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The new VP/GM of Nexstar Media Group‘s Lafayette, La., operations has been named. It is an individual who is “extremely familiar” with the market and the broadcast TV company’s CBS affiliate in the market.

He started as a videographer at the station’s news department in 1997, and spent 17 years there.

Going back to KLFY-10 is Chris Cook. Only this time, he’s the VP/GM at the station where he once held the roles of Promotions Coordinator, Marketing Director, Digital Sales Manager and Local Sales Manager.

Cook reports to Nexstar Media SVP/Regional Manager Mike Vaughn and comes on board after serving as Director of Sales for Circle City Broadcasting’s WISH-8 in Indianapolis. It is a role he took in early 2020, and saw Cook stay along side Circle City owner DuJuan McCoy. Prior to WISH, Cook for McCoy in Louisiana, at KADN-TV and KLAF-TV in Lafayette, stations McCoy sold to Byron Allen in 2019.

As such, Cook is returning home to Bayou Country.

“Chris is an excellent choice to lead Nexstar’s Lafayette media businesses,”  Vaughn said. “He’s intimately familiar with the market, and understands well the expectations of its viewers, advertisers and marketers. He’s thoughtful, innovative, and dedicated to delivering outstanding local content and service to the greater Lafayette area. His long track-record of success, broad experience, and ability to deliver exceptional ratings and sales results through unique local partnerships and superior customer service will serve him and the team at KLFY-TV well. I am looking forward to working with Chris as he assumes his
new duties and expect much success in the future.”

Cook added, This is like coming home. Plus, when you combine Nexstar’s commitment to
hyper-local content and the unique and innovative cross-platform advertising solutions we offer to our viewers and clients, the result gives us a distinct advantage over our competitors. I am confident that my experience has prepared me well to take on this new role and I am pleased to be re-joining the talented team of broadcast, digital, and sales professionals at KLFY-TV and klfy.com.”

Streamline Publishing Audio/TV/Podcast division seeks a creative go getter who can wear many hats and likes to play on a dynamic team. Candidate should have excellent writing skills (editorial and marketing), be adept at social media, possess great people skills and not afraid to reach out to conference speaking prospects. Strong organizational skills, the ability to multi task, and attention to detail a must.

This is a part time position with the potential to grow into full time.
Send resumes to Deborah Parenti at dparenti@streamlinepublishing.com. No phone calls. Streamline is an EOE employer.

From our Who’s Buying What page: North American Tower Company has made a multi-site purchase of the Stellar Eclipse broadcast site monitoring system.

Stellar Eclipse is made by Shulins’ Solutions, which announced the sale.

“With this purchase [North American Tower] will increase their deployment of Stellar Eclipse to over 70 sites across the top 50 markets protecting over 350 of radio and TV stations,” Shulins stated in the press release.

[Related: “Shulins Opens Up His Own Shop”]

“Shared common antenna sites often with complex combining networks demand monitoring and protection beyond a simple remote control. To protect these significant investments, broadcasters need a proactive solution to not only provide next level of monitoring, logging and control, but a comprehensive VSWR system for maximum protection.”

It said North American is deploying a platform and architecture to protect the RF systems for FM and all formats of analog digital TV on VHF and UHF including ATSC 3.0. It also is using cloud-based monitoring of shared systems that Shulins says are often overlooked in an individual station’s remote control.

Shulins’ Solutions also offers drone-based tower inspections and broadcast consulting services.

Users and suppliers are both invited to send news about recent installations and product applications to radioworld@futurenet.com.

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He’s a NAB board member and the only Black owner-operator of full-power “Big Four” network broadcast affiliates in the U.S.

Now, Byron Allen is vocalizing his support of President Biden’s choice to serve as a Democratic Commissioner on the FCC: Gigi Sohn.

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On Sunday, prior to the start of its 1pm Eastern coverage of the National Football League, the FOX television network aired a 45-second promotional message that in its first three seconds incorporated an EAS tone.

The promotion ran nationally, on affiliates and on FOX-owned stations. While the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s Chief, Rosemary Harold, is likely reviewing the matter along with her team, non-FOX owned television stations that had no idea the promotional message was set to air until after the fact could also be held liable for what appears to be a blatant violation of Commission rules on emergency alert messages.

Or, are the affiliates not the guilty party, thus escaping a potentially large financial penalty?

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The President and Publisher of Streamline Publishing’s Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report and the VP of Licensing and Industry Relations at BMI have been elected to the Board of Directors of the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF).

Taking the seats, respectively, are Deborah Parenti and Dan Spears.

The announcement came from co-chairs Jack Goodman, former NAB general counsel and longtime DC-based communications attorney, and Heidi Raphael, Beasley Media Group Chief Communications Officer.  “The LABF Board, and the broadcast industry as a whole, is indebted to Ginny Morris for her service to the Library and its mission of preserving the legacy of broadcasting and archiving its history,” said co-chairs Heidi Raphael and Jack Goodman.

Goodman replaced Hubbard Radio chief executive officer Ginny Morris as co-chair of the LABF in mid-2021. Morris, who will remain on the LABF Board, had served as sole chair of the LABF Board of Directors for the past eight years.

The LABF also announced that board members Chandra Clark, Ginny Morris, Harry Jessell, Heather Birks, John Taylor, Joyce Tudryn, Larry Patrick, Richard Liebner, Michael Carter, Wally Podrazik and Dennis Wharton were elected to new three-year terms.

Executive Committee members elected to additional two-year terms were co-chair Heidi Raphael, Jim Morley, Joyce Tudryn, Marci Burdick, Harry Jessell and David Kennedy.

Kathleen Kirby, a partner at Wiley, has agreed to serve as LABF’s counsel.

The LABF serves the philanthropic arm of the Library of American Broadcasting, a collection of broadcast history, policy and tradition, including historical documents, professional papers, oral and video histories, books, scripts and photographs preserved at the University of Maryland in College Park, a suburb of Washington. In addition, the LABF, in conjunction with the International Radio & Television Society (IRTS), presents the Annual Giants of Broadcasting Event, which pays tribute to trailblazers in the radio and television industry.

The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) elected two new board members at its recent board meeting: Streamline Publishing President Deborah Parenti and BMI Vice President of Licensing and Industry Relations Dan Spears.

The announcement came from long-time D.C.-based communications attorney and former NAB General Counsel Jack Goodman and Beasley Media Group Chief Communications Officer Heidi Raphael. Goodman replaced Hubbard Radio CEO Ginny Morris as co-chair of the LABF in mid-2021. Morris had served as chair of the LABF Board of Directors since 2013; she remains on the foundation’s board.

At the meeting, 11 board members were reelected to new three-year terms: Chandra Clark, Ginny Morris, Harry Jessell, Heather Birks, John Taylor, Joyce Tudryn, Larry Patrick, Richard Liebner, Michael Carter, Wally Podrazik and Dennis Wharton. Executive Committee members elected to additional two-year terms were co-chair Heidi Raphael, Jim Morley, Joyce Tudryn, Marci Burdick, Harry Jessell and David Kennedy.

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Other current LABF board members include Mike Conway, Dave “Chachi” Denes, April Carty-Sipp, Gary Chapman, John Dille, Harry Jessell, Erwin Krasnow, Brian Philips, Patricia Smullin, Jeff Smulyan, Julie Talbott, Erica Farber, Dr. Judy Kuriansky, Mary Collins and Pierre Bouvard. Kathleen Kirby, a partner at Wiley Rein LLP, serves as LABF’s counsel.

“The LABF Board, and the broadcast industry as a whole, is indebted to Ginny Morris for her service to the Library and its mission of preserving the legacy of broadcasting and archiving its history,” said Raphael and Goodman in a joint statement. “We are delighted Ginny is remaining with LABF as a Board member.”

The foundation also extended its gratitude to Ramsey Woodworth, who transitioned off the board following more than 20 years of service.

The LABF is the philanthropic arm of the Library of American Broadcasting, the largest U.S. collection of broadcast history, policy and tradition, including historical documents, professional papers, oral and video histories, books, scripts and photographs. It is based at the University of Maryland in College Park.

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In August, the Entertainment Sports Programming Network known as ESPN received a proposed fine from the FCC in the amount of $20,000 for its use of an emergency alert system (EAS) code during a documentary it aired in October 2020 as part of its popular 30 for 30 series.

It now appears FOX Television Stations, and perhaps all of its affiliates, may be liable for a similar violation — one tied to a somewhat mysterious “NFL EMERGENCY ALERT” supporting the Philadelphia Eagles pro football club.

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iHeartMedia just put out some interesting data about which songs are most popular in the United States.

According to the company, it measured total audience spins (TAS) and streams across iHeartRadio stations to look at the top played songs and artists of 2021.

The #1 played song on the list is ”Levitating” by Dua Lipa, which the company said reached an audience of nearly 1.2 billion in the U.S. alone. The #1 played artist this year was Ariana Grande, reaching more than 2.6 billion listeners.

“What’s perhaps most interesting about this data is that it shows a complete picture of what folks across the country listened to — not just what those using digital streaming services had queued up.”

The Total Audience Spins is based on Mediabase airplay and is multiplied by the number of persons listening to the radio at the time of those plays, delivering total audience impressions which iHeart says is the broadcast equivalent of the number of streams from a streaming music service.

Its lists of top overall played songs and artists are below, followed by a breakdown by format.

Top Overall Songs 2021

1. “Levitating” Dua Lipa (1.19+ Billion)
2. “Save Your Tears” The Weeknd (969+ Million)
3. “34+35” Ariana Grande (898+ Million)
4. “Kiss Me More” Doja Cat ft. Sza (888+ Million)
5. “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” Lil Nas X (822+ Million)
6. “What You Know Bout Love” Pop Smoke (810+ Million)
7. “good 4 u” Olivia Rodrigo (733+ Million)
8. “Peaches” Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar/Giveon (696+ Million)
9. “Leave The Door Open” Bruno Mars/Anderson .Paak/Silk Sonic (692+ Million)
10. “drivers license” Olivia Rodrigo (660+ Million)

Top Overall Artists 2021

1. Ariana Grande (2.6+ Billion)
2. Dua Lipa (2.5+ Billion)
3. The Weeknd (2.39+ Billion)
4. Olivia Rodrigo (2.2+ Billion)
5. Pop Smoke (1.99+ Billion)
6. Doja Cat (1.66+ Billion)
7. Justin Bieber (1.57+ Billion)
8. Luke Combs (1.27+ Billion)
9. Ed Sheeran (1.27+ Billion)
10. Luke Bryan (1.18+ Billion)

Top Country Songs 2021

1. “Just The Way” Parmalee ft. Blanco Brown
2. “Lady” Brett Young
3. “What’s Your Country Song” Thomas Rhett
4. “Single Saturday Night” Cole Swindell
5. “Famous Friends” Chris Young & Kane Brown
6. “Forever After All” Luke Combs
7. “Better Together” Luke Combs
8. “Gone” Dierks Bentley
9. “Made For You” Jake Owen
10. “One Of Them Girls” Lee Brice

Top Country Artists 2021

1. Luke Combs
2. Luke Bryan
3. Jason Aldean
4. Thomas Rhett
5. Blake Shelton
6. Sam Hunt
7. Kenny Chesney
8. Dierks Bently
9. Lee Brice
10. Dustin Lynch

Top Hip-Hop Songs 2021

1. “For The Night” Pop Smoke ft. Lil Baby/DaBaby
2. “What You Know Bout Love” Pop Smoke
3. “You’re Mines Still” Yung Bleu ft. Drake
4. “On Me” Lil Baby
5. “Time Today” Moneybagg Yo
6. “Back in Blood” Pooh Shiesty ft. Lil Durk
7. “Calling My Phone” Lil Tjay Ft. 6LACK
8. “Beat Box” SpotemGottem
9. “Late At Night” Roddy Ricch
10. “Heartbreak Anniversary” Giveon

Top Hip-Hop Artists 2021

1. Pop Smoke
2. Drake
3. Lil Baby
4. Moneybagg Yo
5. Roddy Ricch
6. Yung Bleu
7. Rod Wave
8. Megan Thee Stallion
9. Pooh Shiesty
10. Lil Tjay

Top Alternative Songs 2021

1. “Monsters” All Time Low ft. blackbear
2. “Follow You” Imagine Dragons
3. “Sofia” Clairo
4. “my ex’s best friend” Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear
5. “All My Favorite Songs” Weezer ft. AJR
6. “Shy Away” Twenty One Pilots
7. “Therefore I Am” Billie Eilish
8. “Waiting on a War” Foo Fighters
9. “Heat Waves” Glass Animals
10. “Nowhere Generation” Rise Against

Top Alternative Artists 2021

1. Green Day
2. Twenty One Pilots
3. Imagine Dragons
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Linkin Park
6. Foo Fighters
7. Weezer
8. All Time Low
9. Machine Gun Kelly
10. Blink-182

 Top R&B Songs 2021

1. “Leave The Door Open” Bruno Mars/Anderson .Paak/Silk Sonic
2. “Pick Up Your Feelings” Jazmine Sullivan
3. “Damage” H.E.R.
4. “Can’t Let It Show” Tank
5. “He Don’t Know Nothin’ Bout It” Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Ft. Babyface
6. “You Made A Fool Of Me” Anthony Hamilton
7. “Not Another Love Song” Ella Mai
8. “Look Easy” Robin Thicke
9. “Complicated” Leela James
10. “Essence” Wizkid ft. Tems

 Top R&B Artists 2021

1. H.E.R.
2. Bruno Mars/Anderson .Paak/Silk Sonic
3. Ella Mai
4. Chris Brown
5. Jazmine Sullivan
6. Mary J. Blige
7. Wale
8. Khalid
9. Tank
10. Usher

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It’s officially the holiday shopping season, as the first night of Chanukah was Sunday, November 28. Now, the focus is on Christmas and Kwanzaa, and brick-and-mortar retailers are fueling their desires to lure shoppers by investing heavily in spot television.

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