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An asset purchase agreement is in the process of being submitted with the FCC for its approval pf a five-station, three-city deal that sees the Sage Weil-led Civic Media enter the "U.P." for the first time.

At the start of 2024, he became Times-Shamrock Communications CEO. Before that, he served as COO of 7 Mountains Media; as President/CEO of WBEB-FM in Philadelphia under the ownership of Jerry Lee; and in a previous tenure spent nine years as Times-Shamrock's COO. As of today, he is now retired.

The prolific entrepreneur of low-power broadcast television is at it again when it comes to signing off on a transaction. This time, he's struck a deal to purchase a property serving Salt Lake City.

A Tennessee not-for-profit religious corporation has agreed to sell a low-power television station licensed to the largest station in California's Central Valley to an individual with a rich history in Golden State broadcasting and a desire to operate the mini facility.

Ravi Kapur has proven to be an active buyer of low-power television stations in recent years. Now, his Major Market Broadcasting is in purchase mode once again, as it is agreeing to acquire a property in North Dakota from none other than the man behind Lowcountry 34 Media.

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Titletown has a new Station Manager for a pair of Sinclair Inc.-owned broadcast TV stations, and he's been on the job since Monday. That said, this individual has been with the stations for nearly a decade.

For nearly 13 years, he advocated for broadcast television and radio as a member of the NAB's Media Relations and Communications corps. Since the start of 2024, he has been aligned with ACA Connects. Now, he's penned an opinion piece that posits the cable TV industry against a rewrite of the FCC's media ownership rules.

A decade-long moratorium on state-level Artificial Intelligence regulations, which would have impacted broadcast media stations across the U.S., was solidly defeated by a nearly unanimous vote in the U.S. Senate.