Legacy

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MYAT Inc. is introducing the next generation of transmission waveguide for US Repack Channels 14 to 36. This new product comes at a critical time for many US broadcasters who will be moving to new channels while also making their transmission systems ATSC 3.0 capable.

As of today, Northern California Public Media has used a 120-watt signal to reach such Mendocino County towns as Healdsburg, Cloverdale and Windsor. To bring its programming to listeners in Santa Rosa, a 16-watt translator at 90.9 MHz was brought into the mix. Soon, everyone north of San Francisco will be able to hear NoCal's programming.

One of the two stations in Nebraska's biggest market that John Hannon will lead is today operated via an LMA agreement between its owner and Sinclair Inc. This will soon change, as Sinclair is moving forward with buying the property outright, creating a duopoly.

Author and professor Tim Wu will speak at the NAB Show Technology Luncheon set for Wednesday, April 26 at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Yesterday RBR+TVBR reported on the sale of silent WNBZ-AM to North Country Radio — the Lake Placid-based entity co-owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher — by fiscally impaired broadcaster Ted Morgan. Now, RBR+TVBR has confirmed that the only station owned by Morgan that is actually on the air has been sold, and he's exiting the business. However, little is known about the buyer of the station deal that's just been announced.

The NAB DSA annually recognizes a broadcaster who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the American system of broadcasting. Known to sports fans as “JB,” he is a three-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and has served as host of “THE NFL TODAY" on CBS since 2006.

With a history of serving the broadcast media industry and its thirst for top-quality audio, Telos Alliance is heading into the 2026 NAB Show with a “quick list” of what it will be placing a spotlight on at its convention center floor booth.

The 2022 LABF Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts took place on Tuesday at Gotham Hall, with a group of honorees ranging from the CEO of Standard Media Group to the Chairman/CEO of iHeartMedia celebrated at the lunch-hour event. We've got plenty of pics from the affair.

Nexstar Media Group finds itself not only appealing a California Eastern District Court's preliminary injunction preventing it from integrating TEGNA's assets, but also defending its deal in the D.C. Circuit. And, it may have an ally in the Commission itself. How so? The FCC says the court has no jurisdiction, because a final agency action hasn't yet happened.

Some may argue that duopolies lead to less owner diversity, leaving the local TV viewer with fewer choices. For Gray Television, using BIA Advisory Services data, the benefits of arrangements that, in some markets, have attracted considerable federal legislative scrutiny are bountiful -- with respect to the quantity of local news.

Entercom President/CEO David Field scrapped his midday appointment schedule and issued a statement Monday explaining how his radio broadcasting company's contract with USTN has ended — and how "relieved" Entercom is to be out of contract it inherited from its merger with CBS Radio. He also had some sharp words regarding USTN's lawsuit.

On June 2, NEXTGEN TV, delivered by way of the ATSC 3.0 broadcast technology being rolled out on a volunteer basis across the U.S., arrived in the San Joaquin Valley’s biggest city. Now, a second NEXTGEN TV station made its debut, bringing more options to those from Visalia to Fresno.

Longtime "bad boy" air personality Don Geronimo, who returned to Washington, D.C., from Sacramento to accept the morning show post at iHeartMedia's WBIG "Big 100," was fired on Friday after making on-air comments a day earlier about a Emmy Award-winning WUSA9 producer and reporter. Now, Geronimo has apologized for his disparaging remarks associated with "Barbie."

An AM radio station with an FM translator serving a town near Oak Ridge, Tenn., are being spun. Here are the details of one of the few transactions to get filed with the FCC of late.