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Chris Devine's GeoBroadcast Solutions has revealed who the first wave of broadcasters are who have filed applications with the FCC seeking its regulatory approval to begin program origination on a limited basis from an FM booster — the lynch-pin to its "ZoneCasting" radio product.

PJT Partners became known for its role in the Chapter 11 bankruptcies of iHeartMedia, Cumulus Media and, most recently, Audacy Inc. Now, there are fresh rumblings that PJT, which tussled with iHeartMedia in early 2018 over its post-bankruptcy plan, is engaging once again with the company.

With shares tumbling in price over the last month, there's chatter in financial circles that some iHeartMedia creditors have retained financial and legal advisers over concerns the company's revenue dip may lead company leaders to engage in a debt restructuring.

BIA Advisory Services last week in a blog post shared its Top Ten Radio Owners by Revenue rankings for 2023. The top three slots are the same as they were in 2022, 2021 and 2020. However, the bigger story is the year-over-year decline revenue seen by the nation's biggest companies.

The company known for real-time graphics and live production products for content creators in the broadcast media space has integrated its flagship newsroom HTML-based templated graphics system with Dalet Galaxy five.

Broadcast television emergency communications specialist Digital Alert Systems is partnering with broadcast equipment provider Inovonics on a new joint product for those that seek external monitoring receivers for their Emergency Alert System (EAS) devices.

For those who love twirling Terrible Towels and care to follow their favorite NFL team while away from a TV screen, they'll be no changes when it comes to what radio stations in the Steel City to turn to across the next five seasons.

It was a tough trading session on Thursday for The E.W. Scripps Co., as its Nasdaq GlobalSelect-traded shares fell by 11% in active trading. The stock slide came following the naming on Wednesday of Robin Davis as SVP/Chief Distribution Officer.

The local broadcast radio station ownership group led by Mary Quass has completed the sale of two FM stations, an FM translator, and an AM radio station in Illinois to a company that shares its name with a large Canadian media operation but is owned by John Rung.

Vizrt, known for its real-time graphics and live production products for content creators, has released new software for its flagship sports highlight enhancement tool that gives users the ability to crop video to various aspect ratios from one interface.

MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems is bringing its latest innovations for the global broadcast and production community to the UAE between May 21 and May 23, as the CABSAT 2024 event wrapped up its first day Tuesday at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

Four additional stations affiliated with the Nexstar Media Group-controlled The CW have been added to local streaming lineups by DirecTV. As of early Tuesday, two Sinclair Broadcast Group and two Gray Television stations were added to the service.

Todd Woods, who in March 2023 was selected to succeed Bill Reeves as the chief executive of one of the biggest radio station owners in the U.S., has tendered his resignation. Educational Media Foundation on Thursday revealed who is succeeding him on an interim basis, marking EMF's third CEO since Mike Novak's 2018 retirement.

Studio Inbox users can now see and reply to messages, images, videos and voice recordings from WhatsApp, alongside other content like SMS, email, social posts, website form submissions and RSS feeds.

An actress known for her role as a teenager in the sitcom Sister, Sister and in more recent years for her six years as a talk host on The Real has been chosen to serve as the host of the 49th annual Gracie Awards, scheduled for May 21 at the Beverly Wilshire.