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Megyn Kelly became a household name as a FOX News journalist. Today, she’s the host of the podcast The Megyn Kelly Show.

The well-known journalist, attorney, and best-selling author was just one of the highlights for the concluding day of Radio’s Financial Summit: FORECAST 2021 LIVE, as Kelly participated in an engaging conversation sponsored by Spanish Broadcasting System with Juliet Huddy, co-host of Curtis & Juliet on Red Apple Media’s WABC-AM in New York.

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SiriusXM announced a new automotive partner for its 360L hybrid radio platform.

The company said Maserati has made SiriusXM with 360L a standard feature in its 2021 vehicles in the United States.

“Maserati becomes the first manufacturer to make SiriusXM with 360L a standard feature in its vehicles,” it stated.

Like other hybrid radio systems, the 360L platform combines satellite and streaming content delivery. The company highlights its personalization and on-demand benefits not available in the more familiar one-way satellite service.

SiriusXM has made 360L-related announcements with other carmakers this year including BMW, GM and Audi.

Maserati owners will get a 12-month trial subscription to SiriusXM’s All Access package.

[Related: “Entercom Joins the DTS Connected Radio Ecosystem”]

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Entercom’s Radio.com digital platform is now part of Xperi’s DTS Connected Radio hybrid radio ecosystem.

The announcement gives insight into how Xperi is positioning its system. Senior VP, Radio Joe D’Angelo was quoted: “DTS Connected Radio continues to build on its mission to give today’s car-owners the visually rich, immersive listening experience they expect from the digital dash, while ensuring broadcaster editorial control.”

The platform recently came to market in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, and Xperi says more vehicle launches are pending.

For Entercom, the benefits here are “increased engagement, expanded reach and turnkey management and control of content for each of our local broadcasters,” according to VP, Corporate Business Development David Rosenbloom.

[Related: “Hybrid Radio Picks Up Momentum”]

With the hybrid system, Radio.com radio stations will appear with artwork, artist and album information and playlists. The DTS system allows listener personalization and also provides “service following” capability — when a vehicle drives out of broadcast range, it switches in the background to the online version.

The companies said the integration also means economies of scale. Radio.com is home not only to Entercom’s 230 stations but hundreds of affiliates.

With this new relationship, they said in the announcement, “Broadcasters can easily integrate and manage their services, station information, and streams in one place via the RADIO.COM platform integration, all while maintaining control of their content, with all changes reflected in vehicles with DTS Connected Radio.”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — What do the father of a former FCC Commissioner and interim Chairman, a current FCC Commissioner, and a now-retired highly esteemed communications law of counsel for Foster Garvey have in common?

All are “champions of digital equality,” and were honored Wednesday for their efforts by the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council.

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Two days ago, Beasley Media Group revealed that its Director of Sales for its cluster stations in New England’s biggest market was rising to the corporate level position of VP/Sales for the entire radio broadcasting company.

On Wednesday, Tina Murley’s successor was revealed.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — She founded the company presently known as Urban One and run by her son, Alfred Liggins III.

On Tuesday, Cathy Hughes was recognized for her 40 years of service to African American media consumers on Capitol Hill.

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The Radio.com app, Entercom’s answer to iHeartRadio, is getting a big in-dash boost thanks to Xperi-owned DTS

As of today, Radio.com is now integrated into DTS Connected Radio.

The new in-dash product recently came to market in the latest Mercedes-Benz S-Class, and more vehicle launches are on the way.

DTS Connected Radio is a global hybrid radio platform and has been “purpose-built to deliver consistent and reliable services in all countries while ensuring control of the broadcaster’s content and secure content delivery,” Entercom notes.

“DTS Connected Radio continues to build on its mission to give today’s car-owners the visually rich, immersive listening experience they expect from the digital dash, while ensuring broadcaster editorial control,” added Joe D’Angelo, Xperi’s Radio SVP. “Radio.com’s integration is another example of global broadcaster support of DTS Connected Radio and our commitment to deliver today’s most modern and robust in-cabin infotainment experience to OEMs around the world.”

DTS Connected Radio allows continued station listening from local Entercom broadcast stations via streams provided by Radio.com when the vehicle drives out of broadcast range.

In addition, the integration means “significant economies of scale” for Entercom and its broadcast partners, as stations “can easily integrate and manage their services, station information, and streams in one place.”

In addition to DTS Connected Radio, Xperi’s automotive technologies include DTS AutoSense, and HD Radio.

Nautel has snagged another big contract to provide FM transmitters in Turkey.

The company is supplying 30 NVLT FM transmitters to Turkish Radio-Television Corp. with the option to purchase 12 more if needed.

These transmitters are all 5 kW models. The transmitters will be deployed at key locations throughout the country next year.

“Based in Ankara, TRT provides five regional and six national radio services as well as six AM radio broadcasts,” Nautel noted in its announcement.

“Additionally, Voice of Turkey provides shortwave programming in 32 languages. TRT radio is available on internet, satellite and cable as well as terrestrial services.”

In 2009, Nautel won a contract for 224 FM transmitters in a range of power levels up to 20 kW, and it supplied three 300 kW MW transmitters to TRT in 2008-2009. It said its transmitters have been “used to modernize a large portion of Turkey’s national FM Radio infrastructure.”

Yusef Tasdemir is the head of the Transmitter Operations Department at TRT. Ilker Aydin Akin is sales manager for Europe, Russia and Israel at Nautel.

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Her name is Noemy Rodriguez, and she is the operator of Alcon Media.

And, her business is purchasing a full-power FM and an FM translator serving a market in Southeastern Washington known for its agricultural community, wineries and a large population of Hispanic immigrants.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some five years ago, in support of a goal to preserve a vacant channel for use by white space devices and wireless microphones, the FCC proposed rules for television stations applying for a new, displacement, or modified facility in the television band.

Now, largely due to “other actions” the Commission has taken to support white space devices and wireless mics, GN Docket No. 12-268 has been terminated.

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