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It's been a busy week for Nielsen. On Monday, it revealed that it will “transform” the measurement of markets that are measured with the audio diary from a quarterly or two times a year view to year-round measurement with monthly reporting. Now, Nielsen has confirmed it is expanding its total audience measurement for local markets—a boost for TV.

A Kentucky 'Tiger' has been sold to a 'Ham' of an operator. A licensee led by Ted Tucker is parting ways with an Idaho FM, following this entity's  May 2017 Consent Decree with the FCC to resolve a matter involving the failure to operate stations in Arizona for more than a handful of days over a period of several years. These are the two deals described in detail in TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

Just in time for the 2018 Radio Show in Orlando: Here's the arrival of "an AI-powered media attribution application that tracks the efficacy of advertising in broadcast radio and television." The company bringing it to market? Veritone Inc.

On Thursday, the House E&C Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing on the “State of the Media Marketplace.” It just so happens that the NAB has filed comments with the FCC on competition in the audio programming marketplace, as part of the Commission's preparation of a Congressionally-required communications marketplace report.

South Florida has been long known as the Pirate Radio capital of America. Over the years, many translators and LPFMs have taken over -- legally -- many of the FM frequencies used over the years by pirates. It seems one of these LPFMs has a problem following the rules regarding its transmitter.

For many seasons, The New York Mets Baseball Network called trailblazing Sports Talker WFAN-AM in New York its flagship station. That relationship ended with the start of the 2014 Major League Baseball season, when WFAN -- then-owned by CBS Radio -- shifted to iHeartRadio's Talk WOR-AM.  That five-year relationship is now coming to an end, as the company led by David Field has just inked an Amazin' deal.

The owner of the MeTV broadcast television network, in addition to four other digital multicast TV offerings and the "MeTV FM" Soft Oldies brand has just launched a next-generation broadcast TV station in the Windy City. The launch saw Weigel Broadcasting team up with six technology partners.

Nielsen’s National Television Household Universe Estimates for the 2018-19 TV season have just been released. A tiny bump upward in the total has been seen. Why? Multicultural households are to thank for the growth.

Want to know the results from Nielsen's recent research into consumers' media content consumption trends? If the answer is yes, you may wish to secure your place Wednesday at an annual seminar offered by the Media Financial Management Association (MFM).

HC2 Station Group, the rapidly growing broadcast TV station owner led by Philip Falcone, has just made another acquisition. This time, it is heading to Ohio and is acquiring a Class A that has HC2's Azteca America network on a digital multicast channel — and Telemundo on its main signal.

The Radio + Television Business Report wishes you and your family a very pleasant Labor Day holiday weekend. The RBR+TVBR newsroom will resume operations on Tuesday, Sept. 4 with the distribution of the Weekly Tech Roundup at 11am and your daily newsletter following the Closing Bell on Wall Street.

Mark your calendars: The FCC's Media Bureau has finalized the dates comments and reply comments are due to the Commission in regard to MB Docket Nos. 18-214 and 12-268. That's the NPRM that, if approved, would allow low-power broadcast media and FM radio stations to get repack money from the government.

There's money being left on the table at your radio and TV stations. How so? What's said during regular programming can be translated to ad dollars, and RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson will be probing Veritone Inc.'s Paul Cramer on how broadcast media can benefit. This will take place August 30 at 1pm Eastern during a free webinar.

The recent announcement from the FCC advising the proposed expansion of the Equal Employment Opportunity FCC office with additional staff and lawyers has many licensees on edge. Media Information Bureau columnist Ken Benner has some things to say about it.

Net revenue and operating income each soared for Entercom during Q2. When factoring in discontinued operations, net income also propelled upward. How did investors react? Entercom was up by nearly 21% in mid-morning activity on the NYSE and finished at its highest price in three months.