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Add a fourth and fifth broadcast media company — and the first radio station ownership groups — to the roster of publicly traded FCC licensees that will be reporting their Q1 2025 financial results on the second Thursday of May.

Take one quick glance at the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report, and you'll clearly see that pharmaceutical brands are sending dollars to broadcast TV. Which ones are most prominent?

In September 2024, Tom Birch filed an interference complaint with the FCC against Don Curtis, claiming his Class C3 FM licensed to Clarksville, Va., was being harmed by a 150-watt FM translator designed to expressly serve the cities of Cary and Raleigh, N.C. Birch is now celebrating a victory for his "US 98.3."

Sampling stations via their RDS on a flight to Las Vegas

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“We are pleased with another quarter of strong audience performance, with Global and our largest specialty brands leading the way across platforms." That's the positive assessment from Corus Entertainment co-CEO Troy Reeb, whose company released fiscal Q2 2025 results that saw worsened fiscal results.

Tech company urges FCC to eliminate its main transmitter requirement

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LPTV Broadcasters Association head Frank Copsidas, through his Intrigue TV LLC entity, is agreeing to acquire a television property serving "America's Finest City," in a deal filed with the FCC by his legal counsel, Smithwick & Belendiuk attorney Mark Denbo, and the seller's legal counsel: David O'Connor of Wilkinson Barker Knauer.

In September 1998, this Class B AM in the High Desert of Southern California was acquired by Randy Michaels' Jacor Broadcasting, and later ended up in the hands of iHeartMedia predecessor Clear Channel Communications. Since the end of 2011, it has been owned by Saul Rosenzweig. That's about to change.

Dan Shelley will retire in December, Tara Puckey will succeed him

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An AM, its FM translator companion, and a full-power FM radio station serving communities due east of the Atlanta metropolitan area are being sold, with the buyer being assisted by Jon Yinger of Broadcast Properties LLC.