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The latest Spot Ten Cable report is out courtesy of iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors, and three big brands showed their might for the week ending May 4. By play count, the spot leader is a big home improvement retailer.
Brooklyn Pirate’s Landlord Warned By FCC
4 days 2 hours ago
There's a pirate radio broadcast operation in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, and the FCC is going after the property owner after being unable to discern who the FM buccaneer is. Now, the landlord could be held culpable under the "PIRATE Act."
Adam Jacobson
Nevada Satellite TV Market Modification Gets Error Fix
4 days 5 hours ago
The Senior Deputy Chief in the FCC Media Bureau's Policy Division has allowed Elko County, Nev., to correct its request to modify the satellite television markets of a group of Reno, Nev., broadcast stations. This would allow carriage in the region of the Silver State of stations based in Nevada.
Adam Jacobson
Digital Alert Systems Warns of Risks in Software-Only EAS Proposal
6 days 15 hours ago
Concerns center on certification gaps, cybersecurity and burdens on small broadcasters
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Nick Langan
Audacy Names New CIO as CTO Sarah Foss Departs
6 days 15 hours ago
Steve Rollins will head IT and technical operations
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RW Staff
Read What NPR’s CEO Said in Reaction to Trump’s Order
6 days 16 hours ago
"We will challenge this executive order using all means available"
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RW Staff
Northeast of Cleveland, A Deal That’s Spun ‘Gold’
6 days 16 hours ago
It's a 6kw Class A FM serving an area of Northeast Ohio between Mentor and Ashtabula, and airs a regional Oldies format that in the 4pm hour featured Detroit act 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) and the America track "Daisy Jane." Soon, this unique Oldies station will be in the hands of a new owner.
Adam Jacobson
Wax Poetic: Simington, New Chief of Staff Want ‘Reverse Comps’ Reform
6 days 16 hours ago
Nathan Simington and his new Chief of Staff, Adam Wax, have joined together for an opinion piece for an online news organization in which they emphatically support the FCC's investigations into CBS over alleged "news distortion." At the same time, Wax and Simington want big changes to "reverse compensation."
Adam Jacobson
Disney’s Future ‘Sports First’ vMVPD Offers Cloudy Visibility
6 days 17 hours ago
As 2025 began, Fubo agreed to its purchase by The Walt Disney Co. Now, the company led by CEO David Gandler has released its Q1 2025 results, perhaps its last first quarter fiscal report as an independent "sports first" vMVPD. The details are a bit cheerful. It's the Q2 visibility that's a bit glum.
Adam Jacobson
Trump Actions “Could Collapse Our Nation’s Public Media System”
6 days 20 hours ago
The head of Nashville Public Radio shows how seriously pubcasters are taking the threat
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Paul McLane