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The NBC affiliate serving Atlanta as "11Alive" has selected a Managing Editor with experience at an ABC affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. who most recently served as a Senior Producer at Black News Channel and the Byron Allen-owned operation TheGrio.

The 2023-2024 Stanley Cup Champions, which announced on July 2 that it will abandon Bally Sports in favor of over-the-air television in the Florida markets not tied to the Tampa Bay Lightning, have formally rolled out its streaming platform — a partnership that involves Scripps Sports.

Dubbed ETX, the transmitter takes capabilities from the company’s BE STX line and the Elenos ETG transmitter products. The ETX line is currently shipping and on the air in the U.S. and Latin America with models ranging from 600 watts to 5kw, BE says.

She's widely known across the broadcast media sales world for her 15 years of experience leading commercial strategies for Hulu, Madhive, Clear Channel and Tribune Broadcasting. Now, she's joined Jo Kinsella and the team at XR Extreme Reach. This puts Kristin Wnuk in the role of Senior Vice President of Enterprise Solutions.

Davina Sashkin, David Oxenford and the team at Wilkinson Barker Knauer are welcoming a new Partner. He formerly served as  Deputy Bureau Chief of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau.

Interactive Live Streaming (ILS) can be cost prohibitive to all but the largest streaming providers, so how can a broadcast media operation eager to monetize its streams do so without denting the bank account? A report released in conjunction with IBC 2024, held earlier this month in Amsterdam, offers some insights.

France-based "Audio game changer" Digigram has brought to market an optional MPEG-TS service for use in the company's IQOYA X/LINK and SERV/LINK audio gateway ranges. As Digigram sees it, the addition of MPEG-TS option offers a wide array of new decoding possibilities for audio pros. 

A SEC filing shows that the former SBS exec is gaining an equity interest in the owner of WBLS and "Hot 97" in New York, and the operator of Estrella Media. Meanwhile, joining Rodriguez in MediaCo’s C-Suite is Brian Kei, who served as Estrella Media's COO and CFO. Additionally, Andrew Carington is on lease as Chief Legal Officer from Standard General.

Groups hope for a larger buffer between the FM band and adjacent aviation bands

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On Friday, hundreds of thousands of radio listeners across the South were stunned by the news that "The ACE & TJ Show" has come to its end, and a new incarnation is already in the works. But"TJ & Riggins," the successor show, won't be airing on the Beasley Media Group FM in Charlotte on which Ace & TJ were heard.