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Aaron Read believes the car mandate legislation debate misses an important point

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The owner and manager of Broadcast Industry Group LLC has agreed to sell a trio of AM radio stations in Arkansas — along with their respective FM translators. The buyer may sound familiar to those following the future of a collection of AM and FM properties associated with Monte Spearman's HPRN Network.

The JIC said each of the three providers met the JIC's baseline threshold for transactability across Total Households, Advanced Audiences and Personified Demographics. The evaluation was conducted by data, analytics and research leaders representing media agencies, national TV publishers and independent consultants.

In less than two months, a broadcast ministry led by Rick Snavely has completed its purchase of a 13kw Class B FM reaching Pittsburgh from the northwest and parts of Youngstown, Ohio — a transaction brokered by Michael J. Bergner of Bergner & Co.

With the OK from the FCC, HC2 would become the owner of KADO-CD in Shreveport, La., with a deal to purchase the station from Word of Life Ministries finalized. Serving as HC2's broker of record is Greg Guy of Tideline Partners LLC.

Anna Gómez last week met with representatives from two public advocacy groups who are battling the Carr Commission for a Media Bureau decision to initiate an early license renewal process for the eight ABC Owned Stations — a move the groups believe is an "unconstitutional assault on the freedom of the press."

It is being hailed as a "landmark partnership," and it comes as the sport continues to gain momentum beyond high school and collegiate sporting venues ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The deal creates a first-of-its-kind audio media category for USA Lacrosse and includes exclusive content opportunities.

Distribution has always been carried as a fixed cost, a line item managed down rather than a platform that earns. Moving to IP changes that math. Uplinks, edge storage and dish permitting come off the balance sheet, and ad insertion moves into the cloud where localization becomes a revenue conversation instead of an engineering one.

A key provider of streaming, digital, data, graphics and officiating products and services for media, entertainment, and sports has announced a series of key senior leadership moves that it believes will enable it to extend its market leadership and impact in the Americas and Europe.

At IBC2026, Softron released the "M|8IP" — a bundle combines Macnica's 100GbE MEP100 SmartNIC with eight licenses of Softron MovieRecorder 5. This, they say, offers broadcasters and media professionals a ready-to-deploy platform for moving real-time video, audio and metadata between macOS applications and standards-based IP networks.