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"FOX 13" in West Tennessee's key DMA is owned by a licensee led by Todd Parkin. This could soon change, as RBR+TVBR reported in late March that multiple stations his group acquired are being transferred back from Rincon Broadcasting Group to Standard Media’s Community News Media LLC. That hasn't stopped Parkin from naming a VP/GM of the Memphis property once owned by Cox Media Group.

The Media Bureau of the FCC this week released an Order that extends an existing waiver of a rule that would require broadcast TV stations to provide an aural representation of visual, non-textual emergency information that is displayed during non-newscast programming.

It's a Class C1 FM known for playing "the most music" in Northwest Arkansas, from a transmitter located between Fort Smith and Fayetteville. Soon, it will be in the hands of a new owner.

What do first dates and first meetings have in common? Everything, says public speaking expert Rosemary Ravinal. "Whether you’re sitting across from someone at a candlelit table, at a conference table, or on a Zoom screen, you’re doing the same essential thing," she says in this column.

"The company’s recently announced financial restructuring marks an important step toward meaningfully reducing the debt burden that has constrained the business." That's what Cumulus Media President/CEO Mary Berner has to say about the fiscally challenged radio station owner's fiscal health as Q2 revs up.

Remembering the longtime WADO(AM) New York chief engineer

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There were less commercially licensed radio stations — regardless of band — at the end of Q1 2026 than there were at the end of 2025. That's one key takeaway from the latest Broadcast Station Totals courtesy of the FCC.

The site near New Bern, N.C., is home to WRNS(FM)

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Denver’s Kroenke Sports & Entertainment is expanding its executive bench, naming two individuals tasked with overseeing commercial partnerships and data operations across the organization.

It was first noticed by RBR+TVBR on Wednesday, with the release of Q4 2025 results by Beasley Media Group. For some reason, the company's stock was on the rise. That reason was wholly linked to a "meme stock" campaign alerting followers to buy "BBGI" on the Nasdaq exchange. That effort continued on Thursday.