Headlines
Local News Burns Out
A recent study from RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University lays bare just how overwhelmed TV newsroom personnel have become. The bucks stops at the corporate level for this problem, and the C-suite is running out of time to address it.
Northeastern, Local TV Stations to Explore Future of Streaming News Content
Project is calling for applicants for three new OTT streaming content producers and one visual content producer/animator being created by the university and stations
Mergers & Acquisitions
By Grace of God, Five Radio Signals Are Donated
“In an effort to maximize the ministry impact of both organizations,” Radio By Grace has entered into a letter of intent to donate five radio signals to another broadcast ministry, one that is headquartered in Wilsonville, Ore.
Sold: Wisconsin Cluster, Rio Grande Vailley FM
TKC, INC. is selling Sports WAQE-A-W299CQ (SPORTS TALK 1090), Full Service WJMC-A-W243ED, Country WJMC-F, and Classic Hits WKFX (99.1 THE FOX)/RICE LAKE, WI and AC WAQE-F (STAR 97.7)/BARRON, WI to AMC PARTNERS RICE LAKE, LLC (ARMADA MEDIA) for $4.951 million ($2.15 million cash, $2.65 million and $151,000 in separate promissory notes).
An FM Translator Is Traded In Highlands-Cashiers Plateau
The Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is in southwestern North Carolina, near the tri-state border with South Carolina and Georgia. And, it is home to an FM translator that is poised to head to a new owner.
FCC
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 3 to July 7, 2023
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
Can Alleged Fox Corp. Actions Prevent A Philly License Renewal?
At 330 Market Street, the Fox Television Stations-owned WTXF “FOX 29” is a prominent fixture in the Old City, with a home just steps away from Independence Mall. It remains a highly popular over-the-air station in a market where it competes against owned-and-operated stations from CBS, ABC and NBC.
89-Year-Old Minister Takes FCC To Court To Get His Small Kentucky AM Back On The Air.
Kentucky broadcaster Gerard Parks is asking a federal appeals court in Washington to overturn a decision by the Federal Communications Commission to cancel the license for “Gospel 710” WEKC, Williamsburg, KY.
Radio
It's Time For Radio To Get Real
There's been a lot of discussion, debate, and even handwringing about how technology is impacting radio – in addition to all of our lives and careers.
Why Is Radio Afraid Of The Word Radio?
Today, radio encompasses not only traditional over-the-air broadcasting but also online streaming, podcasts, satellite radio, and other digital entities. As the medium continues to be fluid, it continually dredges up the same baffling question: Why does radio run away from the term radio?
