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With the release on Thursday afternoon of a Public Notice, the Media Bureau of the FCC formally commenced the 2022 Quadrennial Review of the Commission’s media ownership rules. Accordingly, the Bureau seeks comment, by law, on whether the media ownership rules presently in place remain “necessary in the public interest as the result of competition.”

With a historic winter weather system predicted to wreak havoc on holiday travel through the end of Friday night, many travelers are preparing for the worst when it comes to hiccups and headaches. On Wall Street, turmoil of its own was seen as investors scurried from the Nasdaq and NYSE.

In June 2022, Audio Division Chief Al Shuldiner rescinded the grant for an FM translator built outside the parameters of what the licensee was authorized to do. That’s a big no-no under FCC rules, yet the licensee requested that reconsideration of the Media Bureau decision be given. Shuldiner said no.

Twenty-nine months ago, "the only radio network covering the South Asian population" acquired its first property east of the Mississippi River. Now, a change is in the air, one that will bring new "Light" to the AM, putting an end to Radio Punjabi on that facility.

With just 50 watts, Central Coast Public Radio has attempted to serve Santa Barbara, Calif., with its unique blend of Americana music in morning drive, along with NPR spoken word programming. But, its same-signal status with the main NPR station serving San Diego has been regularly problematic. Now, SLO-focused Central Coast Public Radio is giving up the fight.

In January 2020, Bob Elliot engineered a deal that sent a 6kw Class A FM serving such Mitten State communities as Jonesville and Hillsdale, Mich., to a company headed by Bill Sours. Now, Sours is making a small profit on his investment.

Add a community college in Western New York to the list of colleges that will soon shed its 880-watt Class A facility — to a religious institution expanding again.

In this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, Skyview Networks President/CEO Steve Jones speaks with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson about the hot topics for Radio at CES 2023, and how one can snag an invite to that special radio industry reception at this year's conference and expo. LISTEN HERE

The Jamestown, Rhode Island-headquartered company devoted to determine what people are listening to while on the road in a vehicle has expanded its patent portfolio, adding a sixth to its collection. This patent is for a product focused on in-vehicle media content monitoring and report generation.

Kelly is a media measurement leader whose work dates back to Arbitron. His exit from Nielsen Audio is reportedly tied to a larger reduction-in-force effort.

For more than 13 years, he served as SVP/West Coast Sales for Premiere Networks. Prior to that, he was National Advertising Director for the Los Angeles Times Media Group, where he was also General Manager for the L.A. Times’ BrandX offering. Now, this media ad sales pro is taking a post at Key Networks. 

With a delisting notice all but imminent short a reverse stock split, Audacy Corp. shares on Monday slumped to their lowest closing price yet, on heavier-than-usual trading volume. It puts further pressure on President/CEO David Field and CFO Rich Schmaeling to bring a NYSE solution to the company.

Dan Bongino was vaccinated. But, he had deep reservations about his employer's forced vaccination policy, and was very vocal about it. In fact, there was much industry chatter that he would exit Cumulus Media as a result of their vaccination enforcement. While all of that chatter fizzled, it has now surfaced that Bongino isn't planning to stick around Cumulus much longer.

Following an extremely successful first year, the Radio Masters Sales Summit is set to return in 2023 — in an exciting new location. The in-person conference, presented by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink in partnership with The Center for Sales Strategy, returns September 13-14, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The individual presently serving as General Manager for Salem Media Group's radio properties serving Arkansas' state capital will soon be taking on similar responsibilities for the company's stations in the nation's third-largest market.