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The use of a FM booster station to originate programming in order to bring Geo Broadcast Services' ZoneCasting technology to its full fruition is now wholly allowable for those operators who wish to invest in it.

The Federal Communications Commission’s Rules for an upcoming AWS-3 auction will pave the way for approximately 200 spectrum licenses to come to market. The FCC's spectrum auction authority had expired under President Biden and getting it back was a chief priority of Chairman Brendan Carr.

Deregulation. That was one of the topics the current Chairman of the FCC noted in a brief Keynote Address delivered in person on Friday at the MMTC 2025 Former FCC Chairs' Symposium. And, Brendan Carr's comments came right before a keynote from the Democrats' lone voice of dissention on the Commission.

C-SPAN CEO Sam Feist has unveiled a senior leadership realignment and a new addition to the executive team, moves he says are aimed at "enhancing organizational focus, fostering innovation, and strengthening C-SPAN’s public service in a dynamic media environment."

The FCC has voted to remove 11 "outdated and useless" rule provisions covering 39 regulatory burdens from its books as part of the “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete” docket. By taking this action, the agency "expeditiously deletes rules adopted in a bygone era" —including obsolete regulations rabbit-ear broadcast receivers.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm President Trump’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.

As scrutiny of foreign influence on media grows across Capitol Hill, the NAB is pressing for clarity and parity in how federal rules treat domestic broadcast companies compared to global streaming platforms and international media conglomerates.

From May 2018 through January 2023, she held a "sales acceleration" role at the company and was based in Chicago. Now, this radio advertising sales professional is back at Audacy Inc., and has accepted the role of Manager of Government and Political Partnerships.

The FCC's Media Bureau has entered into three individual Consent Decrees with licensees of broadcast media stations, actions that terminate and resolve "outstanding matters" and grant television license renewal applications.

The President/CEO of the NAB and its Chief Legal Officer have held their first high-level policy discussion with newest FCC Commissioner, wasting no time in pressing for long-awaited reform to broadcast ownership rules.

The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC) annual event featuring a host of former FCC Chairs and Commissioners is scheduled for July 25, and the organization has revealed just who will be participating in discussions on such topics as technology, media, and telecom.

The NAB on Wednesday announced the launch of the 2025 NAB Congressional PSA Campaign, connecting lawmakers with their constituents through impactful messages aired on local television and radio stations nationwide.

At 540 kHz from Islip, N.Y., Radio Zindagi has targeted South Asian communities with in-language programming since its return to local radio in late December 2020. That transpired with its purchase by its current licensee — an entity the FCC found to have engaged in an unauthorized change of control.

CPB is sharing the results of a newly conducted national survey that concludes voters "place more trust in public media" than media overall. And, the data show, these voters "hold a more favorable opinion of public media compared with for profit media."

With longtime D.C. attorneys David Oxenford and Mark Lipp handling the submission to the FCC, three radio broadcasting companies have offered comments to the Commission asking that its "dual band" regulatory policy for expanded band AM radio stations get a fresh look and slight modernization.