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The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten reports are out for Cable and for national TV, and when it comes to MVPD-distributed channels, there's no question as to what brand is at the top by spot play.

He has held sales roles at KGW-8; Comcast Spotlight; KOIN-6 (where he rose to Local Sales Manager); and KPTV-12 in Portland, Ore., and then relocated to the Treasure Valley of Idaho — for the first time — for a radio sales role. Now, he's been selected to lead Sinclair's trio of owned and/or operated properties in Boise.

He joined the broadcast ministry in 1996 after building a career in New York’s cable and sports television industries and was promoted to the COO role in 2009. Since 2013 Eternal Word Television Network's President, too, he's retiring from the global Catholic media organization.

The Broadcast VOICES Act has emerged in both houses of Congress, bringing a fresh effort among legislators to boost broadcast ownership diversity through the return of tax incentives for the sale and donation of stations to women and other minority-led groups.

"After 43 years, it is truly a privilege and a blessing to finally be in Tampa," said EMF CEO Tom Stultz. "Our mission is to be a trusted source of compelling media linking people everywhere to the hope of Christ." How much is EMF paying Beasley for WPBB? We have the answer first.

More than four years after a big rebrand and substantial effort to draw audience and advertisers to its exclusive podcasts and streaming audio, Audacy Inc. is breaking the silo and has agreed to place its content on an app other than its own.

In 1978, he first took a job in Radio as an on-air personality, with stations in Madison, Wisc., and in Milwaukee. By 1997, he played a pivotal role in the formation of what would eventually become iHeartMedia's Wisconsin holdings. Now this lifelong radio industry veteran is concluding a nearly five-decade career.

The society has around 4,000 members in 26 countries

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Six of the ten inductees were selected by a panel of more than 900 radio professionals who cast votes via a confidential ballot overseen by Miller Kaplan. The remaining four were chosen by the Radio Hall of Fame Nominating Committee.

The nation's largest owner of broadcast TV stations — as well as NewsNation and WGN Radio — has completed refinancings of revolving credit facilities and a pair of term loans. It is something that not only impacts Nexstar Media Group but also the independently owned variable interest entity it enjoys a cozy relationship with.