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A Mississippi-based provider of hosted websites for radio stations has launched a new service that provides AM and FM broadcasters "fresh, locally focused online content" designed to drive SEO, engage audiences, and open new revenue opportunities.

San Antonio-based radio-focused software developer nextKast is heralding updates to the seventh version of its automation system, sporting new features ranging from enhanced reliability to a modernized user-friendly interface.

A Telos Alliance partner will be putting a spotlight on a products manufactured by a 35-year-old broadcast technology company based in Berlin, Germany. In particular, new features and capabilities are of note and will be shared at the 2025 NAB Show in April. 

Audiohook is growing its sales force, and it has just hired an Austin-based sales veteran who most formerly served as Director of Performance Marketing for Victory Home Remodeling and is a 2009 graduate of the University of North Texas who holds a Bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies.

Jake Daniluck, Tieline's VP of Sales for the Americas, comments, “After strong interest in Bridge-IT II at last year’s NAB Show, we’re excited to showcase the Bridge-IT XTRA II for the first time at this year’s NAB conference.”

Version 7.0 update also includes a user interface overhaul

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It's been what he calls "an incredible journey" working at a pair of television stations serving the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex., market, to the east of Houston. Come March 24, he'll be leading the NBC affiliate in Cleveland owned by TEGNA.

With the departure of Allison Smith in December as News Director for KCCI-8 in Des Moines, the Hearst Television property was faced with selecting only the fifth ND in the station's history. President/GM Brian Sather turned to the station's Asst. News Director, and gave her a promotion.

They fill large coverage gaps and can help rimshots improve edge-of-coverage performance

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In March 2021, an FM translator at 98.7 MHz was added to bring a little "revitalization" for a legendary property with its heritage embedded in the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).  Now, KMOX is getting a bigger FM home and branding that sheds the AM signal altogether.