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Nexstar Media Group shares are poised to finish 2025 on a high note, with eight months of steady upward momentum super-charged by its announcement that it seeks to acquire TEGNA in a game-changing deal awaiting FCC regulatory approval — and a necessary local ownership rule thaw.

The NPR Member station serving the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater market and neighboring Sarasota-Bradenton and Lakeland-Winter Haven, along with its Classical sibling, have a new General Manager.

Press Communications is pressing the FCC — along with 18 other licensees of Class C and Class D AM stations — to reinstate a 2016 FM translator filing window (with minor modifications) for kHz-band properties. If granted, the rule making would allow for "substantial" FM translator transmitter site and channel moves.

A vast majority of Hispanic Americans have access to Connected TVs and most prefer streaming. As such, Connected TV platforms are a strategic place to find these consumers. That's a key insight from a look at Connected TV use and preferences courtesy of LG Ad Solutions. 

On December 18, RBR+TVBR shared the news that a station that has served the African American community in Wisconsin’s largest market since 1967 is being acquired by Civic Media. With the filing of a Form 314 in the FCC's LMS, we now know how much Sage Weil has agreed to pay for the AM.

Travel south of the Oklahoma City area and you'll come across the small cities of Chickasha, Duncan and Lawton, Okla. Here, Mollman Media has owned and operated a collection of radio stations that it has decided to sell. Who's the buyer? It is a locally based operation.

Until a few weeks ago, a 1kw daytime/20 watt nighttime AM radio station in Goodland, Ks., served the small community with an Oldies format. Then a bad storm blew through, damaging the station's transmitter. What will the station's owner do? It is opting not to repair it, and shut down this "Gold" facility.

An Arkansas Christian institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees with a focus on faith is growing its stable of stations with an offer accepted to purchase "The Fort," a Rocker that's poised to fade to black, as "Jesus Is Just Alright."

A change of setting and the company of loved ones can shift your outlook. But, respected public relations professional and "Zoom expert" Rosemary Ravinal did not anticipate that her grandson, Mo, would provide a fresh perspective on storytelling during her visit.

Chief engineer warns against continued staffing shortages in 2026 and beyond

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