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NAB Leadership Foundation honors the role local stations play in communities

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Group warns commission to weigh "broadcast impacts"

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Commissioner Gomez called it an escalation in campaign "to censor and control speech"

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The FCC's lone Democratic Commissioner derided the "misleading announcement" distributed by the Media Bureau of guidance "on the application of the statutory equal opportunities requirement and the bona fide news exemptions to broadcast television stations, including their airing of late-night and daytime talk shows."

The Broadcasters Foundation of America will honor ESPN’s powerhouse personality Stephen A. Smith with its first-ever Broadcast Personality of the Year Award at the charitable organization’s annual gala on March 9 at New York City’s iconic Plaza Hotel.

Media artists' labor union says reforms will cost its membership jobs

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In April 2023, Audacy Inc. announced that would be closing its Warwick, R.I., office and consolidating its operations with its larger Boston hub, ceasing a 19-year term of sales and marketing independence for a simulcast partner of WEEI-FM. Audacy is now moving forward with the sale of that Rhode Island FM.

Filings show auto manufacturers collectively reported $6.08 million in Q4 lobbying activity that included ties to AM radio legislation it doesn't want passed by Congress. General Motors led all carmakers with $3.25 million across three filings tied to automotive, trade, energy, and communications issues. 

The Rhode Island public media outlet will get a full-power signal

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