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The FCC has granted Cumulus Media's petition for reorganization under a voluntary Chapter 11 filing that received a federal bankruptcy judge's approval in mid-April. To get the Carr Commission's sign-off on the plan, the company has agreed to a pledge to retain newsroom staff — for 24 months, at least. 

A series commemorating the 25th anniversary

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It was highly likely to happen again, starting yesterday evening. Thanks to savvy negotiation between the two parties, a retransmission consent fee dispute leading to a "blackout" of Hearst stations on the DBS provider was averted.

"Fear of judgment is shaping Gen Z behavior"

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The bulletins can be fully automated, including through synthetic voice

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"No one under 40 listens to the radio." As iHeartMedia and Critical Mass Media see it, that often-heard refrain is a myth, new data released on Wednesday during an iHeartMedia headquarters event featuring a panel discussion with The Jonas Brothers states.

Vermont Public has enjoyed the support of audiences to WVPS-FM 107.9 in Burlington from greater Montréal. Now, there's a new wrinkle to reaching Les Québécois — and its thanks to a new Arsenal Media FM approved by the CRTC.

WAY FM's West Palm Beach FM home is a big one, with a signal audible from Indian River County in the north to Interstate 595 in the south. Getting into Miami has been a challenge due to a co-channel Class A FM owned by Florida International University. That problem has just been resolved.

Draper Media is telling viewers of the CBS, NBC and FOX affiliates serving the Delmarva Peninsula in Eastern Maryland, Delaware and Virginia's Chincoteague region that broadcast transmissions are currently being hampered by what the company says is "a Verizon outage."

Approaching its 25th anniversary, it has recently doubled its affiliate count

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