Legacy

Some 20 miles to the northwest of downtown Atlanta is town of Powder Springs, Ga. It is home to an AM radio station that spent much of January off the air, and has been owned by a Vietnamese-American media and entertainment figure for nearly 8 years. He's now opting to sell the facility, and at a fraction of the price he paid for it. 

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FreeWheel is rolling out a new Certified Partner Program, which certifies and organizes buyers, sellers, data partners and technology partners within FreeWheel’s platform to create a more efficient and effective media supply chain for the TV ecosystem.

Just how many people were tuned to CBS, and to the Gray Television-owned affiliate in Kansas City showing the Chiefs' overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills, one of the greatest in NFL history? The numbers were massive, and were strong nationally for another huge game seen on CBS the day before.

In December 2021, all seemed to tilt in favor of McDonald's as a federal judge dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the fast-food giant by Allen-held Entertainment Studios. But, the judge left the door open for ES to file a Second Amended Complaint. Allen's team moved forward with this filing, leading McDonald's to ask the judge to dismiss it. He declined.

In November 2012, Bruce James and his Vermont Broadcast Associates engaged in a transaction that saw the sale of a 100-watt FM serving a small town some 100km south of Sherbrooke, Quebec. Just over nine years later, the FM is officially defunct.

Over half of U.S. consumers have expressed an interest in receiving features of a "NextGen Broadcast Emergency Information service." That's among the key findings from new research unveiled this week by the NextGen Video Information Systems Alliance (NVISA), sponsored by Sinclair Broadcast Group subsidiary ONE Media 3.0.

NBCU has unveiled its first certified measurement partner, a decision that provides the multimedia giant with an alternative currency for cross platform measurement on its One Platform.

It's full speed ahead for the National Association of Broadcasters and the 2022 NAB Show in late April, scheduled to be the second big conference in a city battered by COVID-19 still suffering from CES 2022 cancellations and lighter-than-anticipated attendance.

An end to five years of bitter litigation could soon come to a close. Details have been distributed to RMLC members that outlines a member station's ability to obtain future licenses from GMR to avoid potential copyright infringement. But, what if they say 'no'? The deal is off if not enough RMLC members say yes to the settlement.

Dick Broadcasting has selected an Operations Manager for its Savannah, Ga, cluster. He'll lead programming for CHR WGCO, Country WUBB, Rhythmic AC WXYY, Active Rock WFXH, Classic Hits WRWN and regional Mexican AM WHHW. Dick's choice was recently OM for SummitMedia in Omaha.

He reports to the VP of Red House Streaming, Lowell Beckner, and will manage the Red House Streaming studios’ in-house broadcast and A/V productions from CP’s St. Petersburg, Fla., production complex and network operations center.

On Friday at 5:15pm local time, an AM radio station that signed on the air in May 1951 will conclude its broadcast day. It won't be signing back on the air in 2022, or at any future time. The station's tower is being decommissioned, a decision the tower company that owns the structure says is a mutual one.

On December 23, Nielsen said it would move forward in January with its introduction of Broadband-Only (BBO) Homes in its local television market measurements. The Media Rating Council (MRC), which recently completed an audit of the BBO Homes, chimed in with several "perspectives" on the matter. Now, Nielsen has something to say about that.

On July 1, 2020, a management and programming agreement was reached that allowed a Class A Classic Hits station serving the tiny towns of Twisp and Winthrop to greatly expand its reach in Eastern Washington. Now, the station that has been the simulcast partner is seeing a change in control within its ownership, FCC documents show.