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The Byron Allen-controlled Allen Media Group has lured a former TelevisaUnivision ad sales veteran to serve as its Chief Revenue Officer of Advertising Sales. It puts him in a key role for all of AMG's assets — including owned-and-operated broadcast TV stations that will soon be under different ownership.

For nearly a decade, radio stations using the default Barix logins have been subject to hijack. In the most recent situation, a fake EAS tone played on a loop across the afternoon of November 23. The FCC chimed in. Now, Barix is addressing the long-standing issue.

A Class C AM serving Centerville, Iowa, and its FM translator companion are being acquired by a new licensee of radio stations co-owned in a 50/50 split by Austin Anderson and Russell Ocker.

The company cites increasing demand for DC-powered alerting infrastructure

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New York-headquartered predictive advertising company Cadent has moved ahead with its purchase of an entity known for its efforts in YouTube video ad planning, optimization, and measurement.

It's been in the works for weeks and weeks: Sunbeam Television's Miami-Fort Lauderdale home in North Bay Village, Fla., along a flood-prone causeway traversing Biscayne Bay, is being replaced with a state-of-the-art facility in Broward County. That move is moving forward, and station leaders are cheering.

Triton, a global technology and services provider to the digital audio, podcast and broadcast radio industries, updated its Omny Studio product by expanding the platform’s capabilities to include comprehensive support for video podcasting.

American Public Media has promoted from within to fill the role of VP/Head of Sales and Underwriting — a key revenue-generating role at APM and Minnesota Public radio.

On October 31, RBR+TVBR first reported on the sale of a Rock station serving Bangor formerly owned by acclaimed author Stephen King, by Rock Lobster Radio LLC. On Monday, details of the deal that will see Mix Maine Media owner and President Jay Hanson add the FM to his stable of stations were revealed.

The "go-to" for engineering help on the peninsula, he was also beloved in the amateur radio community

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