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Standard General desperately needs the FCC to approve its proposed purchase of TEGNA and has taken the agency to court to push the Commission to give it the OK to move forward. Financing expires in roughly one month. That's why the Soo Kim-led hedge fun made "additional commitments" to TNG-NABET.

At the end of the day, there's been one constant over the 100 years of the NAB, even in today's dramatically changing media landscape: Localism. Yet, fragmentation took up much of the conversation as NAB head Curtis LeGeyt participated in a Welcome Session Q&A with Univision/Los Angeles journalist Gabriela Teissier.

Nielsen’s National Television Audience Measurement (TAM) service has just gotten a big vote of confidence from the non-profit industry association that for 60 year has worked to ensure measurement services are valid, reliable and effective. 

Sinclair Broadcast Group confirmed that it will build and operate “an innovative and interconnected broadcast platform to provide commercial services and solutions for national data distribution.

Late Friday, Pacific Time, it became known how much Urban One is paying for the stations. At the same time, an existing Urban One FM is being paired with the Classic Country property and will be divested.

Thanks to funding from Bridge News LLC Chairman Manoj Bhargava, the creator of 5-hour ENERGY, the parent of the NewsNet digital multicast TV network has emerged as one of the most active buyers of broadcast television stations over the last six months. On Thursday, the entity led by CEO Vince Bodiford inked another asset purchase agreement.

For 26 years, she's been the President/GM of the broadcast media properties that today comprise TelevisaUnivision's Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood station group. Now, she's being transferred into a newly created position that opens the door for a new leader of WLTV-23, WAMI-69, WRTO-FM and WAMR-FM.

The end is near for Pennsylvania radio station owner Roger Wahl, who has received a Revocation Order from the Chief of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau that effectively shuts down his station in 40 days — with one meagerly possible route for Wahl to avoid such an action.

Pending FCC approval, the three brands that CMG owns in Houston will be used to form a five-station cluster under the ownership of the company led by Alfred Liggins III — a company that will divest at least one property in this Lone Star State metropolis to get this deal done.

Users of the Audacy app are being asked to answer a five-question survey that presents some extremely specific questions how much they'd pay for "commercial-free radio on your favorite station" — a sign the company is seriously considering a paid tier, even as digital advertising growth continues to outpace linear ad attraction.

Soon, WURN-FM and its blend of Spanish Adult Contemporary "Exitos" will reach more of Miami-Dade County. The station's owners have GeoBroadcast Solutions to thank for the long-awaited boost to a signal licensed to Key Largo, Fla.

The latest analysis of retransmission fees, released on Monday from S&P Global Market Intelligence, puts a spotlight on the retrans revenue increase seen in 2022. The growth came as renewal rate hikes outpaced traditional subscriber churn.

At first, it was all about upgrading to a new television. Then came the introduction of "dongle" delivery through devices that can bring NEXTGEN TV to one's current TV model. Now, FreeCast is ready to debut a product that combines over-the-air broadcast television with web-based streaming content.

With the filing of the asset purchase agreement signed by Waterman Broadcasting and Hearst with the FCC, deal details pertaining to the sale of NBC affiliate WBBH-TV in Fort Myers-Naples-Marco Island are now available — including the purchase price. It's enormous.

That's the welcome news from PQ Media, which has released its Global Consumer Media Usage Forecast 2023-2027 report. One key takeaway: Television (including live, digital, streaming and Over-the-Top video) remains the most used of the 11 media platforms that PQ Media tracks around the world.