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The second episode of the all-new RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Video Podcast, presented by dot.FM, arrives on Thursday. In this 24-minute conversation, Radio + Television Business Report Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson chats with Hearst Television President Michael J Hayes.

"To contend today that the citizenry lacks diversity in programming denies reality," writes a reader

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At the 2025 Hispanic Radio Conference, scheduled for mid-June in Houston, José Cancela will share why there is plenty of history to help us understand how those who first paved the way did the extraordinary, helping to build the Spanish-language media landscape that exists today.

A reader calls the American Music Fairness Act a "money sucking, unfortunate proposition to the radio business"
 

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It's not a secret to market observers that pharmaceutical companies have embraced broadcast television and national spots to help build brand awareness and grow sales. Last week, one Pharma brand led the pack in a big way.

Broadcast audio technology company Telos Alliance has decided what it will showcase at the upcoming 2025 NAB Show, and the company long-associated with Frank Foti believes its loudness management tools and Next Generation Audio (NGA) products for over-the-air and streaming TV deserve the spotlight.

Video technology and monetization platform JWP Connatix (JWPC) has a new CEO, and he will lead the company that just completed a merger combining JW Player with Connatix. He succeeds Dave Otten, JWP Connatix's outgoing CEO.

TVU Networks, known for its live media workflow products, has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program, a co-sell program for AWS Partners that provides software that runs on or integrates with AWS.

In November 2022, he joined the José Villafañe-led Nueva Network as Senior VP of Network Sales. Now, he is being upped to President as Nueva Network welcomes a new SVP of Sales and Business Development.

She's been a longtime financial leader who has regularly appeared on RBR+TVBR's Broadcast Best Finance Leaders annual ranked list and rose to EVP/CFO from Sr. VP/CFO in February 2020. Now, this Chief Financial Officer has revealed that she will soon retire — once her successor is hired and fully integrated into Sinclair Inc.

The Program Director operating system will also be used to add DAB+ network channels

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Does your broadcasting company continue to engage in diversity, equity and inclusion programs that are designed to broaden the multicultural roster of employees? Be warned: If you plan on seeking the FCC's okay for any regulatory matter, you're now under the strict scrutiny of the Carr Commission.

A presently dark FM translator covering the Northwest Arkansas communities of Springdale and Fayetteville is being sold to the entity behind a broadcast operation devoted to serving the fast-growing Spanish-speaking community in an area known as the corporate headquarters of Wal-Mart.

Read this: a Christian Talk and Teaching FM serving the Spokane market and its simulcast partner serving the Tri-Cities, Wash., market, comprised of Richland, Kennewick and Pasco, are being sold by Thomas Read. Who's the buyer? Look no further than the nation's largest Christian Contemporary noncomm network.

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) seeks comment on several proposed updates to broadcast radio and TV rules to better reflect current application processing requirements, clarify ambiguity, and remove references to outdated procedures and legacy filing systems. Such action ensures that the Commission's rules are accurate, reducing potential confusion among the public, applicants, licensees, and practitioners, and alleviating unnecessary burdens.

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Survey finds AM/FM still leads in cars but young adults power online surge

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Group says broadcasters remain burdened by outdated restrictions

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