Legacy

The fourth generation of ENCO's enCaption closed-captioning system is getting a full rollout at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas, and the newest version is designed to distinguish between multiple speakers -- further reducing the labor needed for live captioning.

Have an LG-branded Android-powered smartphone? Your next model will have an enabled FM chip, allowing you to use the data-free version of the TagStation LLC-owned NextRadio app.

For 33 years, this individual led the engineering efforts of all Greater Media stations. With the company's sale to Beasley Broadcast Group, it was time for a change ... or retirement. The former was selected, and the result is the rebranding of an engineering consultancy that directly acknowledges his arrival.

In an act that creates a single trade association for promoting IP in the media and entertainment industry, The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) is merging with the Media Networking Alliance (MNA). The combination of the two entities comes after a two-year history of collaboration.

There's a "Shooter" in Texas that's been successfully wrangled. Armor of God played a big role in the apprehension of this "shooter" -- a Class A FM radio station serving a medium-sized market in the Lone Star State. It's the top item of business in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Feb. 8, 2018. Also today: A 'Guel'-done deal for a new FM, and the sale of an AM daytimer in the Volunteer State.

A Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee known for bringing KHFI-FM's long-running Top 40 format to life in Austin and for running one of America's legendary R&B stations in Houston has died. Dick Oppenheimer, who owned nine radio stations across three states in the mid-1980s and more recently headed the Austin-based REO Radio Group, died suddenly on Wednesday (3/21). His funeral is planned for Friday (3/23), son Michael Oppenheimer, Local Area Director for Comcast Spotlight in Washington, D.C., tells RBR+TVBR.

The nation's largest market, iHeartMedia, is a holdout against lifting the FCC's regulations on local radio station ownership limits. Now, a coalition of 10 radio broadcasting companies have spoken out in support of more consolidation — and have stated they're OK with a proposal drafted in June by the NAB. We have an RBR+TVBR Observation on this touchy topic.

From hurricanes in the Southeast to devastating wildfires in California, it has been a difficult year for many across the U.S. Those impacted include members of the broadcast media industry. That's what makes the Broadcasters Foundation of America's annual year-end appeal, launched today, so poignant.

The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) has confirmed the formation of the LPTV Industry Standards and Practices Group. Leading the endeavour is ARK Mediacom.

The sale of 37 radio stations to a Tulsa-based broadcasting company marks the end of ownership for a media entity that grew quickly in the early 2000s, only to find itself burdened by debt by the end of the decade. Here's the story of Mapleton Communications.

Simultaneous to a $29 million transaction struck just over two years ago, Corpus Christi, Tex.-based Mako Communications agreed to offer to HC2 certain Construction Permits that it may obtain at a later date, for no cash consideration. Mako is now handing four of them over.

When it comes to the products getting the most exposure via spot television for the week ending Dec. 29, nothing beats Guaifenesin. Well, at least the cold medication and cough suppressant that goes by a particular brand. According to Media Monitors, it's the big No. 1 advertiser in its latest TV report.

The E.W. Scripps Co. has appointed the 14-year VP/GM of a station in Lafayette, La., to a similar role for its NBC affiliate in Lexington, Ky. He takes his new role in a month.

We've just completed our concluding episode of the RBR+TVBR Coronavirus INFOCUS podcast, with a fresh "INFOCUS" podcast series set for June and beyond. Miss an episode? Every podcast we've distributed can easily be found HERE. Be sure to subscribe to our soon-to-evolve podcast by clicking HERE!

In January, the Commission upheld a Media Bureau decision to cancel the license of an AM radio station in Meridian, Miss., on the grounds that the disclosure to the Commission of the death of the station's sole owner was botched. A month later, two individuals now overseeing the operation filed a Petition for Reconsideration. On Monday, the FCC responded: Nope.