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Michael Dagen is awaiting regulatory approval for his purchase of a low-power television station from a group led by President Ana Guel. With the FCC's OK, this gives Dagen control of a property licensed to a small municipality along Interstate 8 just east of Yuma, Ariz.
Adam Jacobson
1 month ago
Olivet Nazarene University has filed paperwork with the FCC that seeks its regulatory approval for the sale of a 500-watt FM radio station licensed to serve New Castle, Ind. Who is the buyer of this currently silent facility?
Adam Jacobson
1 month ago
With secular pressures mounting, how are local U.S. TV broadcasters seeking to ensure long-term viability? How reliant are broadcasters on political advertising? Those questions were probed by S&P Global Ratings, and they share words of caution for an industry that remains reliant on retrans fees as a profit source.
Adam Jacobson
1 month ago
"For disasters, which hurricanes are, it just plays in to what we are set up to do — to serve the community with local information, and always being there, and proving ourselves to it." That's how David Ayres, VP/GM of Flagler Broadcasting, described how his collection of radio stations serve a portion of Northeast Florida. We revisit our conversation from four years ago as Hurricane Milton turbo-charged his AMs and FMs.
Adam Jacobson
1 month ago
The NAB presented the 2024 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, a celebration held at the Javits Center during NAB Show New York. The ceremony, presented by Xperi, was hosted
by Bobby Bones.
Adam Jacobson
1 month ago
The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF), on Thursday opened its entry window for the 50th annual Gracie Awards, which celebrate "the groundbreaking contributions of women in media, serving as a beacon for exceptional content created by, for, and about women."
RBR-TVBR
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With much of Central Florida lacking electricity as the sun rose on Thursday, local radio and TV stations were offering a variety of updates from journalists and listeners themselves — offering vital updates on the aftermath of a storm unlike any other the Sunshine State has faced.
Adam Jacobson
1 month ago
A family feud involving an ousted Chief Executive Officer and his twin brother who he had been at odds with over the future of their parents’ media business has ended, with the CEO back in the role after heading to a Lucas County, Ohio, court.
Adam Jacobson
1 month ago
This is REC Networks Substack.
Michi Bradley
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Michael Kernen
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Nick Langan
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A station that is the Huntington-Ashland area's Air1 Worship Music Member station is being sold again — this time to a secular operation.
Adam Jacobson
1 month ago
Fox Corporation has named an EVP of Advertising Sales and Portfolio Marketing, and she will begin reporting to FOX Advertising Sales, Marketing and Brand Partnerships President Jeff Collins on October 29.
RBR-TVBR
1 month ago
New research released this week by TVB, conducted for the advocacy group by Dynata, shows that during Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Francine, the latter of which impacted areas of the Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana, the main information source for residents in a time of crisis — and the most trusted — is a local broadcast TV station.
Adam Jacobson
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Terry Scutt
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RW Staff
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RW Staff
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T. Carter Ross
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has signed off on grant support of $2.65 million to increase and strengthen state government coverage provided by public media in seven U.S. states. The coverage generated will be shared with public media stations as well as other media organizations across the states.
RBR-TVBR
1 month ago
It's officially still known as Gray Television on Wall Street, but otherwise it is referring to itself as Gray Media. The owner of broadcast TV stations and the Assembly Atlanta production facility has announced when it will reveal its Q3 2024 results, and host a conference call for analysts and investors to review the numbers.
Adam Jacobson