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ABC Owned Stations and every affiliate, along with ESPN and Disney's slate of MVPD-distributed offerings, are returning to the virtual MVPD that's home to NFL Sunday Ticket. A fresh retransmission agreement between YouTube TV and the ABC parent was reached late Friday, ending a 12-day "blackout."

They are stations that Jeff Warshaw-led Connoisseur obtained in its purchase of Alpha Media. Now, he’s secured a deal to sell the stations in the southern San Joaquin Valley.

The FCC's Enforcement Bureau has settled with an individual determined to be the originator of an unlicensed radio station in a Massachusetts town, with the broadcast buccaneer agreeing to comply with the PIRATE Act by making a "voluntary" contribution to end the matter.

Among this year's standout prizes is the opportunity to score a walk-on role in a 2026 Hallmark original movie, complete with a behind-the-scenes set tour and the chance to display a personal message on one of the billboards at one of the world's most famous landmarks: Times Square.

WALL Radio, WKZE and “The Low Darts” make beautiful business together

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Broadcast TV owners agreeing to simulcast a slate of pro sports leagues' games is more commonplace than ever. Now, a NCAA league that pioneered the inclusion of historically Black colleges and universities into Division 1 sports will see a dozen games available nationally on ESPN+ appear on Gray stations in 20 DMAs.

My memories of working in radio in the 1960s and ’70s

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He has spent over two decades as its senior sales engineer

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The global TV advertising market is projected to surpass $260 billion by 2030. The global radio advertising market is growing to $22.5 billion in 2025. The problem isn’t that these channels are fading, says guest columnist Ian Baer. "It’s that marketers have stopped understanding how audiences actually use them."

Since November 2022 he has served as Managing Editor of KTVT-11 in Dallas-Fort Worth, rising from the role of Content Manager he'd earned in July 2021. Come January, he'll be relocating to Central Florida to serve as Managing Editor of Cox Media Group's ABC affiliate.