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"High efficiency." "Low wind load." "Reliability." Those are traits many broadcasters note of Dielectric's many products. Now, broadband pylon TV antennas are coming for FM broadcasters to enjoy.

A thirty-year promotions management software company and a company dedicated to offering integrated digital marketing solutions for media companies are partnering up.

A veteran radio industry figure who once served as OM of WIP/Philadelphia and Station Manager of WBZ-AM in Boston has decided to say "Good Morning Baltimore" to his staff one final time come March 31.

The owner of the KLOVE and Air1 Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) noncommercial networks wanted a big FM between San Antonio and Victoria, Tex. The company that owns this FM said OK — so long as it could get an asset in a Top 30 market it's been leasing in return. Educational Media Foundation agreed. As such, Alpha Media is gaining another FM signal in its home market.

Salem Media Group will hold its annual stockholders meeting at its principal executive offices, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, on the first Wednesday in May. The announcement comes on a day when the company's shares were dipping from a three-year high on Wall Street. 

A well-known Netherlands-based provider of broadcast software products to radio and television companies has agreed to suspend all of its operations in Russia. The decision was sparked by the ongoing war in Ukraine, which saw the Russian military destroy the main broadcast communications tower in Kyiv, the nation's capital.

An AM/FM pair serving a small city due north of Amarillo is being spun. The deal value includes the studio building and land, station equipment and the broadcast tower.

It's another steady-as-she-goes week for advertisers using national radio to reach consumers. That said, a popular heritage convenience store chain is now in the Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report ... and it's a place we paid $3.59 a gallon for gasoline while visiting St. Petersburg, Fla., on Friday.

Broadcasting, digital media and publishing revenue was up. And, total operating expenses were down. The result? Salem Media Group's Q4 net income roared ahead, year-over-year.

With the three FM stations that had been poised to go to VCY America in a court-ordered sale administered by Larry Patrick back in his possession, thanks to a Nevada Bankruptcy Court order, Ed Stolz's next move is to figure out how to retain the FM trio while continuing to operate a Las Vegas AM that's been out of the headlines — until now. That's thanks to the FCC Enforcement Bureau.

Curtis LeGeyt, CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, will provide the opening keynote on June 22 at the Hispanic Radio Conference. The conference will be presented June 22-23 in Miami at the Intercontinental at Doral.

The three-way partnership that brings Accuweather content to some of America’s most important and influential radio stations has been extended and also expanded via a new multi-year agreement between AccuWeather, Audacy and United Stations.

The worst may be behind Audacy Corp. as its stock continues its climb from pandemic-era depths that seemingly continued up to February 22. Since then, AUD shares are up by more than one dollar per share.

Sean Compton returns to the InFOCUS Podcast to share more about WGN’s resiliency and rebirth in Chicago. He talks about the No. 1 performance of John Williams in middays and Bob Sirott in mornings, and the ongoing growth in afternoons; letting nighttime legend John Landecker be himself; and thanking Rollye James for turning a temporary gig into a long-term late-night program. LISTEN HERE

The broadcasting company controlled by Apollo Global Management with radio stations in four Florida markets, in addition to three other cities, and a collection of television stations that even includes the NBC and CBS affiliates in Eureka-Arcata, Calif., has inked a multi-year renewal with the nation's dominant audience measurement and consumer data analytics provider.