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A company that heavily invested in broadcast television spectrum across the end of the 2010s on Monday completed the sale of three full-power TV stations and a low-power TV translator. It marks the company's downsizing in a trio of major markets. It also heralds a turning point for a company that quietly installed a new CEO in late November.

If you watch NBC's affiliate in markets such as Buffalo and Portland, Ore., you're in no danger of facing any sort of channel change. The same can be said for NBC affiliates serving the Tampa Bay region and Columbus, Ohio. That's because the Peacock parent is starting 2021 with two valuable new affiliation agreements -- with some of broadcast TV's biggest players.

On December 10, 2019, Hubbard Radio's Seattle station group selected Jeff Dubow to serve as the new Executive Producer for the highly successful Brooke & Jubal syndicated program, mostly heard in mornings across the country. Now, Dubow is co-hosting the program heard on KQMV and on more than 50 stations through Premiere Networks.

The lone radio stations within a 30-mile radius of a small Mitchell County, Tex., town have just been sold. It's an "Extreme" transaction -- one that involves the owner of a Tejano station serving the Abilene market, and a husband-and-wife seller.

On Wall Street, a "SPAC" is shorthand for a "Special Purpose Acquisition Company." The man who once owned Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners has just formed one, and it marks his desire to establish a media company that could be the latest entity to take advantage of growth in sports gaming and content focused on the bettor, if not broader areas.

What prompted veteran Boston talk host Jordan Rich to write a book about his time behind the mic? How does he describe the demons and personal tragedies that nearly derailed his career? Rich provides the answers as he discusses his new book “ON AIR: My 50-year Love Affair with Radio,” in this InFOCUS Podcast. LISTEN HERE

"Segregation, Segmentation and Storytelling." That's the attention-getting hook for a February 16 NATPE virtual event designed to place a spotlight on the business of African American-focused television.

The Independent Broadcasters Association (IBA) released its first Financial Benchmark Analysis, with data from radio stations across the U.S. IBA called on the services of media and sports specialty accounting and advisory firm dk east associates to produce the members only report, and RBR+TVBR has an exclusive look at some of the topline results.

He began his career as a news anchor and director for a large group of radio stations. Then, he jumped to television, becoming a prime-time news anchor for some of North America's biggest media companies. This culminated in being named a lead news anchor in New York City for one of its top stations, in October 2018. Sadly, cancer has claimed Edgardo del Villar.

With the December 10 interview with Pearl TV's Anne Schelle,  the RBR+TVBR INFocus Podcast, presented by Dot.FM, has reached its 80th episode. Haven't heard them all? Listen to one of your choice by clicking the "read more" button or the story headline now!

Well-known journalist, attorney, and best-selling author Megyn Kelly was just one of the highlights for the concluding day of Radio's Financial Summit: FORECAST 2021 LIVE, as Kelly participated in an engaging conversation sponsored by Spanish Broadcasting System with Juliet Huddy, co-host of Curtis & Juliet on Red Apple Media's WABC-AM in New York.

A virtual Forecast 2021 LIVE, this year a two-day online event created due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, kicked off on Tuesday morning with an in-depth conversation on the novel coronavirus from an individual who many consider a medical authority on such topics: Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

It's a product primarily of interest to radio, especially for news gathering thanks to the advent of mobile devices that can gather audio and then have a means to transfer it to the professional audio structure of a radio station or editing system. Where there are many similar devices for analog audio, this is one of the few for AES digital.

The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report is out, and it shows that some of the nation's top retailers are continuing to pour their ad dollars into broadcast TV.

What are you waiting for? Radio's Financial Summit, Forecast LIVE, begins Tuesday. It's the virtual version of the annual Forecast conference, considered the radio industry’s premier financial summit. And, there's still time for you to attend this year's gathering of the smartest minds in media and advertising. Get access to revenue forecasts and projections and trends.