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The broadcast ministry led by the Wildmon family for decades is expanding again. This time, it is agreeing to purchase a Class C3 noncommercial FM serving Iowa's largest market. It's a facility presently devoted to serving the Black community — and that's poised to change.

CBS Television Network Affiliates Association members shared with members of the Media Bureau their unease over the long-pending transfer of control of Paramount Global to Skydance Media. In particular, they advocated that conditions associated with any merger approval order should be designed to strengthen local stations.

Veteran radio engineer returns to the New York market

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“As Red Apple Media continues to enlarge its footprint in radio, we recognized a need for an engineering specialist with insights that will bolster our growth strategy as we identify properties for our expansion,” said John Catsimatidis, owner and Chief Executive Officer.

While some industry observers may ask why Upfront Week persists, one thing is for certain: NBCUniversal likely has no plans to cease its Upfront negotiation cycle's pomp and circumstance, given the windfall of dollars it has attracted for its 2025-2026 content window.

It's a private equity group based in New York that placed its dollars in enterprises "supporting the future of technology." This includes sectors such as media and entertainment. Now, this entity using rented workspaces at 45 Rockefeller Plaza is seeking the FCC's approval to buy a group of Monte Spearman's radio stations.

At 540 kHz from Islip, N.Y., Radio Zindagi has targeted South Asian communities with in-language programming since its return to local radio in late December 2020. That transpired with its purchase by its current licensee — an entity the FCC found to have engaged in an unauthorized change of control.

CPB is sharing the results of a newly conducted national survey that concludes voters "place more trust in public media" than media overall. And, the data show, these voters "hold a more favorable opinion of public media compared with for profit media."

FOX News is moving ahead with a new media expansion effort that includes a licensing agreement with the "Ruthless" podcast which will be aligned with the division’s existing roster of on-demand audio offerings. This will see FOX News Digital's President and Editor-in-Chief add New Media to his role.

Alex Mackensen shares a stunning pic of an EMF tower

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