For 18 years and change, she’s been the head of sales for Fox Television Stations’ owned-and-operated station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, adding SVP/Market Manager duties in December 2014.
Now, this 35-year TV industry veteran is heading to the Pacific Northwest’s largest market to head up Fox’s O&O.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — She’s been at the FCC since 1997, and in her time at the Commission oversaw two-thirds of the Commission’s auctions. She served under nine FCC Chairs.
Now, she’s set to retire, and an Acting Deputy Chief in the Office of Economics and Analytics has been named to succeed her.
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MIAMI —NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ Telemundo Global Studios has promoted the person in charge of Production Operations and Production Design at Argentina-based Underground Producciónes to the role of SVP/GM for the recently launched Telemundo Streaming Studios operation.
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In the northern half of California’s San Joaquin Valley, pastor Juan Montes has established a Spanish-language broadcast ministry that uses a Class A FM station licensed to Chowchilla, and an FM translator in Hughson, to reach the Modesto and Merced markets, respectively.
Now, Montes’ operation is adding two additional FMs in the region.
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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act was, in the view of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), designed to promote a competitive online ecosystem that maximizes user control while guarding against illegal activities.
“The law is credited with empowering unprecedented innovation, but it is also blamed for allowing Big Tech to suppress speech and avoid liability for seemingly unchecked misinformation,” the Trump-era FCC influencer notes today.
This sets the stage for a panel discussion hosted by AEI visiting scholar Mark Jamison on proposals to reform Section 230 — and on whether the law has fulfilled its original promise.
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In a potential boost to African American-centric media company Urban One and the nation’s Hispanic and Asian-targeted radio and TV communities, McDonald’s is moving forward with what it calls “bold new investments to further reflect its diverse customers, crew members and communities in its marketing.”
It’s a four-year effort, and women-owned and LGBTQ+ platforms are also poised to benefit.
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With the merger of Tribune Broadcasting and Nexstar Media Group, ownership of one of the nation’s largest affiliates of The CW Network — KTLA-5 in Los Angeles — came to be.
Now, Nexstar and the network have inked a new deal ensuring that KTLA, and every other affiliate of The CW, keeps the relationship in place for the next several years.
Multi-year agreements have been signed that see the renewal of The CW affiliations in 37 markets. The accord includes not only 28 Nexstar-owned stations but also nine owned by companies Nexstar enjoys a shared services agreement with.
Among the latter group: WPIX-11 in New York.
Other key Nexstar affiliates of The CW Network include WDCW-50 in Washington, D.C., seen as an in-flight offering on Southwest Airlines; KDAF-TV in Dallas; and KIAH-TV in Houston.
The 37 DMAs where Nexstar owns affiliates of The CW represents 31% of the U.S. audience.
Tom Carter, Nexstar Media Group“As the nation’s largest CW affiliate group, Nexstar is very pleased to extend its longstanding relationship with the network,” said Nexstar COO/CFO Tom Carter. “The CW’s line-up of prime-time entertainment shows, coupled with Nexstar’s highly-rated local news and other market-centric programming
enables us to deliver great content to millions of viewers and exceptional value to our advertisers.”
Betty Ellen Berlamino, The CW’s EVP of Distribution, added, “We are pleased to extend our valued partnership, through a multi-year agreement, with our largest station group, Nexstar. The linear broadcast model remains the backbone of our business model and vitally important as it gives us the scale and local reach that distinguishes us in today’s marketplace as the original multiplatform network.”
It’s time again for the U.K. audio industry’s annual tech and engineering event — in a new interactive, virtual format.
Aimed at broadcast engineers, technologists, managers and program creators, Radio TechCon 2021 is set to take place Monday Nov. 29. Through a series of speakers and masterclasses, the one-day conference will dive into the technical challenges and opportunities facing the U.K. radio and audio industry.
“Radio TechCon is vital for ensuring that the technical industry in radio and audio is able to come together to share ideas, learn and celebrate successes during these complex times,” says Aradhna Tayal, director of TBC Media Ltd., a radio and audio event company and organizer of Radio TechCon.
David Lloyd at a previous TechCon.This year’s conference will be a virtual one due to ongoing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, she said.
In preparation for this year’s event, the Radio TechCon team has released videos from previous TechCon events on their website, including sessions on audio acoustics, wireless technology, voice control and radio wattage power issues.
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LOS ANGELES — Ten free ad-supported streaming television, or “FAST,” channels have been added to the Local Now platform recently unveiled by the Byron Allen-controlled Allen Media Group.
The FAST offerings come courtesy of a new agreement with The E.W. Scripps Co.
It sees the expansion of local news by adding to the Local Now streaming platform the following Scripps O&Os:
The partnership is not inclusive of all non-Ion properties owned by Scripps. For instance, WKBW-7 in Buffalo is not included in the Local Now arrangement.
Local Now SVP/GM Michael Senzon noted, “Scripps’ focus on growing audiences and revenue in the free streaming space is smart and we’re happy to be in business with them.”
As Scripps Local Media President Brian Lawlor sees it, “Scripps is committed to serving its audiences with the essential news and information they need, whenever and wherever they consume it. With more consumers turning to streaming platforms to access the local content that helps inform their day-to-day lives, we’re looking forward to expanding our commitment to them by adding Scripps local TV stations to Local Now’s growing roster of news and entertainment.”
On Friday (5/14), the Board of Directors of Audacy approved a restatement of three specific company plans and/or policies.
An SEC filing made following Wednesday’s Closing Bell on Wall Street explains what transpired.
Amendments to the three documents were needed in order to formally recognize the change of the company’s name from Entercom Communications Corp. to Audacy, Inc..
These documents are the Audacy Nonemployee Director Compensation Policy; the Audacy Equity Compensation Plan; the Audacy Employee Stock Purchase Plan; and the Audacy Acquisition Equity Compensation Plan (formerly the QLGG 2017 Stock Incentive Plan).
The amendments coincide with the 2021 annual Audacy shareholders meeting, which saw the ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2021 calendar year.
The meeting also saw the election of David Levy as a Class A Director, in Board Class I, for a three-year term; Weezie Kramer and Susan Neely were each elected as a Director, in Board Class I, for a three year-term.
That’s not the only news Audacy shared with the SEC.
On Wednesday (5/19), it filed Articles of Amendment with Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State to amend and restate Audacy’s Articles of Incorporation. They consolidate all prior amendments, and in particular removes references to multiple series of preferred stock which are no longer outstanding: Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock; Series A Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock; and Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock.
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