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Waterloo Christian's objection denied against Optima Enrichment; groups are assigned operating hours

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National Public Radio and three of its Colorado member stations have filed a sweeping federal lawsuit to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ceasing federal funding for the organization and PBS, calling it an unprecedented attack on press freedom and an illegal effort to dismantle public broadcasting.

With a Republican majority at the FCC days away, Commissioner Nathan Simington is signaling that broadcast media regulations in particular will be among the first ones to be slashed under Chairman Brendan Carr's "Delete, Delete, Delete" mandate.

A fire that broke out early Saturday morning, May 24, has destroyed the longtime broadcast home of WBNO and WQCT in Bryan, Ohio. The structure was deemed a total loss after the blaze engulfed the facility, which had hosted both stations since the 1960s.

A silent FM signal in southern Utah is back on the air with a new format and a pending sale. KCAY 100.7 FM, now branded Key 100, is the subject of an acquisition deal between SSR Communications and Media Advisors LLC, following FCC considerations into whether the station must relocate across the state line into Nevada.

Quick-service restaurants have traditionally relied on linear television to build brand recognition and drive traffic to stores, yet, unlike digital platforms, where the path from ad exposure to online conversion is easily tracked, TV’s influence has been harder to measure. But a new study from ad analytics firm EDO suggests that’s changing.

Radio's "Digital First Local Media Company" has announced that senior executives will participate in two virtual investor events over the next two weeks, offering updates and engaging directly with shareholders and potential investors.

If 20/20 is perfect vision, then the price that Cox Media Group has agreed on to sell its five-station radio cluster in Tulsa, Okla., to a local eye doctor and entrepreneur may be a very good omen, as CMG makes its second full-market divestiture in as many years.

Solution bundles station monitoring, parts, repairs and support into a flat-rate agreement

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As Memorial Day ushered in the unofficial start of summer, home improvement retailers surged to the top of the national radio advertising rankings, marking a strategic shift in seasonal marketing ahead of peak travel and renovation season, according to Media Monitors’ Spot Ten Radio rankings for the week of May 19–25.