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A 10kw daytime-only AM radio station serving Clovis, N. Mex., from across the state line in Texas, faces a license revocation hearing should it not resolve its highly delinquent regulatory fees owed to the FCC.

Protocols are being put into place in the event the government closes on Saturday.

The longtime Hearst Television newsroom leader who since 2021 has served as Assistant News Director at its WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh has been appointed bureau chief of the company’s Washington, D.C., news bureau.

The incoming head of the FCC has signaled that the Commission will give credence to a public interest law firm that has filed a petition challenging the pending merger of CBS News & Stations parent Paramount Global and Skydance Media.

With the "AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act" officially dead in this Congress, an electric vehicle brand has revealed that its bringing new entertainment options to its line of cars and trucks. Could they threaten AM/FM consumption, or simply bring greater ease to audio content delivery platforms Rivian owners already use?

Low-power applicants are prohibited from amending apps for spacing violations

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If you were wondering what percentage of local businesses were buying each form of advertising across 2024, as well as the average annual spending on each, Borrell Associates has the answer for you, courtesy of Adcellerant VP of Business Development Ben Bouslog.

For decades there's been little debate as to what station dominates the South Florida ratings for local news and FOX Sports' NFL coverage. Now, that station's owner is ensuring data provided by Nielsen only reinforces this fiercely independent broadcast property's strength in the Miami DMA — in addition to its Boston sibling.

Remember these events of the past 12 months?

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In one of the biggest radio station sales to surface this year, Local Media San Diego has decided to part ways with its Adult Hits-focused FM that was once "B100" and, later, "Star 100.7," in America's Finest City. With Kalil & Co. serving as the exclusive broker, a LMS filing seeking FCC approval is on the way. Lotus Communications is the buyer.

The addition of SBS brings one of the Hispanic audio content creation and distribution companies to the HRA, whose efforts include local marketing campaigns, research, creative development, and leveraging airtime and digital platforms to promote Hispanic radio’s unique value to advertisers.

The official title is "Director of Discipleship," and it is going to an individual who will be charged with oversight of Pillar Media "Star"-branded Christian-themed radio stations, found in Denver, Cincinnati and Central New Jersey.

Access to latest music and live updates is driving market growth for Radio on a worldwide level. But, there's a caveat — the upward momentum comes with a trend toward online radio services, a newly released study from U.K.-based Technavio finds.

A Class D FM translator that until now has been part of the regional Christian-themed "Truth FM" operation is being put into new hands. But, is it a sale or a reorganization of business interests?

As RBR+TVBR reported on December 17, Sweet Tea Radio LLC. — a.k.a. the licensee led by Christy Andrulonis — is adding an FM translator serving an area between Baltimore and Newark, Del., that had been a part of the "WHGM Gold" operation. Now, she adding an AM in this region to her stable of broadcast properties.

A pair of digital low-power television stations licensed to Dalton, Ga., are being added to the Gray Media stable of broadcast properties, pending FCC approval of a transaction agreed to on Tuesday.

Chapter 63 in North and South Dakota fills a geographic void, according to President Ted Hand

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