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The LPFM Coalition is lashing out at the FCC for threatening to remove the individual right to complain about interference on the FM band. It's in response to MB Docket No. 18-119  — a 15-month-old docket pertaining to FM translator interference. Here's our updated report.

The losses on Nasdaq just can't stop for audience measurement company Comscore. On July 1, SCOR had fallen to $5.38. With Tuesday's close, Comscore stock is now $4.30 -- even as a broadcast TV company inks an exclusive ratings agreement in the three DMAs it operates in.

In an SEC filing made late Monday, iHeartMedia revealed just when it will cease trading on the OTC as "IHTM" and shift to Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "IHRT." The news came as iHeart shared its Q2 2019 financial results, which were largely positive.

RBR+TVBR, the publication dedicated to the business of broadcast media, is pleased to introduce our inaugural look at America's Top Brokers and Attorneys — a reader-generated honor roll saluting the individuals shaping the future of broadcast media. To make your nomination, click here.

In two weeks, Spotify will release its Q2 2019 results. Strong revenue growth is expected. There's just one problem: a hefty operating loss is expected, and the size of this loss could greatly vary. Could the music industry's royalty-hungry associations be its biggest problem? Or, is it pricey subscriptions?

The FCC has established a pleading cycle for the transfer of control of Cox Media Group's radio stations, which has already been done for Cox's TV stations and Dayton holdings. Interestingly, it has also opened up a comment period on a petition seeking increased foreign ownership in the "new" Cox Media Group.

A New York-based company has developed a smartphone App that allows the user to get the audio tied to what's being seen on a muted TV screen within their immediate proximity. The big win for broadcast TV? User metrics, which could be a boon for AEs and the sales team.

Whatever your view, the nation's children's television programming rules have just been changed, a move set to bring more ad time -- and revenue -- to broadcast television in an era when public television, cable TV and, more importantly, digital video platforms are more apt in delivering this kid-friendly product to American audiences.

With the approval of the Report and Order, several changes to the nation's "KidVid" rules are set to take place. RBR+TVBR has broken them down for you, along with providing details on a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

The FCC under Chairman Ajit Pai is doing its part to help the environment while perhaps also getting a commendation from the Lorax. In an unanimous vote, the Commission voted to update its carriage election notice rules by eliminating its paper requirement.

More than five months have passed since former CEO Bryan Wiener and ex-President Sarah Hofstetter exited Comscore -- a company that positioned itself as a worthy competitor to Nielsen. Now, its stock has dipped to yet another all-time low, despite a big international product launch.

Some 23 years after the sale of a Class B radio station in Sacramento by Royce International to Entercom, former owner Ed Stolz has been committed to rewinding the deal or, at the very least, getting the FCC to deny license renewal applications tied to Entercom in the market. He's failed again.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal and a host of other D.C. leaders dove into the latest retransmission fee agreement failure to plague America -- one that pits the soon-to-be largest owner of broadcast TV stations in the U.S. against AT&T and its DirecTV and U-Verse services.

Pending further appeal from the U.S. government, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, pharmaceutical companies and broadcast and cable TV companies are now off the hook from being forced to display the prices of prescription drugs in any advertisements shown to viewers.

Over the last several years, an affiliate of The CW Network serving a Florida market has had its issues with DirecTV. Today, those difficulties are worse than ever: it's been absent from the DBS provider for more than six months -- and nary a word has been said about it.