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The broadcast standards association known as the ATSC is welcoming two newly elected board members, while congratulating a technology consultancy head on his re-election for a second term at the group shepherding the backbone of broadcast data distribution and NEXTGEN TV.

A three-hour educational and informational programming block airing Sunday mornings on a digital multicast channel operated by Weigel Broadcasting in association with CBS Television Stations is coming to fruition, thanks to a programming deal that will bring a host unscripted series to the TV offering come January 5.

While it was known that the current House Energy & Commerce Chair, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, wouldn't be in the role as she decided not to seek reelection, who would succeed her wasn't entire known. That changed late Monday afternoon, putting a Kentucky GOP House Member in a key position impacting the FCC.

With a combined engineering and production team, working with event producer FILM 45 on behalf of the New York Road Runners group that stages the annual 26.2-mile affair proved to be successful once again this year for CP Communications and its Red Tent Streaming subsidiary.

He was formerly a VP of Broadcast Operations for Townsquare media, overseeing the technical operations of some 349 radio stations across 74 markets. Now, he is the Director of Product Development at Wheatstone Corporation.

With veteran media broker Ed Henson serving as the exclusive representative in this freshly finalized deal, a Kentucky-based licensee has agreed to sell its FM radio station to a regional broadcast operation with its headquarters in Jackson, Ohio.

TV viewership in the November interval was impacted primarily by sports, the presidential election and live streaming, all of which drove peak shares of TV for viewing categories each in separate weeks this month.

With a full moon dimming December's visual show, radio offers a unique way to tune in

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Despite the growing buzz around podcasts and spoken-word content, music remains the dominant draw for US listeners, accounting for 74% of their average daily audio time - and even while it sits on a razor-thin margin, radio is the top platform to listen to music.

A new era began for the all-News radio station serving Los Angeles, Orange County and all of Southern California once owned by CBS Radio and today a spoken word brand under the Audacy Inc. umbrella.