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The Radio Hall of Fame Nominating Committee is now accepting suggestions for 2021 nominees.

Hurry! The nominations window closes in three weeks.

Suggestions can be made through March 31, 2021, in the following categories:

Longstanding Local/Regional (20 years or more)
Active Local/Regional (10 years or more)
Networks/Syndication (10 years or more)
Longstanding Network/Syndication (20 years or more)
Music Format On-Air Personality
Spoken Word On-Air Personality

Inductees will be honored at the annual Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony, with plans to be held live in Chicago at a date to be announced later this year.

Radio imaging and production company The Mix Group is a presenting sponsor of the 2021 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

The Radio Hall of Fame was founded by the Emerson Radio Corporation in 1988. The Museum of Broadcast Communications took over operations of the Hall in 1991.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications is recognizing Radio’s 100th anniversary with a variety of events in 2021, including special tributes and recognition of the many talented men and women who’ve contributed to the medium’s ongoing success.

A 1kw Class C AM serving Sylvania, Ga., is presently dark under a STA.

It’s been dark for a while. In fact, it’s been silent for so long that the station has been designated for a license renewal hearing by the FCC.

As such, Tampa-based owner Neal Ardman has a potential battle on his hands to save the station.

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The FCC has been active in sending out of late Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture with respect to the untimely filing of a license renewal application.

The latest licensee to get a proposed fine? It is the owner of a Class A noncomm in Iowa used by a station housed at Maharishi International University.

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Entercom Communications on March 5 signed off on Amendment No. 6 to an October 17, 2016, credit agreement it struck with JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Specifically, Entercom is amending the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.09 of the agreement.

What will this accomplish?

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Last month KSGF(FM), a Summit Media station in Springfield, Mo., purchased and installed a Nautel GV10 analog FM transmitter.

Vice President of Engineering Dennis Sloatman said he installed the transmitter without a hitch. It went live on Feb. 27. Sloatman says he has installed seven Nautel FM transmitters in recent years — ranging from a VS1 to a GV40.

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He said he likes them for their ease of installation, remote interface, reliability and tech support.

Sloatman explains, “Engineering at Nautel has covered all the bases with the rich feature set and clean layout. We will continue purchasing Nautel products for all our transmitter needs.”

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A special meeting of Comscore Inc. shareholders is now over. And, the results of the Tuesday event are now known.

It’s good news for one of America’s biggest MVPDs and internet service providers.

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In Washington, D.C., Adonis Hoffman has been a leading voice on media and communications law and policy, in particular FCC regulatory moves, for years. In February 2008, as SVP and Council for the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4 A’s), Hoffman was one of several key participants in a “No Urban/Hispanic Dictates” meeting held between the FCC and key advertising and marketing associations.

Hoffman would later serve as a former FCC Chief of Staff and as a senior legal advisor to former FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, and is the founder and Chairman of “Business in the Public Interest” and Adjunct Professor of Communication, Culture & Technology at Georgetown University.

As of last month, he was in Fort Lauderdale, speaking to a China-owned news channel as the founder of the “Responsible Technology Initiative.” And, until this morning, an additional role was in the works for Hoffman.

That’s been scratched, TEGNA has announced.

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TEGNA on Tuesday provided the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) e-mail communication sent to shareholders that outlines, in detail, the decision by Adonis Hoffman to withdraw his nomination for a TEGNA board seat.

TEGNA also submitted to the SEC another piece of e-mail communication.

It’s a letter to employees from TEGNA CEO Dave Lougee that addresses Hoffman’s decision to withdraw his candidacy for a company board seat.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — When it became known that a nominee for a TEGNA Board of Directors seat had withdrawn himself from consideration, due to a 2014 case of mistaken identity gone wrong involving company CEO Dave Lougee, the name of the nominee was shared.

But, TEGNA didn’t share details of who Adonis Hoffman is, and why Lougee mistakenly thought he was a valet at a 2014 event is so potentially explosive.

Hoffman is a highly accomplished African American who once served as Chief of Staff of the FCC, and held key positions in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Here’s a transaction that will likely raise eyebrows: TEGNA‘s CBS affiliate serving Tampa Bay, along with two properties in Maine, are being transferred to a new licensee.

No, TEGNA isn’t selling the three TV stations. Rather, it’s doing some internal housekeeping, and the paperwork shows that a dissident shareholder is still very much a key investor in the company.

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