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The broadcast studio for WMMX-FM "MIX 107.7" in Dayton was slightly compromised on Thursday by an apparent fire in a residential unit directly above the iHeartMedia-owned Adult Contemporary station.

Slowly, AI crept into Rosemary Ravinal's speaking and coaching. She discovered that Generative-AI could kick-start inspiration, create outlines, and source reference materials without compromising her voice and personality.

In mid-May, Chelan Valley Media Group revealed that it had found a buyer for its radio stations in eastern Washington, with Greg Guy at Tideline Partners serving as the broker. Now, it can be told how much the company is pocketing from the sale of the properties.

The updated framework, adopted on a 3-2 vote in June 2024 and partially effective since August 15, requires radio and television licensees to verify whether airtime lessees are acting on behalf of a foreign governmental entity and to disclose that relationship at the time of broadcast.

With Connoisseur Media moving forward with the proposed acquisition of Alpha Media’s radio stations, a pair of leadership changes will take effect June 9 that the company says reflect its "commitment to continuity, growth, and the integration" of new properties into the Connoisseur family.

The Media industry has announced 4,107 cuts so far in 2025, down 51% from the 8,410 cuts announced in the first five months of last year. The News category, which includes broadcast, digital, and print, has also seen a significant dip in the number of job losses seen through the first five months of 2025.

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! 

On Thursday and again on Friday, the FCC Commissioner used consecutive speaking appearances to double down on her belief that the agency where she will soon serve as the lone Democrat has gone way too far.

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.

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.

In October 2024, she was named SVP of Content and Development for Telemundo Studios. Now, she's adding the role of advisory board member for the New York Festivals Television and Film Awards.

OptiLoad broke ground at the 2024 NAB Show with new design innovations to better detect and prevent transmission system failures in liquid-cooled UHF & VHF TV systems. "Those innovations deliver a convergence of passive RF equipment, electronics and sensing that Dielectric as now adapted for radio and less rigorous UHF environments," Dielectric said.

A Class A FM radio station licensed to cover the U.S. Virgin Islands' territories of St. John and St. Thomas is being sold by Gordon Ackley, a longtime operator of broadcast properties in this English-speaking Caribbean commonwealth under FCC jurisdiction.

For weeks, media brokers and industry observers have been awaiting news on a transaction that many believed would be announced one month ago, as radio business leaders gathered in Las Vegas for the 2025 NAB Show. Now, rumors have become reality: Jeff Warshaw has secured the financing needed to move forward with his Connoisseur Media's acquisition of Alpha Media.

It's a 6kw Class A FM serving an area of Northeast Ohio between Mentor and Ashtabula, and airs a regional Oldies format that in the 4pm hour featured Detroit act 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) and the America track "Daisy Jane."  Soon, this unique Oldies station will be in the hands of a new owner.