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New York Festivals' Radio and TV & Film Awards have launched an 8-video campaign, "What Defines Greatness" and "Sounds Over The Years." These two distinct themes showcase innovative, trailblazing winners from NYF's lineup. Featured work includes productions from each competition, including CBS Radio News and CBC News.

A leadership training fellowship for public media station managers is being developed by St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Poynter Institute is developing and administering. It is being funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It’s an executive level program following the success of the Editorial Integrity and Leadership program.

Huntley, Mont., a community near the city of Billings, is getting its first local service. At the same time, a license modification of another FM is transpiring. Call it a win for Matthew Wesolowski.

After joining Graham Media Group's flagship television station in August 1995, Devin Scillian has announced he will retire from television in the coming weeks. Scillian is perhaps the most familiar face in Detroit when it comes to local news, and has been a key figure in WDIV "LOCAL 4"'s dominance in the market.

Broadcast software provider Mr. Master is adding three new tools designed to give radio operators greater control and flexibility over their advertising systems to its AIM platform. The products - Traffic Control, The Tracker, and On Demand - are available as AIM add-ons.

Philadelphia, Phoenix, Fort Worth and San Diego among key markets

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If you're a Charlotte radio listener, or perhaps were once one, you're likely familiar with Paul Schadt. He's been in the market since the early 1980s, and since 1997 at WKKT "96.9 The Kat," the Country radio station owned by iHeartMedia. Come February 2025, Schadt will be hanging up the headphones. But, he will be an active retiree.

The FCC has formally unveiled the tentative selectees from 93 groups of mutually exclusive applications for new low-power FM station construction permits filed during a December 2023 window.

A reader shares his United Parcel Service woes

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The entertainment and sports programming network within the ABC arm of The Walt Disney Company could be on the hook for thousands of dollars in fines payable to the FCC for its apparent misuse of emergency tones during a promotional segment for the start of the 2023-2024 NBA season.