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The last station owned by Don McCoy's Magic Broadcasting is being spun to a locally based owner, ensuring "Real Talk 93.3" remains the only station in Florida's capital city not owned by a national radio broadcasting group.

Bringing content everywhere is a key focal point of Jack Abernethy's efforts as CEO of FOX Television Stations. He told Florida Association of Broadcasters members his team is "meeting customers where they are, be it on linear, social or streaming, and doing it with an obsessive focus on innovation, costs and efficiency."

When will the fiscal ills end for the owner of the Global TV network and a host of cable TV channels; the Canadian version of the Pluto TV platform; and a group of radio stations including CILQ "Q107," CFNY "The Edge," and CFIQ-AM 640 in Canada's biggest market? Not in fiscal 2025, the company revealed on Thursday.

An upcoming integration with the Mixing Station App allows performers to control their own monitor mixes from iOS or Android devices. "Ideal for live music environments, this personal mixing workflow reduces reliance on FOH or monitor engineers and helps each musician fine-tune their mix for greater clarity and confidence on stage," TASCAM says.

WPLG-10 will drop its decades-long ABC affiliation on August 4. This will see Sunbeam Television launch "ABC Miami" on the DT2 signal associated with FOX affiliate WSVN-7. Thanks to a new LMA agreement, "ABC Miami" will now be seen in the market on a DT1 signal associated with a low-power TV facility.

PMJA funding also supports a new training curriculum, with a focus on small and rural stations

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"Florida’s local advertising landscape is flourishing this year," boasts BIA's Christina Hurley, who led a presentation at the FAB annual convention illustrating a healthy increase in total local advertising revenue in 2025. There's just one problem: This is being driven by media other than those who are association members.

The newest FCC Commissioner has just completed her first Open Meeting. Immediately following the short by Commission standards gathering,  Olivia Trusty shared who will serve as her Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel while welcoming three others to her office.

The nation's largest broadcast television station ownership group, which also owns the NewsNation cable TV enterprise and WGN Radio, has announced when it will release and discuss its second quarter financial results for 2025.

As Congress moves to act before its July 4 recess, former AEI visiting scholar and broadband economics expert Roslyn Layton discusses a revised spectrum bill in the U.S. Senate. In this think piece, Layton highlights why the proposal matters now—for broadband competitiveness and the restoration of FCC auction authority.