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The FCC is expected to adopt its final FY 2026 fee schedule later this year, and the NAB wants the Commission to reconsider a proposed 46% fee increase for broadcaster-operated earth stations. Why? The association believes the raise is disproportionate and penalizes broadcasters.

Could an outstanding bill to the FCC totaling $1,849.58 result in the deletion of a set of call letters and the cancellation of an FM station's license? One Lone Star State station owner is now faced with the decision to pay up, or lose its broadcast facility.

Tomorrow, Mexico City will serve as the site of the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as the host, "El Tri," takes on South Africa. Thanks to a just-signed deal, Fubo customers will be able to watch the match and every other one airing en español on Universo or Telemundo.

The House Appropriations Committee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on Tuesday proposed zero funding for local public broadcasting stations in its fiscal year 2027 appropriations bills. To say the least, the President/CEO of America's Public Television Stations is "deeply disappointed."

Go to Century City, and there's a good chance you'll see a celebrity walking through the doors of Creative Artists Agency (CAA). For the entertainer, artist representation can mean a lot. Salem Media now recognizes this, and is launching its own venture "focused on helping faith-centric and family-friendly talent" grow their careers.

Jorge Pabón “Molusco”, Alí Warrington, Pamela Noa y Robert “Fantacuca” Maldonado — hosts of “La Tendencia de Molusco” — have generated monster ratings in afternoons for "KQ105" in Puerto Rico. Now, Molusco and his co-hosts are getting the opportunity to share their success across the continental U.S.

As January began, it was made known that one of two PBS Member stations in the Toledo DMA would end its relationship with PBS because of the loss of federal funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Now, Bowling Green State University‘s TV station will be keeping PBS thanks to a Toledo savior.

Until Wednesday, it was understood that there was no future for NJ PBS, a unit of The WNET Group focused on New Jersey. Now, thanks to an institute of higher learning in the Garden State, a cessation of operations due to funding woes won't be in the cards.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has finalized the date of its annual BFOA Giving Day, rallying the broadcast industry for a one-day fundraising effort to provide critical financial assistance to radio and television professionals facing acute hardship due to catastrophic illness, disaster, or other life-altering circumstances.

"We’re making audio more measurable, targetable, and performance-driven through identity-based tools, large-scale audience reach, and major partnerships." That's how the nation's satellite radio operator describes its new expanded relationship with LiveRamp, one designed to support "scalable identity solutions" across programmatic audio. 

The FCC under Brendan Carr has generated many conversations about "ridding broadcasters ills by letting everybody buy each other." That's an observation veteran D.C. communications attorney Frank Montero offered as he opened the second day of the 2026 Hispanic Radio Conference with a lively panel discussion.

It bills itself as "Tennis. Turned Up." If you're not familiar with "the revolutionary professional co-ed tennis league redefining the sport with its fast-paced, team-based format," iHeartMedia is set to land an ace in the ears of its audio content consumers across the U.S.

Outpost is designed to monitor, route, record, transform, and deliver live video feeds across on-premise and cloud environments without the cost and complexity of proprietary routing hardware. The platform includes stream transformation capabilities such as codec and frame rate adaptation.

How can U.S. Hispanic radio, in particular, pivot its sales pitch? Radio + Television Business Report President/Publisher Deborah Parenti asked this question to a panel of radio leaders representing some of Spanish-language media's key companies during the Executive Super Session at the Hispanic Radio Conference.

As the New York-based DSP and AI products partner focused on local brands and agencies sees it, it has brought to market what it calls "the first agentic suite built for local precision at national scale."