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Acquired in an $11 million deal in early 2018 by the former LBI Media, WGEN-8 today is one of Estrella Media's biggest over-the-air properties on the East Coast. Next week, it will begin a new chapter of serving South Florida's Spanish-speaking TV viewers, with a revamp of its daytime lineup and a focus on news.

At Spot Radio and at Spot Cable, quick-service restaurants have long been one of the more active ad categories, as seen in Media Monitors Spot Ten reports. For the week ending August 27, a new trend was seen: notable activity at Spot TV from two big QSR brands.

It's considered by many to be the leading full-power broadcast television station in the U.S. serving the Chinese-language consumer. Now, this property led by GM Jack Schwartz is unveiling "a major enhancement of its live, daily Mandarin-language news at 10pm" to its viewers in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in Sacramento.

For the past three years, he has served as Vice President of Traffic and Sales Systems for Gray Television. Now, he's poised to take on the role of SVP/Sales Operations.

Vincent Castelli has been an active buyer and seller of low-power television stations in recent years. Now, he's agreed to acquire a property serving the capital of the Sunshine State. At the same time, he's spinning another LPTV property in this city to John Kyle II.

It was the market's affiliate for The WB Network from 1998-2006 and served as the home of the UPN Network for the following two years. Now, this station, branded as "The Point," is pointing to a new future rooted in its past, as it is poised to become the new home of The CW Network in Pittsburgh.

The company led by CEO Vince Bodiford and funded by 5-Hour Energy creator Manoj Bhargava is agreeing to purchase a LPTV station serving an area of California that's recovering from a rare tropical storm. It comes concurrent to a deal that sees NewsNet acquiring a LPTV property in New England.

Digital media tech company and Hispanic-focused content vehicle Canela Media has added five linear channels to its Canela.TV platform. They come courtesy of one of Mexico's primary broadcast television companies, which has seen a fading over-the-air presence in the U.S. in recent years.

In the digital world of broadcast television today, having a UHF signal is better than having a VHF signal, as it allows for a better signal contour. This explains why both News-Press & Gazette Co. and Gray Television seek the Commission's approval to engage in upgrades of stations they own in the Mountain West.

Starting today, new free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) linear content offerings featuring programming across Telemundo Enterprises and the NBCUniversal Global Distribution library are now available on Google TV and Android TV devices in the U.S.

In mid-March, it began offering "the latest and greatest community news, happenings, and insider info" in the northern portion of the Atlanta metropolitan area and the northern areas of Charlotte, with more ZIP code-specific areas promised by Cox Media Group. Now, it is formally introducing the South's two biggest markets to Neighborhood TV.

Canadian media industry leaders are pausing to remember Phil Lind, who died on Sunday at the age of 80. He was the first programming officer for Rogers Communications, and joined the company in 1969 — playing a role in the early success of CHFI-FM while becoming a confidant to the late Ted Rogers, the company's founder.

Since March 2019, he's been a consultant focused on broadcast media sales, building on his experience as Director of Sales for WJZ-13 in Baltimore and as Station Manager of a MyNetwork TV affiliate operated by Sinclair Inc. via a shared services agreement. Now, he's joining Sinclair to lead its affiliate for The CW Network and MyNetwork TV in Milwaukee.

More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged automotive advertising across broadcast media, one of the most encouraging Spot Ten TV reports from Media Monitors has emerged.

First, it was WTVJ-6. Then, it was the ABC affiliate owned by Warren Buffett. Now, the FOX affiliate serving South Florida — a dominant local news source for 35 years — is also packing up and moving from Miami to a Broward County site. It's a move tied to the region's ceaseless growth, while climate change could be cited as a reason by some.