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Emergency Alert System hardware vendor Digital Alert Systems has issued a strong rebuttal to the NAB, defending its opposition to a proposed FCC rulemaking that would allow software-based EAS processing. In formal reply comments, the company refutes NAB's argument that the company's concerns are grounded in commercial self-interest.

FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks used Thursday’s open meeting to officially announce his resignation, marking the end of a nearly six-year tenure as the agency’s senior Democratic member. The move officially opens a GOP majority under Chairman Brendan Carr, with Democrat Anna Gómez now the sole non-Republican.

While the House Commerce Committee certainly maintains oversight of the FCC, the House Appropriations Committee also holds a level of jurisdiction, namely when it comes to its fiscal budgets. That explains why FCC Chairman Brendan Carr spent much of his Wednesday discussing everything from DOGE to DEI.

In 1997, Glenn Krieg joined Morgan Murphy Media as its Chief Financial Officer. Today, he's new to the Radio + Television Business Report's Broadcast Best Finance Leaders rankings for 2025. Where does his rank? The answer is in our just-released Summer 2025 magazine, a 40-page digital publication available now! 

Three high-powered Democrats have written to the Chair of Paramount Global expressing concerns as to whether the parent of CBS News and Stations "may be engaging in potentially illegal conduct" involving the Trump Administration in exchange for regulatory approval of its merger with Skydance Media.

With the main ballroom at capacity, the 2025 MFM conference kicked off in earnest on Monday with an in-depth and revealing panel discussion featuring three key CFOs representing broadcast media moderated by the Publisher/President of the Radio + Television Business Report and Radio Ink. 

On May 5, Connoisseur Media's acquisition of Alpha Media was officially announced, with Brigade Capital Management contributing much of the cash to make the transaction happen. Late Monday, the official stock purchase and exchange agreement requiring the FCC's approval appeared in the LMS.

The fate of Wendy McMahon has been discussed by media observers for weeks. On Monday, an internal memo sent by McMahon to staff yielded the answer that is not wholly unexpected: she's stepping down as President/CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures.

With renewed vigor and CEO Joe Annotti fully energized about this year's event, the Media Finance Management 2025 Conference formally kicked off Monday following a Hearst Television-sponsored welcome reception on Sunday evening with welcome remarks from the President/CEO of the NAB.

For some companies, including Charter Communications, the services it offers have lasting consumer value. This could explain why it is agreeing to acquire Cox Communications in a multi-billion deal announced early Friday by the two companies.

The blockbuster multi-billion proposed transaction that sees Charter Communications acquiring Cox Communications will result in a new Cox that takes on Charter's Spectrum MVPD identity. Who will lead this new version of Cox, once the transaction is completed?

The Chairman of the FCC is praising the agency's initial findings and anticipated savings resulting from a top-to-bottom review of its contracts — a task carried out under an executive order from the White House drafted by the Department of Government Efficiency.

The National Hockey League franchise serving the Tampa-St. Petersburg market will soon be bringing its telecasts to broadcast TV, following the lead of its in-state rivals, the Florida Panthers, and two NHL teams in the Western U.S.

A high-ranking Democratic Member of the Senate Commerce Committee and a colleague who serves as his party's Ranking Member for the legislative body, have written to the Chairman of the FCC pleading for a vote on the proposed merger between the parent of CBS News and Stations and Skydance Media.

A rule that requires TV broadcasters to provide an aural representation of visual, non-textual emergency information that is displayed during non-newscast programming, such as radar maps or other graphics, on a secondary audio stream will not be enforced for another year. And, it's a move the FCC itself acted on.