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A "member town hall" held during the 2025 NAB Show on Tuesday served as the venue for the unveiling of "broadcasters' policy priorities" to guide advocacy in the current Congress, delivered directly to the group by the President/CEO of the nation's key advocacy organization for over-the-air radio and TV.

In mid-January, Imagicomm Communications confirmed it was selling all of the stations it acquired from Cox Media Group. The first deal involved Marquee Broadcasting. On April 2, Todd Parkin's Rincon Broadcasting struck a bigger deal. Now, Imagicomm's remaining properties have found a buyer.

How does AI truly impact media companies today? What does the consumer really want in the always-on, multi-platform, world of ever-changing content tastes–and can AI really find those? Those questions and more were the focus of a AWM breakfast panel discussion Monday at the 2025 NAB Show.

Brendan Carr has left an indelible imprint on the FCC in less than three months. And in the latest rule "modernization" effort to emerge since he succeeded Jessica Rosenworcel, Carr is ready to review the Commission's muddy view of foreign ownership.

By the end of the first day of sessions and expo floor activity across the expansive Las Vegas Convention Center, it became known that one of the Commissioners will not be offering a Keynote Address on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the other Commissioner, scheduled to appear Monday, is reportedly attending at her own expense.

The Senate Commerce Committee is poised to bring the FCC one step closer to gaining its all-important third Republican vote-maker on the Commission, as President Trump's nominee to fill the agency's vacant seat is scheduled to appear at a nomination hearing on the calendar for Wednesday.

In a deal that caught some industry observers off-guard, Todd Parkin in mid-March struck a multi-million deal to buy five TV stations from Sinclair Inc. Now, it appears Parkin's Rincon Broadcasting Group is already expanding its under-construction stable.

The NAB, in an ex parte letter sent to the FCC on Wednesday, asked the Commission engaged in a "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative sparked by Chairman Brendan Carr to eliminate the national cap on broadcast television ownership.

An option agreement allows Sinclair Inc. to purchase a television station in the Hoosier State from Gray Media while Gray is selling a property in Illinois to Sinclair. It puts the wheels in motion on a transaction nearly nine years in the making— and signed off by Ralph Oakley.

Don't look up. Rather, be prepared to place your gaze on a cloud-native NEXTGEN TV demonstration on a special broadcast channel in Las Vegas established by Sinclair Inc. specifically to showcase what a "full-spectrum" ATSC 3.0-powered broadcast may achieve.

The radio industry's quest to mandate no-cost access to AM radio stations in all vehicles manufactured and sold in the U.S. has reached a key support level in the U.S. Senate, as a filibuster-proof number of co-sponsors of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act can now be tallied on Capitol Hill.

It was only a matter of time. A group of U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats have launched an investigation into FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s "attacks on the First Amendment" and what they call "his weaponization of the independent agency."

A major licensee of low-power television stations across the U.S. has filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the FCC that would allow one of its properties to broadcast in the 3gpp -approved 5G Broadcast standard.

"While Disney started as an iconic American company, it recently went all in on DEI." That's the accusation against the parent of ABC Owned Stations being lobbed on X by the Chairman of the FCC. "I am concerned that their DEI practices may violate FCC prohibitions on invidious forms of discrimination," says Brendan Carr.

The FCC under Republican Chairman Brendan Carr has received much criticism since he acted to reinstate complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS that were dismissed under delegated authority by acting Bureau Chiefs in the waning days of the Rosenworcel Commission. Now, five former Commissioners — including the FCC Chairman prior to Jessica Rosenworcel — are asking Carr to end its probe of CBS.