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The first full week of February was a big one for sports, and not just for the National Football League. The NBA was the biggest brand among the advertisers choosing Spot Cable for the week ending February 9. But a new campaign from a cruise line is making waves, and deserves notice.

The company behind the MeTV brand that also owns broadcast TV stations in markets such as Milwaukee and Chicago has convinced the FCC's Media Bureau to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on a proposal to shift one of its properties from one city to another in the Land of Enchantment.

Former KBEQ-FM in Kansas City programmer and air talent Todd Nixon couldn't be busier. He just launched "Lompoc's Greatest Hits" on Monday morning, and on Sunday signed off on an asset purchase agreement that will see his Sticks Media acquire a Class A FM in the Show-Me State. 

“Gray has been a fantastic partner in helping us increase visibility and support in the market by providing fans direct access to see our games,” said Dream President/Chief Operating Officer Morgan Shaw Parker. “Demand for the Dream is at an all-time high, as evidenced by the full-season 20 game sell out last season."

As Sam Metheny, the NAB's Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer since 2014, contends, there's a critical issue facing our nation’s infrastructure that needs to be addressed: "the vulnerability of GPS and the need for a secure, terrestrial alternative."

The six radio brands serving St. Louis owned by the nation's largest owner of broadcast radio stations have a new leader, and it is a longtime community figure who began her career as a morning show producer at KSD Radio in St. Louis.

It's a Minnesota community where the temperature as of 9:30am this morning was -12 F.  This town of less than 3,500 residents on the banks of the Chippewa River is home to a group of radio stations operating as Benson Radio. And, these stations are being sold, according to an asset purchase agreement.

A pair of radio stations licensed to a rural Idaho community north of Boise is about to get a new owner, pending FCC approval. Who's agreed to purchase "Star 95.5" and its "Superstar Country" sibling?

A Class A noncommercial FM radio station serving a small Iowa community is poised to become the latest property licensed to American Christian Radio.