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50 kW WPBB has deployed the Super Hi-Fi operating system and AI

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Real-time graphics and live production product creator Vizrt has named a new Chief Executive Officer, "marking the next phase of the company’s global growth." What does this mean for Michael Hallén?

The new CTO will oversee the unified structure of iSpot’s Engineering, QA, Infrastructure, Security and Data Science teams. "This alignment of core teams streamlines focus on delivering top-notch quality, reliability, accuracy, and efficiency across iSpot’s data and methodologies, all while enhancing iSpot’s commitment to measurement excellence," the company says.

You’ve heard about the legendary Forecast conference. The leaders – broadcast media's agents of change – are going. In fact, high-level executives have been gathering at the Harvard Club in New York every year since 2002. Wednesday promises to be no different. Do you have your seat secured?

An eczema drug jointly developed by pharmaceutical companies Regeneron and Sanofi continues to stand above all comers when it comes to the amount of spot plays detected last week at Spot TV.  That's according to new data from Media Monitors. How does the Spot Cable report compare?

Starting January 1, the ABC affiliate in the sprawling Tampa-Lakeland-Sebring DMA owned by The E.W. Scripps Company will have a new VP/GM, as the company has promoted from within to find its new leader.

The Cox Media Group-owned NBC affiliate serving Western Pennsylvania is preparing for a big change on its 5pm, 6pm and 11pm newscasts. On December 13, a 40-year veteran of the station's news team will depart the station.

Steve George will succeed him

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There's another change in the employee roster at the nation's No. 1 audio content creation and distribution company, and it will see a new individual take on its engineering and technology needs. After 32 years, Jeff Littlejohn will be leaving iHeartMedia.

Digital Alert Systems, Nautel and Telos officials discussed it with commission staff

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One Top Local TV Leader could not be more satisfied with his leadership roles within ABC Owned Stations, which have seen him recently relocate from Fresno to Houston. "Make no mistake, this is an amazing time to be a part of the television industry," says Michael Carr.

Broadcast Media's Most Prestigious Leadership Conference — Forecast 2025 — begins on Wednesday morning at the Harvard Club in breezy Midtown Manhattan, and the VIP-exclusive annual symposium has just secured two big names from the advertising and marketing world. 

The VP of Sales for iHeartMedia's radio properties across Amish Country and the Lehigh Valley has been promoted to Market President, putting her in charge of the company's properties in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton and Reading, Pa., radio markets.

She's the former Chief Marketing Officer of Angi Inc., and directed the rebrand of what was once Angie's List. Now, she has been tapped to serve in the role of VP and "Chief Experience Officer" for the owner of Premion and a collection of broadcast TV stations including flagship CBS affiliate WUSA9.

The goal of this exercise is to remove the opportunity for error in our systems

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Fred Jacobs says most PDs have not been taught to even consider the dynamics of metadata

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It is presently one of three signals offering listeners Country music found across a wide swath of the Keystone State under the "Froggy" brand. It covers the western portion of the Pittsburgh market; Wheeling, W. Va.; and Cadiz, Ohio. Soon, it will be another Member station tied to an Educational Media Foundation brand.

In February 2023, the estate of Tejano music pioneer and evangelical broadcast ministry owner Paulino Bernal was put in control of his wife. It was in June 2024 when the FCC received the necessary paperwork required to transfer the late owner's AMs to the family matriarch. Now, a LMS filing indicates that the estate has agreed to part ways with one of those stations.

On November 1, the call letters of a Class B1 FM serving the Columbus, Ohio, market from the southeastern suburb of Baltimore, Ohio, changed along with its programming. Now, just days after the K-LOVE Christian Contemporary non-comm network debuted under a lease deal, the network's parent is agreeing to purchase the facility.

“Turkey Tour” brings in 1.5 tons of donations

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