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His career spanned more than five decades

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Some FM stations say they can’t run their HD Radio signals as strongly as they were built to, and a rule about one power limit is the reason. NAB and Xperi told FCC staff the agency’s reading of that rule changed in 2025, and they want it fixed.

Hubbard Broadcasting is tidying up the family tree. An FCC filing lays out a series of mergers that would fold license holders into market operating companies, retire an intermediate radio parent, and put eight TV stations under a new Hubbard Television Group, all without changing who ultimately owns the licenses.

This year, the radio historian is also offering an amateur radio collection

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For 13 years, search owned local advertising. Not anymore. Borrell Associates says streaming video is now the biggest category in the market, while broadcast TV is projected to fall by single digits this year, even as a wave of advertisers who never bought a spot go straight to video.

Halcomb and Kelly to help lead innovation and client experience

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The meeting in Vienna will focus on broadcast, automotive, regulation

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A pair of WideOrbit alumni is landing at RCS Worldwide. Tammy Halcomb, most recently of Gemini XIII, will run the company’s product organization, and Merideth Kelly, who started in newsrooms before building a career in software, will lead global client experience under CEO Susan Larkin.

The Crystal Radio Awards entry deadline has been extended to Friday, November 6, giving NAB radio member stations an extra week to showcase their outstanding community service. 50 finalists and 10 winners will be chosen and then honored in Washington, DC, during the NAB State Leadership Conference.

A year ago, the FCC said it wouldn’t set a firm end date for ATSC 1.0. Sinclair is asking it to change course and issue a sunset order, and that has the low-power TV world on alert. The LPTV Broadcasters Association is now telling the FCC to keep its stations out of any potential mandate.