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The spin cycle is set to high, but no matter how you look at it, DISH subscribers are in the dark if they want to tune to CBS O&Os, several affiliates of The CW, and three specialty networks.

After more than a month of negotiations that left Hispanic Verizon Fios customers in the dark, the MVPD has agreed to a new retransmission fee agreement with Univision Communications. As a result, all Univision-owned stations have been restored to Fios lineups in all impacted markets.

Led by Democratic Senators Maria Cantwell of Washington and Tom Udall of New Mexico, 15 Senators are looking for a last-minute blockade of a vote set for tomorrow's November Open Meeting that is expected to pass by a 3-2 margin. This vote, the GOP-led Commission, argues, "updates the Commission's broadcast ownership and attribution rules to reflect the current media marketplace." Democrats say otherwise, and believe the FCC is assisting Sinclair in its planned merger with Tribune Media. That's why they want a recusal, and the NAB says no way.

The broadcast industry provider of fiber termination and custom fiber solutions has hired Joe Zajac as its next Business Development Manager. In that role, Zajac will work to expand Joseph Electronics' reach in the broadcast market and create new opportunities in other vertical markets.

Monroe Electronics subsidiary Digital Alert Systems (DAS) has reached a technology partnership that integrates its EAS-Net communications software with NVerzion's CloudNine video server system. As a result, users can benefit from a direct IP link between the DAS DASDEC emergency messaging platform and NVerzion's video servers to handle Emergency Alert Systems (EAS) and Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) messages.

Broadcast radio and TV technology player The Telos Alliance, parent company to Telos, Omnia, Axia, Linear Acoustic, 25-Seven, and Minnetonka, has selected its new Omnia US Sales Manager for Radio Processing. It's choice: Paul Kriegler.

Group One has appointed the former Director of U.S. territory sales for Harman International – Studer as its new Regional Sales Manager for the Calrec Audio line of digital consoles. He will be based in San Francisco.

Wedel Software and Kansas-based radio broadcasting company Rocking M Media have entered into a licensing agreement to install the MediaSales Suite to manage multi-media business, including 31 radio stations, four networks, and an advertising signage division.

"We did what we're allowed to do." That's pretty much what the FCC told the U.S. Court of Appeals' D.C. Circuit on Tuesday (11/7) with respect to the much-debated restoration of its "UHF Discount," arguing that it did so with full abidance of Federal laws.

Is David Field the radio industry's new King of the Mountain? Many on Wall Street, along with several industry observers RBR+TVBR has spoken with in 2017, say yes. Entercom's Q3 earnings results also suggest that the company's President/CEO is not only a strong leader for the company merging with CBS Radio in less than three weeks, but also a strong industry champion that can loudly tout the enduring ROI abilities of AM, FM and its digital components.

The nation's No. 2 radio broadcasting company by number of stations revealed in a Securities & Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday that a scheduled interest payment of roughly $23.6 million on its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2019 — planned for payment on Nov. 1 — wasn't paid. It's not a default, but the clock is ticking.

Dana Withers has agreed to add another radio station to the Withers Broadcasting Co. family. This time around, the station is "volunteering" to the sale. Also in TRANSACTIONS TODAY: A blueberry of a deal has closed in Maine.

Looking for a great way to make a difference for your advertisers — one that helps your stations stand out from the pack? Our Free Webinar can bring the answers! Media attribution and data analytics can help to bring you to that goal, and Veritone and RBR+TVBR have teamed up to provide you with free insights, ideas and inspiration set for delivery in a special webinar on Thursday, Nov. 9.

For 33 years, this individual led the engineering efforts of all Greater Media stations. With the company's sale to Beasley Broadcast Group, it was time for a change ... or retirement. The former was selected, and the result is the rebranding of an engineering consultancy that directly acknowledges his arrival.

A leading provider of drone services for "enterprise customers" has refined the way it wishes to work with the entire arts and entertainment industry -- including broadcast media companies. With that, Measure has launched Measure Media (M2), which the company calls "the first nationwide network of full-time drone pilots specializing in meeting the airborne storytelling needs of both small screen and big screen projects."