Legacy

On Friday, new images posted by Gray Television's KPLC-7 in Lake Charles, La., show just how lucky the news team was by not broadcasting from the station. These images were coupled by new information regarding the damage sustained to the SagamoreHill-owned CBS affiliate, a low-power facility, in Lake Charles.

By 2011, with listening habits gravitating toward FM and digital audio opportunities, a change in focus came for a Class D daytimer in Boston, with Urban One yielding control of the station to an entity that eventually acquired it in 2016. Now, WILD-AM is being spun again. And, the owners will be making a "life changing" shift for the presently silent daytimer.

As of 3:30pm Central on August 26, Hurricane Laura's intensity had greatly increased, making it a fierce and potentially devastating Category 4 Hurricane headed directly toward Lake Charles, La. Gray Television's NBC affiliate sprang to action, while two radio broadcasting companies worked hard to keep listeners informed -- and their remaining staff safe.

The 1kw Class C AM and two translators offering "Faith Talk" to a city straddling the West Virginia-Ohio border have been sold. What does the buyer plan on doing with these facilities?

Want to watch the Black Media Symposium again, or for the first time? Here's how you can view this FREE hour-long online event, with links to Facebook and YouTube available for you.

In mid-April, with the COVID-19 pandemic at full tilt, RBR+TVBR's Editor-in-Chief penned a column focused on potential news burnout. "Thankfully, there is local radio, which, at one station in Detroit, has done an exemplary job of demonstrating just how valuable it is in a time of emotional need and national emergency." Today, we revisit Cumulus Media's WDVD-FM.

Are social justice initiatives designed to elevate the Black community in the U.S. "trendy," or representative of a real sea change?  What role does Black Media play in this ... and what exactly is Black Media? Key Black media leaders tackled these topics and more during Wednesday's first-ever Black Media Symposium, a RBR+TVBR online event presented by Triton Digital.

The Black Media Symposium, a free digitally-delivered event presented by Triton Digital, is at 11:30am today! Be sure to join us and click here for details and access to the event. For a quick bite of what esteemed African American journalist Roland Martin has to say about Black Media, click "read more" now!

Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink has released its most popular issue of the year. With six executives bumped off the rankings, there are new faces that made the list. Who's on top?

The data side of NEXTGEN TV is only now getting a much-deserved spotlight, and a Tuesday webinar presented by Sinclair Broadcast Group and its ONE Media 3.0 arm certainly served as a big industry platform for sharing just some of the ways broadcast TV stations can monetize from the new technology.

You have only until 5pm Eastern today to submit your nominations for our inaugural Top Local TV Leaders list. Who are America's top TV Market Managers and station GMs? It's up to you! VOTE HERE

This is one conversation you don't want to miss. We'll be discussing the issues that have challenged a nation and the media that covers it. And we'll be taking your questions. Join us on Wednesday, August 19, at 11:30am on Facebook Live and YouTube for this very special hour-long event.

In a preview of what attendees can expect to learn from the August 19 Black Media Symposium, RBR+TVBR spoke with event participant DuJuan McCoy. He's the owner of two TV stations in Indianapolis. Are there positives to being an independent operator at this time? How has 2020 impacted initial plan of action? We get the answers.

On January 31, two Indianapolis TV stations fell dark on DirecTV, as a retrans consent deal agreed to by the stations' prior ownership lapsed. Six months later, a new deal remains absent. Now, the stations' owner has taken DirecTV parent AT&T to court. He's says it is now a matter of racial discrimination. AT&T responded with a statement to RBR+TVBR.

This new series places a focus on ways to leverage “Made for Radio” standards and technologies—MPX, µMPX, MPX node, E2X, HD Radio PAR, and Virtualization—to solve nagging air-chain issues and open the door to new and easier implementations of HD Radio transmission opportunities.