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The Florida Association of Broadcasters has a new President/CEO, and succeeds longtime leader Pat Roberts, who announced his retirement in 2025 and will now serve as President Emeritus.

Jimi Gibson, the VP of Brand Communication at Thrive Internet Marketing Agency, spent two decades as a creative director. Now, he’s here to send the message that “invisible owners create invisible companies” — and how this matters for broadcast media. Gibson explains the reasons why in this InFOCUS Video Podcast.

There's a new VP of Network Marketing at Weigel Broadcasting, the owner of an unaffiliated TV station in the Windy City, Milwaukee's CBS affiliate, and a collection of large digital multicast networks including MeTV Network.  It's an expanded role in which he will oversee the company's marketing strategy and audience engagement plans.

Gray Media has closed on a private placement of $70 million of aggregate principal amount of its 7.250% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2033. The “additional notes,” as Gray calls them, were sold to accredited investors at a price of par plus accrued interest from and including February 15, 2026, the company said.

For more than a decade, Gray Media and the former Raycom Media, prior to Raycom's merger with Gray, provided back-office services to five television stations licensed to a company founded in 2003 by Thomas B. Henson. Gray and Raycom also produced local newscasts for four of the stations. Now, Gray is buying them.

RBR+TVBR's Editor-in-Chief discusses with Ribeye Media Chief Growth Officer Jennifer Scilabro how the ad-tech platform powering more than 100 local television stations helps them in monetizing their digital and streaming offerings through unified spot sales. It's all here in this 20-minute video report.

There's more to come in the six months ahead from MediaCo, and in this encore video podcast, presented by dot.fm, Chief Revenue Officer Brian Fisher chats with RBR+TVBR from New York to discuss the continue value and power of audio and video brands superserving multicultural and diverse audiences.

Class B WWKL(FM) is part of $2.25 million deal

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Dallas McCade, Loran Smith, Greg Street, Joel Williams and Marcy Williams to be inducted

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Cox Media Group has hired a Vice President of Local Revenue and Client Growth for its group of radio stations, a move the Apollo Global Management-controlled entity sees as "reinforcing the company’s strategic focus on strengthening client partnerships and accelerating revenue growth for both CMG and its clients."