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Through this final rule, the Commission fosters the efficient and robust use of broadcast spectrum capacity for the provision of Broadcast internet services consistent with statutory directives. In this document, the Commission concludes that ancillary and supplementary (A&S) fees should be calculated based on the gross revenue received by the broadcaster, without regard to the gross revenue of an unaffiliated third party, such as a spectrum lessee; should retain the existing standard of derogation of broadcast service, but amend the wording of the rules to eliminate the outdated reference to analog television; and should reaffirm that noncommercial educational television broadcast stations (NCEs) may offer Broadcast internet services. The Commission also reinterprets the application to permit noncommercial educational stations (NCEs) to devote the substantial majority of their spectrum not just to free over-the-air television but also ancillary and supplementary services; lowers the ancillary and supplementary service fee for certain NCE services; and clarifies that NCEs may offer limited Broadcast internet services to donors without transforming those donations into feeable ancillary and supplementary service revenue.

Delta Broadcasting, LLC enters into consent decree to resolve political file investigation

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Tri-Rivers Broadcasting Company enters into consent decree to resolve political file investigation

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Issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $1,500 to Voice of Eupora for failure to timely file a license renewal application for Station WEHS-LP, Eupora, Mississippi

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Requests that the Commission delete channel 4 from Superior and allot it to York, Nebraska, and substitute channel 24 for channel 4 at York in the Table consistent with the technical parameters set forth in the Amended Petition

Requests the substitution of channel 26 for channel 13 at Corpus Christi, Texas, in the DTV Table of Allotments

The Bureau cancels the Notice of Apparent Liability issued to Letcher County Broadcasting

Requests the substitution of channel 36 for channel 11 at Lubbock, Texas in the DTV Table of Allotments

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With Monday’s Closing Bell on the Nasdaq GlobalSelect exchange, Urban One’s common stock finished at $6.88.

While the gain was a 8.5% improvement from Friday, and was followed by an immediate 2.6% decline in early after-hours trading, one thing is rock solid about the company superserving African American consumers.

Urban One stock appears to have solidified a “new normal” nearly seven times as high as where its shares were before the coronavirus and George Floyd became universally known.

And, it comes on a report that it is teaming up for ownership of a $517 million casino resort in Richmond.

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A low-power FM radio station in Mississippi faces a $1,500 fine from the Federal Communications Commission for failing to file for license renewal on time.

The station is WEHS in Eupora, Miss., licensed to Voice of Eupora. Its president told the FCC that his mother had been ill and subsequently died, which is why he’d been out of town for several months, causing the application to be filed more than two months late in April of 2020.

“Although we are sympathetic to the licensee’s president’s loss, we find that issuing a notice of apparent liability is still appropriate here,” the commission’s Audio Division ruled.

“The commission has long held that ‘licensees are responsible for the acts and omissions of their employees and independent contractors,’ and has consistently ‘refused to excuse licensees from forfeiture penalties where the actions of employees or independent contractors have resulted in violations.’ The licensee itself was ultimately responsible for ensuring it complied with the rules by filing a timely renewal application. It did not do so.”

The base penalty is $3,000 but the commission reduced it to $1,500 based on circumstances, including the fact that LPFMs are a secondary service.

The station has 30 days to pay or file a reply to the notice of apparent liability.

 

 

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From March 1985-March 1997, he worked at Urban WGCI-AM & FM in Chicago, rising from controller to GM of the storied stations targeting African Americans across the region.

Since August 2017, he’s been leading the E.W. Scripps Company-owned station branded as “FOX4” in Ft. Myers-Naples, Fla.

Starting March 8, he’ll be taking his talents a few miles to the east of South Beach, as he’s been named VP/GM of ViacomCBS‘s two broadcast TV properties serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys.

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With McDonald’s establishing itself as a category leader among QSRs using Spot Television, it would be easy to overlook some of the other noteworthy activity that’s emerging of late at Spot Television.

The biggest takeaways from the latest Spot Ten TV report from Media Monitors: big new campaign bursts for a dealer association, and for a compact SUV that’s popular with younger consumers.

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CES President/CEO Gary Shapiro is shown during the virtual CES 2021 show.

If you’re looking for a flavor of what happened at the recent CES 2021 show that pertains to our industry, the Radio Advertising Bureau has a free presentation you can check out this week.

RAB’s Erica Farber, Jacobs Media’s Fred Jacobs and “futurist/trendcaster” Dr. Shawn DuBravac will present report back about the virtual CES 2021.

They promise to cover “what’s new and noteworthy about the connected car, voice technology, audio and home entertainment … the future of work, technology during the pandemic and the changing face of content.”

The one-hour presentation with Q&A streams on Thursday Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

Info is here.

 

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It may be headquartered in Boise, Idaho and led by Cyrus Heick, but the radio station owner Heick leads is Dave’s Broadcasting Co.

Dave’s is the licensee of a Class A FM stretching from the popular Portland, Ore.-accessible beach communities of Manzanita and Cannon Beach to Long Beach and Astoria — the city where The Goonies and Kindergarten Cop were filmed.

Soon, Dave’s will be saying goodbye to this FM, as Heick has signed off on its sale.

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The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report shows that the brands that are committed to AM and FM for reaching consumers continue to dominate the scene.

At the same time, two new entrants are worth noting. It suggests the housing, and employment, markets are heating up.

At No. 7 for the week ending February 21 is ZipRecruiter.

And, now at No. 10 is AmeriSave Mortgage.

The gap between the two brands by play count isn’t that large, as Indeed gets a category competitor using spot radio.

Meanwhile, Progressive and Babbel continue to be the pacesetters among fully paid non-promotional campaigns tied to Media Monitors parent iHeartMedia.