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The founder of New Hampshire’s largest network of addiction treatment centers, has been arrested and federally charged in connection with a series of coordinated vandalism attacks against New Hampshire Public Radio journalists.

Even with this boost in total funding, the Commission is planning to reduce its regulatory collection workforce to 1,404 full-time equivalents (FTEs), down from 1,478 in FY 2025, marking the lowest staffing levels in the agency’s modern history.

Introducing the new Area President for its newly consolidated South Carolina-Georgia region, expanding his oversight to include 67 radio stations across Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach, Florence, Savannah, Augusta, and more markets.

Number of proposed full-time employees continues to decline

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Proposal triggers 45-day congressional review; NPR warns that stations could feel effects by fall

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Check out this selection of feel-good songs from the RW team

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A pair of low-power broadcast TV stations serving the Southernmost Point in the U.S. are being sold to an individual who is all about "Fair Play" — based on the name of her Tallahassee, Fla.-based operation.

While Arthur Belendiuk is largely known for his work as an attorney in Washington, D.C., he's also been the 50/50 equity holder in a broadcast licensee. That's about to change, as paperwork filed at the FCC for its approval will see him sell all of his shares to his 50/50 partner in Impact Radio.

He's the General Manager of his family's Milwaukee radio assets. On May 7, he signed off on an asset purchase agreement with an effective date of June 1 that makes Bustos Media — pending FCC approval — the owner of an FM translator that has, until now, served as a competitor.

The licensee of an AM/FM combo and three FM translators serving the Chico, Calif., radio market is moving ahead with the transfer of the stations' licenses to a property trust. It is a move requiring FCC approval that comes following the passing of the licensee's head.