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The nation's chief lobbying voice Inside the Beltway for radio and television broadcasters has slammed the FCC for suggested regulatory fees for fiscal year 2021 it calls "unsustainable."

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The E.W. Scripps Company has promoted the Director of Sales for its NBC affiliate serving Colorado Springs to the role of VP/GM.

A new retransmission consent agreement has finally come to fruition for a trio of broadcast TV stations that went dark on GCI systems in Alaska on Jan. 1, 2021.

... and the Catz, too.  Meredith, who gained full control of Powell Meredith Communications Company in a 2009 divorce settlement, is selling a 40-watt FM translator serving an Arizona community to the northwest of Phoenix.

It seems the creditors to the regional sports networks owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group that recently took on the Bally Sports brand through a wide-ranging integrated partnership with the gaming company are in the process of signing non-disclosure agreements to start talks on lowering the RSN's $8 billion debt load.

Some 60 miles from Omaha is the town of Firth, Neb. Here, a Class A Sports Talker is trading hands, with paperwork filed following the May 11 signing of an asset sale agreement.

Shares of Black consumer-centric Urban One improved by 27 cents, to $4.87, on a day when nearly every media company stock price dipped -- swept up in inflation fear worries. The Dow Industrials were down by 2%, to 33,587.66. The Nasdaq index was down by 2.7%, to 13,031.68.

Big retailers aren't exactly plentiful when it comes to spot TV advertising. However, one nationally recognized department store chain opted to use broadcast TV to perhaps drum up some Mother's Day register ring-ups.

More than 60 international companies from the broadband and media industry are involved as digital partners and will present themselves to congress participants in interactive digital showrooms.

The big reveal for Nexstar Media Group is that its "Distribution Fee Revenue," a.k.a. retransmission consent dollars, are far and away the greatest revenue driver -- significantly surpassing core ad revenue, which slipped in Q1.

The New York Festivals Radio Awards has named three content creators and "global storytellers" to the Radio Awards Advisory Board.

GroupM's Global President of Business Intelligence, Brian Wieser, took a close look at the recently announced blockbuster merger between Univision Communications and Televisa, fueled by the U.S.-based Hispanic-focused multimedia company. His assessment suggests Televisa-Univision will need to spend a lot of money to make a lot of money.

Due south of Shreveport is the city of Mansfield, La. It's home to a Class A station licensed to Leon Hunt and his Hunt Broadcasting. Soon, it will be licensed to a new owner.

A Senior VP at Xperi has been selected to lead a NAB Show Premiere session scheduled for Monday (4/19) on the application of radio broadcasting in IoT and smart cities.