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70% of the continent's population is under the age of 30. Radio offers an opportunity for growth

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Sen. Blackburn expressed concerns to Carr about a “troubling tactic”

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Crawford's southern California AM stayed on air during wildfires by hauling its own fuel to transmitter site

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It may be all that keeps you from being off the air for days

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No longer needing a timeshare, My Community Church is granted a CP to build a Marion LPFM

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The distribution of the advisory comes days after Tennessee Senator and former House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Marsha Blackburn wrote to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to rein in the practice of free artist performances by broadcast stations.  As she sees it, that's a "plug-ola" action needing a hard stop.

The junior Democrat sitting as an FCC Commissioner has issued another missive against the Chairman and Republican Commissioner Nate Simington for moving forward with a probe of CBS News for alleged news distortion — a claim made by President Trump days before he won the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

The 2021 WNBA Champion Chicago Sky are heading to broadcast television in the Windy City, thanks to a freshly inked deal with Weigel Broadcasting. The company's flagship property will provide live television broadcasts of more than 30 Sky games during the upcoming season. Games will be available via streaming and linear platforms.

Maybe our focus should be about the content

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High Plains Radio Network, the entity led by Monte Spearman, in early March 2020 agreed to sell two AMs, two FMs and a FM translator in Arkansas to Broadcast Industry Group, led by Charles Jayson Brentlinger. That deal did not close. In July 2023, a reengineered deal was struck. That transaction also failed. Now, a new buyer has emerged.