp. appears to be turning an important fiscal corner.

Its stock price hasn’t been this high since mid-October 2018. Its “Fuego” Latin Pop format just expanded to Las Vegas and Palm Springs, Calif., respectively. And, as shared on March 11, its Q4 2020 results were highly positive.

Why, then, did the company disclose to the SEC on Wednesday that it couldn’t file its annual report in a timely manner to the financial regulatory agency?

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Cox Media Group named Jaleigh Long as vice president and market manager for Atlanta and Athens radio in Georgia.

“Long assumed the role in an interim capacity earlier this year and will now officially lead one of the industry’s most notable and successful radio sales organizations CMG Atlanta Radio (WSBB(FM)/News 95.5 WSB, WSB(FM)/B98.5 FM, WSRV(FM)/97.1 FM The River, WALR(FM)/KISS 104.1),” the company said.

[Read: Cox Names Rob Babin Head of Radio]

She joined CMG Atlanta Radio in 2014 as general sales manager and earlier worked for South Central Media and Susquehanna Radio.

The announcement was made by Rob Babin, SVP, CMG Radio.

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The Federal Communications Commission will decide in April whether to cap the number of applications that one entity can submit in the upcoming window for new FM reserved band stations.

As we’ve reported, the commission plans a window for new noncommercial educational FMs this year.

It had indicated that it wanted to cap the number of applications per entity, to avoid any kind of repeat of the 2003 translator window in which it was swamped with 13,000 applications, many from speculative filers.

Now, Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel says that at its April meeting, the commission will vote on a proposed cap of 10.

“Prior experience shows that the 10-application cap strikes the best balance of the commission’s objectives — providing a meaningful opportunity for applicants to file for new NCE FM stations in to expand service while, at the same time, deterring speculative applications and procedural delays,” she wrote in a preview of the meeting agenda.

[Read more about the FCC’s reasoning for a cap.]

The commission has said it is expecting a lot of interest in this window for several reasons: There’s no application filing fee; there are no ownership limits in the reserved band; there has not been a filing window for new NCE FM applications for over a decade; and the commission recently simplified and clarified the rules and procedures including how it treats competing applications.

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RBR+TVBR OBSERVATION

On Monday, RBR+TVBR learned of a big hire at Cumulus Media‘s Detroit operation. David Corey, one of the top programming executives who knows as much about Morgan Wallen and Maren Morris as he does about MacKenzie Porter and Alessia Cara, is now heading up WDVD-FM and WDRQ-FM.

Given the big news, our editor-in-chief grabbed his smartphone, opened up the TuneIn app, and selected the WDVD stream.

That’s when something stuck us: How did we know that we could stream WDVD on TuneIn, and not Radio.com or iHeartMedia?

We are certain that we’re not alone in this conundrum. It only begs the question: Why can’t the industry unite and support Radioplayer — which brands itself as “radio in one place?”

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Acting FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel‘s first two months on the job have proven to be inconsequential for those in the radio and the TV industries. With the Supreme Court set to rule in three months on the Commission’s appeal of its cross-ownership rule rewrite, Rosenworcel isn’t likely to bring up anything big for broadcast media for the near future.

That said, the April 2021 Open Meeting Agenda will see the FCC vote on a Public Notice that sets an applications cap for new noncommercial educational FM stations.

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Circle City Broadcasting’s racial discrimination lawsuit against Dish Network will proceed, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

That elicited cheers from licensee owner DuJuan McCoy, as he seeks to return his stations offering The CW Network and MyNetwork TV programming to Dish in the Indianapolis DMA.

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LOS ANGELES — The Member of Congress who represents the historically African American parts of Los Angeles County has been selected to serve as the inaugural guest in a new NAB “Spotlight Series,” which features D.C. politicians discussing key initiatives to advance diversity, equity and inclusion and their perspectives on broadcast media.

This first live discussion, scheduled for Noon Pacific on April 8, will see a heralded KNBC-4 in L.A. reporter conduct the live discussion on behalf of the NAB.

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A collective of TV measurement leaders has joined forces to quantify the effectiveness of the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative’s “It’s Up to You” COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative.

It happens to be the largest PSA campaign in U.S. history.

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