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Association plans to bring its government relations and legal teams together

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Nearly one year ago, the Miami Heat NBA franchise and WPLG-10 in Miami unveiled a deal that made "LOCAL 10" the local home of a small slate of team games. It's the official broadcast home for the 2026-2027 season, too, adding more games to the slate. This left an opportunity open in West Palm Beach.

In 2014, the York Revolution minor-league professional baseball team bought an AM radio station that today uses its companion FM translator to broadcast as "Sports Radio 98.9." Now, the licensee is reorganizing, and it is thanks to its decision to load the bases, if you will, by grabbing three properties from Forever Media.

In May 2026, Connoisseur Media sold radio stations in Millbank and Watertown, S.D., to Riverfront Broadcasting. Then came another transaction involving the company founded and led by Jeff Warshaw and the Yankton, S.D.-based licensee led by Carolyn Becker. Deal details for that transactions are now public.

The next phase of FOX Advertising's agentic advertising platform, powered by FOX AdStudio, has ramped up, with five agency and technology partners signed on for live campaigns and commercial linear media transactions.

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay to the National Republican Congressional Committee and the FCC of a Fourth Circuit order that would have forced the Carr Commission to release a formal ruling on a controversial public notice Democrats assert added political action committees to the "lowest unit rate" qualifier list.

Radio developments include updates to SPECai and aiTrack

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For millions of TV viewers, she's a familiar mid-morning face thanks to her longtime association with NBC's TODAY. Soon, segments produced by her wellness company will begin appearing on Gray Media television stations across the U.S.

The woman who presently serves as Sr. VP/Managing Director of Sales for Educational/Informational programming for Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) has been promoted to the newly created role of Executive VP of Sales & Revenue for the Hearst Television business unit.

It will likely be years, not months, before TEGNA's assets can be fully integrated into parent Nexstar Media Group's holdings as litigation seeking an unwind of a merger DirecTV and a coalition of state Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta contest continues. This explains the swift addition of "top sales roles" under Patrick Paolini.