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The Graham Media Group-owned CBS affiliate serving Central Florida has promoted its News Director to the position of VP/GM just four months after joining the station.

Come August 19, SET Expo 2025 opens as the largest gathering of broadcasting, media and entertainment executives in Latin America. This year's event in Sao Paulo, hosted by the Brazilian Society of Television Engineering, will showcase a wide range of ATSC 3.0-based innovation supporting Brazil's DTV+ next-generation broadcast TV system.

Media Monitors has announced an expansion of its radio advertising tracking service, increasing national campaign coverage from 106 to 250 markets and committing to permanently store audio files of every ad it captures.

The local ad monitoring company also launches a permanent audio ad archive

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The Audio Division Chief within the FCC's Media Bureau has granted the request from the owner of a Class A FM at 97.9 MHz to move it a little closer to greater San Antonio.

The FCC's Media Bureau is proposing the allotment of Channel 226C3 at Enterprise, Utah, as the community's second local service and first competing FM local service. A comment window has opened for the public to chime in on the plan.

Gray Media has promoted from within to fill the role of Chief Technology Officer. He succeeds David Burke, who on July 31 formally retired and will continue advising the broadcast TV station owner through the end of 2025.

After climbing steadily from 2000 to 2017, the share of U.S. young adults living with their parents has fallen somewhat in recent years. That's according to data from Pew Research Center that could prove important to radio and television broadcasters seeking higher audiences — and more advertiser support.

PBS station managers received an e-mail on Wednesday from President/CEO Paula Kerger informing them that its current budget will be reduced by 21%. This was a decision approved August 13 by the PBS board, as a vote that sees a reduction in PBS dues paid by local broadcast stations was approved.

As RBR+TVBR first reported on April 8, an entity owned and operated by Webb Collums agreed to acquire a group of Imagicomm Communications properties as it is winding down its broadcast station ownership era. That transaction has officially closed, strategic advisor Kalil & Co. has shared.