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Sinclair Broadcast Group and a host of its shared services partners, including Michael Anderson-helmed Cunningham Broadcasting, could be on the hook for a significant portion of the millions of dollars in fines totaled up for apparent FCC violations of its Children's TV programming rules.

BIA Advisory Services has revealed its Top 10 by revenue for both the nation's radio broadcasting companies and for individual AM and FM radio stations in the U.S. What station is No. 1? It is hardly a surprise, as it has been in the No. 1 spot for seven consecutive years and continues to be a spoken word Goliath.

A California U.S. District Court Judge has denied a second Motion to Dismiss filed by one of the world's biggest quick-service restaurants, a move designed to kill a racial discrimination case against the chain submitted by Byron Allen-led Allen Media Group in May 2021. As such, the case, which appeared to be on shaky ground at the end of 2021, will now proceed to a jury trail. But, that won't be happening for several months.

First, it was the nation's No. 1 audio content creation and distribution company. Now, the parent company of all-things NBC and the Spanish-language Telemundo network is entering the metaverse. And, it is thanks to a newly forged partnership with one of the biggest global technology companies helping broadcast TV enter the NEXTGEN era.

The owner of such Boise, Idaho radio brands as "101.9 The Bull," "Wild 101," "My 102.7," and "BOB FM" has enjoyed formidable ratings and revenue success against such national publicly traded companies as Townsquare Media and Cumulus Media in addition to the Kalmenson family's Lotus Communications. Now, this locally owned and operated radio group based in Boise is putting ownership into the hands of its 46 employees.

On Sept. 7, a Republican Senator from Kentucky introduced a bill designed to give local broadcasters and newspapers "much-needed relief from outdated government restrictions." It seems the bill went largely ignored until late Tuesday, when one veteran trade journalist discovered it. But, is it DOA?

Mays founded the San Antonio Broadcasting Company back in 1972. The name was later changed to Clear Channel Communications. Today, it’s known as iHeartMedia.

In early May, RBR+TVBR first shared the news that TelevisaUnivision would be assuming ownership of a streaming platform that's home to films and series en español from a sibling of sorts, thanks to common ownership by Searchlight Capital Partners L.P. Now, that deal has closed, as Hemisphere Media Group claims it has gotten shareholder approval of its acquisition by Searchlight. One institutional stock holder disputes that shareholder OK.

There's a new man in power at Salem Media Group who has the ultimate say-so of what will transpire at its Broadcast Media division. The appointment of Allen Power is just one change, however, as part a realignment of the publicly traded company's AM and FM radio station unit. These changes will commence at the beginning of 2023.

Most recently, he led the Music and Non-Scripted Entertainment division at TelevisaUnivision, driving the group's global strategy. Now, the man known around the company as "Nacho" has been named President of U.S. Networks.

SiriusXM is on the hunt for more people willing to pay for its own music channels, and a wide array of specialty programming that ranges from Howard Stern to live sports action. To Simply Wall Street, that could be a sign that investing in SIRI may be worthy of a watchlist addition.

It was a key piece of legislation that the National Association of Broadcasters has been advocating for since Curtis LeGeyt assumed the leadership role from former Senator Gordon Smith. Now, Smith's former Republican colleagues have slayed legislation introduced by Amy Klobuchar that would have allowed radio and TV stations to collectively negotiate with "Big Tech" platforms to get what LeGeyt tells RBR+TVBR is "fair value" for content distribution.

The broadcast television network owned by Paramount Global is launching a major drive to give "historically underrepresented" performers increased opportunities on television, beginning in the ready-to-start 2022-2023 broadcast season.

He was the first chief anchor for Cable News Network, today known simply as CNN, when it was launched by Ted Turner on June 1, 1980. His reporting ranged from the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing in May 1989 to live coverage of the Persian Gulf War from Baghdad in early 1991. On February 28, 2001, he retired from CNN. Now, the world is remembering Bernard Shaw, who died Wednesday of pneumonia.

On August 12, a security news publication published an article "sounding the alarm on Emergency Alert System flaws." Since then, the story has made the rounds across social media, leading RBR+TVBR to share the article via Twitter. It appears FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel may have read the piece. On Wednesday, Rosenworcel shared with her colleagues a proposed action to bolster the security of the nation’s public alert and warning systems.