On Friday, hundreds of thousands of radio listeners across the South were stunned by the news that "The ACE & TJ Show" has come to its end, and a new incarnation is already in the works. But"TJ & Riggins," the successor show, won't be airing on the Beasley Media Group FM in Charlotte on which Ace & TJ were heard.
Paperwork has been submitted with the FCC that seeks regulatory approval for a transaction in which a FM radio station licensed to Rockdale, Tex., will be transferred to the Cowboy Broadcasting Network from its current licensee.
There will be no death sentence for a 2,500-watt Class A FM serving the capital of Canada and neighbouring Gatineau, Québec. That's because Evanov Communications, with hours to spare, secured a buyer for the Ottawa radio station known as "Lite 98.5."
He was most recently the Chief Technology Officer at Allen Media Broadcasting, an arm of Allen Media Group. Now he has resurfaced at one of the nation's leading video systems integration and consulting firms as Director of Business Development and Technology.
It is licensed to serve Morris and Union Counties in northern New Jersey as a daytime-only AM radio station with an FM translator. Soon, it could be silenced for good, however. Why? The station's owner is extremely tardy with its annual FCC regulatory fees.
Misinformation is spreading rapidly in the digital universe, especially during election season. As a faculty member of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications sees it, untrustworthy hyperlinks found on news sites — some of which may be dubious, themselves — may be partly to blame.