The FCC is presently seeking proposals for realistic alternatives to the Global Positioning System (GPS), should it ever be compromised or attacked. The NAB thinks it has an answer, and at the NAB Show it will demonstrate its "Broadcast Positioning System," or BPS, with the assistance of Sinclair and UrsaNav LLC.
U.S.-based employers announced 275,240 job cuts in March, a 60% increase from the 172,017 cuts announced one month prior. It is up 205% from the 90,309 cuts announced in the same month in 2024, which was the highest monthly total recorded last year, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
With days before the start of the 2025 NAB Show, it is now known that two FCC Commissioners will be appearing at the annual conference and expo, which begins Sunday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Democrat will be at a North Hall session, while the Republican will appear the next morning.
More than 2 1/2 years after a lease deal gave the company control of the properties, paperwork is being submitted with the FCC seeking regulatory approval of a deal that would see Norsan Media finally take on ownership of an FM and an FM translator serving Spanish-speaking audiences in Austin.
A longtime national music formats leader who joined Local Radio Networks (LRN) in 2019 after a tenure at Cumulus Media-owned Westwood One died on Tuesday night of a heart attack. He was engaged in his second favorite passion — ice hockey.
In a deal that caught some industry observers off-guard, Todd Parkin in mid-March struck a multi-million deal to buy five TV stations from Sinclair Inc. Now, it appears Parkin's Rincon Broadcasting Group is already expanding its under-construction stable.
The NAB, in an ex parte letter sent to the FCC on Wednesday, asked the Commission engaged in a "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative sparked by Chairman Brendan Carr to eliminate the national cap on broadcast television ownership.
A company growing its name recognition for its live broadcast products has selected a VP of Strategic Accounts, and he's already settling in to his new role. Joining Live Media Group is Ryan Hatch. He will focus on client engagement, business development, and operational strategy.
As part of ASTRODESIGN’s overall strategy to release a more diverse range of products, the company plans to introduce a line-up of SRT Ready products including the recently released TR-5004 as SRT transmission device.
An option agreement allows Sinclair Inc. to purchase a television station in the Hoosier State from Gray Media while Gray is selling a property in Illinois to Sinclair. It puts the wheels in motion on a transaction nearly nine years in the making— and signed off by Ralph Oakley.
A family-owned, women-run radio broadcasting company with stations in five markets has completed the sale of its tower assets in one New England market to a Dutchess County, N.Y.-based company known as a developer and operator of communications tower facilities.
RAB and BIA Advisory Services find that local radio ranks as the fifth-largest advertising medium within the $171 billion local advertising marketplace, based on 2025 data it reviewed. The total dollars for 2025 reflect a "slight adjustment" compared to 2024.
StreamGuys has prepared a new version of IsMyStreamUp — with an update that it says effectively aligns its silence detection formula with a modernized interface and hierarchical alerting system."
A member of the Board of Directors at iHeartMedia will be concluding his service, a SEC filing shows. Who will succeed Brad Gerstner? That will be up to shareholders to decide at the company's annual stockholder meeting on May 13.
The FAA has accepted a "Declaration of Compliance for Operations Over People" from Sinclair Inc., making it the first broadcast media company authorized by the federal government to fly drones over individuals and moving vehicles for newsgathering purposes without needing an aviation authority waiver of its rules.
Florida-based USSI Global is teaming up with Sinclair Broadcast Group on a field trial that shows off the benefits gained from Eutelsat Group’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity when seeking the best ways to keep live local news production flowing.
It has been turning heads since last year's NAB Show with its machine translation and AI-fueled products for audio content creation and distribution companies. Now, ENCO is heading into the 2025 NAB Show with new offerings tied to its enCaption automated captioning and translation product line.
Don't look up. Rather, be prepared to place your gaze on a cloud-native NEXTGEN TV demonstration on a special broadcast channel in Las Vegas established by Sinclair Inc. specifically to showcase what a "full-spectrum" ATSC 3.0-powered broadcast may achieve.
A radio station licensee based in Allentown, Pa., and led by Pat Cerullo gained attention in 2021 for purchasing four AM radio stations from Cumulus Media. Now, Cerullo and his Major Keystone operation are in the news again, as he's purchasing an FM translator poised to serve Stroudsburg, Pa.
Fifty, or 1.6%, of the United States’ 3,144 counties had at least one million people on July 1, 2024. That's more than double the number in 1970. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s county-level population estimates, which date back to 1970, only 54 counties have ever crossed the one-million-person mark.
