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On January 11, 2017, producer, actor, and music legend Ice Cube teamed up with entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz to create a three-on-three player-centric basketball league "focused on entertainment and innovation." Today, the BIG3 league is gaining new exposure thanks to a multiplatform pact with iHeartMedia.

Byron Allen is placing some, but not all, of Allen Media Group's broadcast properties on the market. The decision, which is tied to a debt relief effort, comes at a moment where industry consolidation and an end date for ATSC 1.0 digital transmission are poised to reshape the TV landscape.

As May ended, so did the likelihood that K-Love Inc. would be gaining ownership of KDHX-FM. Instead, a heritage in-market competitor for Christian music lovers will be getting it, pending a bankruptcy judge's OK in the coming days. Two groups supporting KDHX's "renewal" said Monday they will continue their fight.

For 65 years, it has served as the main home for NPR programming along the Wasatch Front. Now, KUER and its parent are agreeing to part ways with an FM translator it has owned and maintained in a rural area of Utah due north of Cedar City and St. George.

The head of the group representing the interest of the nation's noncommercial broadcast TV stations Inside the Beltway has derided the fiscal year 2026 budget proposal presented by the Trump Administration that eliminates all federal funding for these over-the-air FCC-licensed facilities.

The licensee of an AM radio station at 1680 kHz serving Grand Rapids, Mich., has been issued a stern warning from the FCC's Enforcement Bureau for its inability to provide an agent a copy of its Emergency Alert System logs during a February visit to the facility.

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Kremling Enterprises' regulatory fees were long overdue

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Sinclair Television Group is transitioning three long-standing operational relationships into formal ownership through two asset purchase agreements covering a set of Pennsylvania and Florida stations it has managed for more than a decade.

Borrell Associates’ 23rd Annual Benchmarking Webinar sent a clear message to traditional media: evolve quickly or lose ground. While digital advertising continues to dominate local ad spending, the report reveals a critical opportunity for legacy media to regain relevance.