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While Polynice Fabrice is ignoring its maximum forfeiture of $144,344 by continuing to periodically use the 90.1 MHz signal for his "Radio Touche Douce," the Enforcement Bureau has successfully entered into a Consent Decree with another Miami radio pirate.

From September 2006 through September 2009, the Fort Wayne, Ind., market enjoyed a Spanish-language radio station branded as "Mega 102.3." In April 2010, a short-lived change to CHR/Pop ended, and Spanish-language programming returned to the facility. Now, some 8 1/2 years later, could the station again be saying adios to its Spanish-language programming?

Are you ready to reach your listeners through yet another platform?  Have you developed a strategy to monetize listening in an even “smarter” house? A session at Forecast 2019 in New York will allow you to get ahead of the next jump in technology.

Spin-offs have been a part of media for decades. This extends to station sales necessitated by the merger of two large companies, in order to meet federal ownership limits. In Q3, spinoffs resulting from the merger of two big radio companies and the announced merger of two big TV companies dominated the deal making.

A Kentucky-based radio broadcasting company that has emerged as a leading small and medium-sized market leader across the Keystone State has just lured the radio chairman of the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters and the now-former leader of a Philadelphia radio station just sold by Jerry Lee.

To help lure college Juniors and Seniors toward careers in broadcast media sales through a program administered by a Kansas City-area "eLearning" company, the firm behind a commonly used radio workflow software is providing a big financial boost.

How did three of the big four broadcast TV networks push out the promotion of new and returning shows as the new TV season begins? One used The New York Times. But all used AM and FM radio, showing that the power of audio can serve as a strong audience driver for visual media's over-the-air players.

Democratic House Member Jerrold Nadler has proven to be an outspoken supporter of recording artists and increased royalty payments for songwriters and performers alike. He has many detractors, including execs at Pandora. Nadler has just brewed up a new bill just days after the heralded Music Modernization Act passed Congress. This time around, radio need not worry.

A noted Macro Strategist and Economist will discuss U.S. Metro and State Ranks and Movements in an opening keynote address at the 2018 Media Credit Seminar, set for October 25.

What would a publicly traded radio broadcasting company want with a 2,500-watt Class D AM that signs off after dark, in a small New England town? Well, it has an FM translator, covering several towns north of a city where the company already owns stations. That's what makes this deal work for Saga.

When Alpha closed on its purchase of Digity LLC in late winter 2016, it made Alpha -- a Breakwater Management portfolio company -- the No. 4 radio company in America. Today, it is poised to become a smaller and more efficient operation -- without the man who created the company.

Fresh off of co-CEO Dhruv Prasad's appearance at Pillsbury's Broadcast Finance 2018 breakfast as part of the Radio Show in Orlando, the Townsquare Media executive will be jetting off to the Valley of the Sun to present at a conference focused on leveraged finance.

In a deal that surprised some media observers, Good Karma Brands two months ago emerged as the buyer of two Milwaukee stations The E.W. Scripps Co. put up for sale. Now, Good Karma has revealed that it will have a financial partner to help it complete the acquisition. Enter a family-owned media company founded in 1890.

In August 2018, the regional Mexican station in Los Angeles that stood out from the pack is LBI Media's KBUE-FM "Qué Buena". In this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast, produced for the 2018 Radio Show in Orlando, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson catches up with Mariano Amador, GSM of the radio stations owned and operated by Liberman Broadcasting in Southern California.

We know that the car is the No. 1 place where radio stations are consumed. It turns out that it is the leading locale where all audio content is consumed, new data from Edison Research find. Meanwhile, the percentage of audio consumption attributed to a soon-to-be-combined SiriusXM and Pandora was offered -- and it is significant.