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As America mourned and recovered from the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, Premiere Networks rolled out a syndicated talk show featuring Sean Hannity. Today, the program is still going strong, and is heard on more than 650 stations.

Borrell Associates has just completed the analysis of its survey of local ad agencies, and it is now releasing the findings. What's the biggest takeaway for the radio industry, or for TV industry executives? Radio is the largest non-digital media among agencies buying and/or managing media for clients, the survey finds.

That's a question financial blog Simply Wall St. is asking about the audio media company that's home to Cadence13, Pineapple Street and what had been the Radio.com app until its rebranding to Audacy. With the company's shares on the NYSE sputtering of late, it's an interesting look at "who really controls" the company formerly known as Entercom.

Licensed to the municipality of Egypt Lake, Fla., is a Class B AM with 2,800 watts from 2 towers when the sun is up and 800 watts from 3 towers after dark. It serves the entire Tampa-St. Petersburg region, minus Polk County. Giving it a boost in central Hillsborough County is an FM translator at 101.9 MHz. Both have been sold by Neal Ardman's NIA Broadcasting. 

A 1,000-watt daytime-only AM radio station could be on the hook for a financial penalty for being delinquent with its FCC license renewal application. It's just the latest Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture handed out to a radio station that was tardy.

Eight former FCC Chairman and the first woman to serve as Acting FCC Chairs have joined the growing list of supporters who advocate for the reinstatement of a federal tax certificate program. The legislative efforts are designed to encourage investment in Radio and TV station ownership by women and minorities.

The NAB has filed comments with the Commission as part of its latest quadrennial review of broadcast ownership rules by staying the course on its quest to further deregulate the radio industry. Given the chatter around D.C. over who would take over for Jessica Rosenworcel, the NAB's words could easily fall on deaf ears.

Rickie Ricardo is being lauded for rushing to the aid of the Yankees' lead play-by-play announcer, John Sterling (pictured), late Wednesday. Ricardo's actions perhaps saved him from rising floodwaters associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida while returning home from Yankee Stadium.

The entity that today holds a majority interest in Cox Media Group has filed paperwork with the FCC that confirms a change of sorts is underway. In short, a successor corporation to Apollo Global Management is being formed, as the founding investors in AGM will relinquish their present control.

The industry's chief voice on Capitol Hill for broadcast TV and radio on Thursday left the possibility of a mask mandate open. It says a decision on mask requirements will be made in accordance with the CDC, the Nevada Governor, the Southern Nevada Health District and the Clark County Commission.

The holidays, which we all assumed would be fairly normal this year, are just around the corner and unless things get better in a hurry, will be another source of stress in the lives of listeners. Radio can help make a difference this year with more than Christmas music, says Andrew Curran, President/COO of DMR/Interactive.

Innovation. It's a word not commonly used by an owner of radio stations. But, Capital Broadcasting Co. is unique, in many ways. In this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, VP of Radio Brian Maloney offers an exclusive look inside a company that was first to embrace HD Radio and more recently helped bring NEXTGEN TV to fruition. LISTEN HERE

Regular listeners to Hubbard Broadcasting's experimental AM offering what literally is engineering maestro Dave Kolesar's iTunes playlist in "crystal clear" HD Radio may have wondered why they only received the analog signal for the station today. Kolesar tells RBR+TVBR there's a perfectly good explanation, and it involves a request from HD Radio's parent.

In New Orleans, the cleanup from Hurricane Ida's winds and heavy rain is underway. The damage to the market's radio and TV stations is now being assessed. It's not pretty.

In October 2020, Entravision Communications took a big step toward becoming a digital-first multimedia organization by acquiring a majority stake in a digital advertising company serving over 2,000 brands and agencies each month across the U.S. and Latin America. Now, Entravision has acquired all of the outstanding shares in the company, making it a wholly owned unit.