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Industry veteran will lead expansion of company's nationwide datacasting network

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In Nielsen Audio Market No. 78, Saga Communications' "Mix 95.9" has attracted listeners to its "Two Girls & A Guy" morning show, earning a following in the city. Now, the company, staff and local listeners are pausing to remember the station's wake-up anchor, who was found dead after a safety check by local law enforcement officials.

A coalition of New York City and State public safety officials and emergency response leaders is calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to ensure passage of the bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act before the current Congress ends.

He was associated with Fox News Channel from November 1998 through August 2010 and later spent 8 1/2 years at CBS News. Now, this veteran broadcast and digital news operations executive is settling in to his role as VP/News Operations at the Chris Ruddy-run Newsmax.

On Monday RBR+TVBR was first to report on the acquisition of a low-power television station in Miami by a Tallahassee, Fla.-based licensee led by Kristina Bruni. Bruni has now signed off on the purchase of another LPTV property, this time in Delaware.

Independent advertising digital and linear rep firm Viamedia has forged new agreements with a trio of cable TV and broadband services companies, expanding its reach to 83 MVPDs across 72 DMAs.

The company helmed by CEO Bob Pittman and COO/CFO Rich Bressler seeks more time to repay its lenders by proposing to push out its repayment dates by at least three years — and by doing so at a noticeably higher interest rate. Now, iHeartMedia has announced a small extension of its exchange offers and consent solicitations for outstanding debt.

Come December 31, Robin Davis will retire as SVP/Chief Distribution Officer, just 6 1/2 months after rising to the role at The E.W. Scripps Co. This results in a promotion from within to fill the role of VP of Distribution, with Davis' duties being shifted to the current Senior Director of Media Distribution for Scripps.

For 33 years, he was associated with "B96" — the Windy City FM that Audacy Inc. acquired from CBS Radio. In October 2024, this programming veteran joined Cumulus Media to direct what comes out of the speakers at WLS-FM 94.7, freshening up its Classic Hits sound. Now, Todd Cavanah is being rewarded with a corporate-level role.

Public broadcaster’s Auckland and Wellington studios will be outfitted with AoIP technology

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