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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.

In her Dish ruling finding no racial discrimination was used in its retransmission consent negotiations with DuJuan McCoy's Circle City Broadcasting, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt discussed specifically what Dish was prepared to pay the owner of Indianapolis TV stations WISH and WNDY. Dish has now failed in its request to strike Pratt's revelation from the public record.

Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers have sent a letter to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel seeking answers to what they call — as do other prominent GOP figures and the NAB — an action "effectively blocking" Standard General's purchase of TEGNA. Leading Democrats have spoken out against the deal, making it a politically charged matter.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has dismissed a request from Standard General L.P. to consider the Hearing Designation of its proposed acquisition of TEGNA as a final determination the court may use to make its ruling — a decision that could put more pressure on the hedge fund led by Soohyung Kim to get the transaction completed before financing expires on May 22.

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 gone on a shopping spree since September 2022. The latest purchase, submitted for FCC approval on Wednesday, involves a group of low-power TV stations being sold by a diginet pioneer.