Headlines
FCC’s ‘Delete’ Initiative Prompts Industry-Wide Call To Cut Legacy Regulations.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said nothing was off the table when last month he launched a “massive” new deregulatory initiative titled “Delete, Delete, Delete.”
Abolishing Ownership Rules Tops NAB’s Long List of FCC Rules to Delete
Sunsetting ATSC 1.0, reducing paperwork, cutting rules relating to children’s programing, EEO and other areas, and updating EAS are among the many NAB proposals
BIA
BIA Advisory Services Names New Forecasting VP As Ovadia Exits
BIA Advisory Services has named Senan Mele as Vice President of Forecasting and Data Analysis, succeeding Nicole Ovadia, who Radio Ink has learned has exited the company to pursue a new opportunity after three years in the role.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Group linked to law firm challenges sale of Sinclair TV stations
The advocacy group Frequency Forward has asked for a hearing on the transfer of licenses and challenging Sinclair's character and fitness to hold them.
FCC
FCC Asked to Allow Boosters to Fully Replace Main Transmitters
Has radio broadcast technology moved past the need for a main transmitter? That’s the question ZoneCasting and MaxxCasting provider GeoBroadcast Services is asking the FCC in a petition tied to its “Delete, Delete, Delete” deregulation initiative.
Pay TV
March Madness Boosts’s Cable’s Share of TV Viewing, Nielsen Says
March Madness gave cable TV a boost in usership that was as predictable as all of the top-seeded teams making it into the Final Four.
Media
Despite A Court Order, White House Bars AP From Oval Office Event
Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico was to take effect Monday. The administration is appealing the decision and arguing with the news outlet over whether it needs to change anything until those appeals are exhausted.