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Improved leverage and expectations for healthy growth in fiscal 2025 have led S&P Global Ratings to upgrade its rating on the parent company of ESPN and ABC Owned Stations. That's good news for The Walt Disney Co., which has seen its stock rise  by $30 per share since mid-August.

The acquisition brings a new life to the popular LPFM vertical antenna.

Americans appreciate the benefits of digital life and are excited by the potential of generative AI, but respondents feel it’s up to tech providers to dispel lingering concerns about data privacy and security. That's the key conclusion from a newly released report from Deloitte that paints a vivid portrait of today's connected consumer.

He's been with the station since 1987, when Gaylord Broadcasting sold it to Gillett and some six years prior to its affiliation switch from CBS to FOX, at which time it became a foundational O&O property today within Fox Television Stations. Now, this individual, today in the role of VP/News Director, is planning to retire from "FOX 13 Tampa Bay."

The company ceased manufacturing its Digital ENDEC model 3644

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Parts availability and a "bursty" market for EAS equipment are cited for the company ceasing the manufacture of the popular EAS unit.

The organization argued that the repeated "misstatement" of its name led to “improper dismissal”

The post FCC Dismisses Conn. LPFM Hopeful Suffering an Identity Crisis appeared first on Radio World.

At the end of 2024, Jan Wade will call it a career. What does this mean for the leadership of a Hearst Television station serving Milwaukee? That role is going to an individual who succeeded Ariel Roblin as KETV-TV in Omaha's President/GM more than four years ago.

WorldCast weighs long-term environmental objectives

The post Sustainability Is Not Just a Trend But a Necessity appeared first on Radio World.

After nearly five years, creditors owed funds by the former radio station licensee led by Doris and Monte Miller will be getting their dollars. It is thanks to successful litigation that involved one of the biggest law firms on the West Coast.

New market research from WARC and radio station owner Audacy explores the perceptual barriers that are driving the gap between audio advertising spend and audio consumption in the U.S. "This white paper challenges long-held assumptions and demonstrates audio's ability to drive multi-platform, full-funnel impact for advertisers."

An FM signal covering cities to the east of Phoenix including Mesa, Chandler and rapidly growing Queen Creek, Ariz. — linked to an all-important FM translator atop Shaw Butte in the heart of the Valley of the Sun — is now in the hands of a first-time husband-and-wife ownership team.

The Copyright Royalty Judges who sit on the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board have approved a cost of living adjustment to the royalty rate that certain noncommercial radio stations at secular educational institutions must pay next year. The rates are for stations not affiliated with NPR.

The Senior VP of Streaming Sales at Fox Television Stations is welcoming an individual who has joined the team by taking the Vice President of Streaming Sales role. He'll also be taking a key position designed to boost OTT platform ad revenue for the FOX unit.

The individual who serves as Area President for 10 iHeartMedia radio stations across the Constitution State is calling it quits, as the company has announced he will retire at the end of 2024, concluding a nearly 40-year career in broadcasting.

Townsquare Media CEO Bill Wilson participated on Tuesday morning at the BofA Securities’ Leveraged Finance Conference at the Boca Raton Resort and pulled no punches when it comes to broadcast radio's ongoing core revenue woes. As he shared with attendees, the broadcast business is in a slow, secular decline, with National never coming back. 

Applications are open for Exhibitors to participate in "Futures Park," a global showcase for research and development of broadcast, media and entertainment technology at the 2025 NAB Show, taking place April 6-9, 2025 in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Until now, it has simulcast the programming of WYCR-FM in the York, Pa., market, for listeners in nearby Lancaster. Soon, that will end, with the word of God coming to this 250-watt FM facility in Amish Country.

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Letter decision affirms the dismissal of an application filed during the 2023 LPFM Filing Window