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It's a move the FCC made on Tuesday that could end favored-nation status for MVPDs who have exclusivity in such locales, bringing a major change in the dynamic of residential HOAs, office building management and apartment complex owners.

In the three-hour interactive session, students will learn the basics of news reporting and investigative storytelling, managing a social media presence, how to look and sound their best on-camera and how to package a resume and reel.

He's the founder and Portfolio Manager of a Chicago-area investment house focused on "micro-cap value equities." According to his LinkedIn profile, its portfolio "is constructed through [an] in-depth, fundamental research process focused on the potential risk and return of each investment." Among the companies that part of his portfolio: Saga.

A Western N.Y. homeowner could be faced with "significant fines" of up to exactly $22,021 per day for what the Enforcement Bureau says is harmful interference to a Commission licensee's LTE communications, and the resident's refusal to allow a Bureau Agent to inspect the premises to identify the source of the interference — believed to be a TV antenna.

With roughly four hours to go before NBC's coverage of Super Bowl LVI was to begin, Mediacom cable TV service subscribers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul DMA, Arizona's Prescott Valley region, and the home of the NFC Champions from 1994-2015 have regained the opportunity to watch the "Big Game" without having to resort to "rabbit ears" or other alternatives.

Some companies do it to award shareholders. Others to it to attract them. For Nielsen, the latter appears to be the incorrect response from Wall Street of the decision by its Board of Directors to declare a quarterly cash dividend.

With two former Cox Media Group FMs now set to become Spanish-language properties in a pair of hot growth markets, the only remaining question until now involved the value of the deal. We now have an answer.

Few, if any, in the radio business would lump Sirius XM alongside the likes of iHeartMedia, Audacy Inc., and Cumulus Media. Yet, a newly released market research report that looks at "radio" on a global scale has.

Spanish Broadcasting System has emerged victorious as the buyer of Rhythmic Top 40 WPYO-FM 95.3 in Maitland, Fla., serving the Orlando market, and Alternative WSUN-FM 97.1 in Holiday, Fla., serving the Tampa Bay region. Executives at SBS and Cox Media Group and broker Elliot Evers offered comments on the deal.

The Walt Disney Co.'s fiscal first quarter of 2022 ended on January 1. How did the company do in its first three months of the fiscal year? As CEO Bob Chapek sees it, "We’ve had a very strong start to the fiscal year." Thank Encanto and a rise in streaming portfolio subscriptions for that positive news. The company's linear networks saw lackluster results.

While Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) spoke warmly of Sohn, Republican members — led by Ranking Member Roger Wicker — came armed with questions for Sohn on two key topics: her ties to now-shuttered "vOTA" service Locast and the timing and monetary value of its settlement agreement, and her agreement to sit out on matters involving retrans consent or TV broadcast copyright for the first three years of her term.

Byron Allen may be taking a page from Jeff Smulyan's playbook by confirming his interest in owning the Denver Broncos NFL team. The revelation also notes that it was the Commissioner of the National Football League, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who suggested to Allen three years ago that he consider the investment.

"Against the high bar we set in our fiscal second quarter last year, we have once again delivered revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth in the second quarter of our 2022 fiscal year, while continuing to invest in our digital growth initiatives," FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch said.

In a stunning turn of events, a Nevada Federal Bankruptcy Judge has — in an oral ruling — paved the way for Ed Stolz, who lost ownership of his three FM radio stations in a protracted California federal court battle over unpaid music royalty fees, to regain ownership of the properties. What does this mean? Larry Patrick talks exclusively to RBR+TVBR.

With the release of its fourth-quarter 2021 financial results, Beasley Media Group is on a strong path toward returning to its 2019 growth initiatives. Growth across its Top Four advertising categories was strong, with significant year-over-year growth. But, how was Automotive?