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It's betting season ... sort of. With NCAA college football and the National Football League each kicking off their 2024 seasons and Major League Baseball heading into playoff mode, wage making is likely to increase. DraftKings wants it to be the place where those wishing to make a bet on a sports outcome will go with their dollars.

For fiscal year 2024, the Commission is required to collect a grand total of $390,192,000 in regulatory fees, payable through a collection of forfeitures for rule violations and, largely, through a fee schedule. This fee schedule has been adopted by the Commission, albeit with reservations from the senior Republican Commissioner at the FCC.

The Media Bureau of the FCC has gone ahead and established a window of opportunity for the public to chime in on the proposed transaction that will make the parent of CBS News & Stations wholly owned by Skydance Media, following its purchase of National Amusement, Inc., from Shari Redstone.

Public, commercial and non-com stations in the country are working to meet the 2026 shut-off date

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It was only a matter of time. DirecTV, which has been on a media blitz since it failed to secure a fresh carriage agreement with The Walt Disney Co. prior to the September 1 expiry deadline, has submitted a "Good Faith Negotiation Complaint" with the FCC.

This Forfeiture Order finds that the licensees of 19 station groups willfully and repeatedly failed to comply with the limits on commercial matter in children's programming and affirms a total forfeiture of $3,334,000.

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By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau establishes the pleading cycle in the proceeding to review the applications for transfer of control of Paramount Global.

A Gray Television-owned station serving the Cape Girardeau, Mo.-Paducah, Ky., television market had gotten the FCC's go-ahead to make a VHF-to-UHF shift.  But, time was running out, and as such needed FCC approval to negate the move. That OK just came from the head of the Video Bureau.

It's being touted as "a groundbreaking leap forward" by XGen Network (XGN), which has been pushing the development of 5G Broadcast in the U.S. The world's first demonstration of ancillary data delivery to a road sign using the technology has been conducted.

Lakes Media LLC says the translator is causing noise to its full-power FM

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Nearly two years ago, the FCC handed Sinclair Broadcast Group and a host of its shared services partners, including Cunningham Broadcasting, a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the millions of dollars for apparent FCC violations of its Children’s TV programming rules. Now, the Commission has affirmed the huge fine over GOP objections.

In late May, RBR+TVBR first reported on the planned sale of a Class A FM licensed to Cuney, Tex., that served as the home of a NPR Member station which ultimately proved unsuccessful. The station shut down under an STA. Now, the University of Texas at Tyler has found a buyer, thanks in part to broker Greg Guy of Tideline Partners and Scott Fybush of Fybush Media.

It is the owner and operator of 81 radio stations led by President Peter Tanz and founded by the late Duke Wright. Its markets range from Nashville to tiny Holland, Mich. Now, Midwest Communications is seeking regulatory approval for its purchase of two additional stations in the Mitten State.

Melodies from seven-voice vocal groups remain a staple

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As expected, the conservative-leaning cable TV news brand that is also in the radio syndication realm thanks to “The Newsmax Daily with Rob Carson” has confidentially filed with the SEC an offering statement.  As such, Newsmax expects to conduct an initial public offering "later this year or in early 2025."

It may sound like a bold prediction or crafty marketing language, but the company known for its ownership of National Post, news and entertainment portal Canoe.com and the Sun brand of tabloid publications says it will launch a studio as part of "an ambitious project aimed at transforming the Canadian media landscape" in the wake of the Online Streaming Act's passage.

She's known across the radio industry for her programming roles at such stations as WRKS "98.7 Kiss FM" in New York and WPOW "Power 96" in Miami and most recently served as Director of Operations for Cox Media Group's South Florida radio properties. Now, Jill Strada is settling in to a new role with a group of Atlanta radio stations.