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In a message to staff following a Wednesday all-hands meeting, The Public's Radio and Rhode Island PBS head Pam Johnston confirmed staff members are being offered voluntary buyouts, with potential layoffs on the table, after a $1.1 million annual funding cut tied to Congress' rescission of CPB funding for 2025.

In the distant past, it was Southern California's top-rated spoken word station. Today, KABC-790 is seeking to rekindle some of the magic it enjoyed when Michael Jackson — the talk host, not the singer — brought listeners by teaming up with the University of California, Los Angeles. 

It serves Fort Rucker, Enterprise and Elba, Ala., cities due west of Dothan, as a simulcast partner with a heritage AM radio station sporting the "WOOF" call letters. Soon, this FM will be owned by a different party.

On Tuesday, Nexstar and TEGNA formally announced that they've reached an agreement in which the stations owned by the company formerly known as Gannett would be acquired by the nation's largest single owner of TV properties. That hasn't stopped TEGNA from naming a new leader at its Indianapolis operations.

The LABF has confirmed that NBC’s centennial milestone will be honored among this year’s distinguished Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts. LABF’s annual tribute recognizing "trailblazers and historic contributions" to the broadcasting industry will take place on November 14.

It is a Class C3 FM serving the Alexandria, La., market. Pending FCC approval, it will become the property of the entity behind "97.7 The Cajun" in nearby Marksville, La. Could a simulcast be in the works, once the transaction closes?

Add a civil rights organization founded by Rev. Al Sharpton to the growing number of dissenters who believe the national television ownership cap should not be modified — something that is highly integral to Nexstar Media Group's proposed merger with TEGNA, creating the broadcast industry's first supergroup.

TNDV has attracted attention for the unveiling of the media industry’s first ARRI camera truck. It made its inaugural appearance at the ninth biennial Stand Up To Cancer fundraising special, which aired on August 15 across more than 30 media platforms, including the "Big Four" broadcast TV networks.

Four digital multicast networks owned by The E.W. Scripps Company, along with the ION Network and streaming-only offering Scripps News, have been added to the 24/7 channel offerings on NBCUniversal's Peacock OTT platform.

More than eight years ago, pro-MVPD lobby ACA Connects asked the FCC to review several redundant and outdated recordkeeping and public inspection file rules, including the requirement to maintain a hard copy of "Part 76." The group's wish has been granted.