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The future ownership of a Class A FM radio station serving a group of small communities due west of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will be left up to the executrix of the estate of its owner, who passed away in mid-May at the age of 82.

How smart stations cash in beyond airwaves

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The parent organization of the NPR Member stations serving Sacramento and much of Northern California, mired in a state of fiscal fragility, has confirmed that it is planning to end its operating agreements with stations serving Chico, Calif., and across Humboldt County — putting these operations in an unknown state come 2026.

The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday recommended level funding of $40 million for fiscal year 2026 for the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS), which provides critical investment in public broadcasting’s public safety infrastructure.

Four new public radio stations are now participating in the "One Small Step" initiative from StoryCorps, thanks to a fresh grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 

Republican commissioner's arrival gives GOP 2–1 majority

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Ministerio R.M., Inc., licensee of WJVE-LP in Deltona, Fla., is seeking to avoid financial penalties with a late-filed FCC transfer of control application, admitting that years of board changes were never properly reported due to a lack of understanding of agency rules.

After revamping its smartphone app experience in December, iHeartMedia is now putting live radio directly into a new kind of mobile platform: sunglasses. The company has rolled out an integration with Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, becoming the first to give users hands-free access to radio and podcasts by simply speaking to their eyewear.

The great streaming shakeout is well underway. As subscription prices continue to climb, millions of viewers are opting out - but they aren’t tuning out. Instead, a growing wave of consumers is flipping back to ad-supported streaming, embracing free services that trade commercials for cost savings, according to VAB.

Theme of the show in September is "Shaping the Future"

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