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Valdosta operator says "suspicious phenomenon" is preventing LPFM from reaching potential

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Rumors first surfaced across the Queen City last week that a reduction-in-force was coming to The E.W. Scripps Co. On Tuesday, President/CEO Adam Symson addressed the "organizational changes" tied to a previously announced "transformation" at the broadcast TV station ownership group. He did so in an internal memo.

But “the vast majority” of people are still reached by radio every week

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Canada's source for radio industry audience measurement data has moved forward with a new hybrid radio measurement approach for local markets. As Numeris sees it, "Radio Local+" marks "a pivotal step forward in how audiences will be measured across Canada." It's also being eyed as "a foundational milestone " in its broader audio strategy.

Is scale still the winning strategy in media, or has the math changed? A longtime financial analyst focused on broadcast media will tackle those questions on October 21 during an NAB Show New York session baring the name "The Future of Media: Consolidation or Spin-Off?"

The Texas Association of Broadcasters' TAB Show begins Wednesday (8/5), with two days of panel sessions and an exposition that includes the presence of a New York-headquartered company that for 50 years has attracted broadcasters for its video and, more recently, its fiber optic systems.

For years, audio advertising — broadcast radio, streaming audio and podcast alike — carried the same quiet problem. Buyers loved the format and they loved the audiences, but what they could not prove was reach. That is starting to change, and the whole category is better for it.

A trio of broadcast facilities serving a small Texas Panhandle city bisected by U.S. Highway 83 are being sold. What does this mean for "Perryton's Choice"? That will be up to an ownership group led by Oscar Hernandez.

Why documentation and knowledge sharing matter more than ever

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In June 2017, she departed the FOX affiliate serving Panama City, Fla., for a crosstown role with Nexstar Media Group and most recently served as General Sales Manager of JVC Broadcasting's radio stations in the market. It turns out that leaving local TV after so many years just wasn't in the cards for Stacie Bolster.