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DAYTON, OHIO — For 25 years, he’s been a face of the newscasts at a Nexstar Media Group-owned NBC affiliate serving the Miami Valley of Ohio.

Come Thursday, he’ll be saying goodbye to viewers.

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Westwood One executive Pierre Bouvard has written a blog post that offers a rosy picture of just who listens to podcast, and what their disposable income portrait shows.

The median age of the podcast listener? It is 34, compared to 48 for AM and FM radio.

Bouvard also says the podcast audience is pretty upscale.

As first reported by Streamline Publishing’s Podcast Business Journal, Bouvard’s assessment of podcast listeners offers some robust findings.

Bouvard notes that not only are your listeners making decent money, they are educated.

“[Some] 53% of persons 18+ who have listened to an audio podcast in the past 30 days are employed in a white-collar occupation,” Bouvard says. He also notes that 39% hold management positions and 55% have a household income of $75,000+, making this group an audience advertisers want to reach.

Read Bouvard’s entire post HERE.

A Northern Virginia AM some 45 minutes from the Nation’s Capital has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC to resolve a Public File violation.

It’s another learning lesson for other licensees about the importance of avoiding procrastination.

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Product manufacturers have not been idle during this past year and a half of business disruption.

Radio World’s new ebook provides a look at more than 50 new or pending products of interest to radio broadcasting and audio professionals, from leading manufacturers.

Listings include large product photos, feature descriptions and website information to learn more.

Whether you’re shopping for a microphone or looking to outfit a planned new facility with AoIP gear, you won’t want to miss the 2021 Fall Product Planner.

Read it for free.

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Riviera Broadcasting has changed its name to Desert Valley Media Group. The announcement was made by CEO Jeff Trumper.

“This name change represents a more localized name and now includes the many assets of the company,” it announced. Those assets include three formats on six FM frequencies, DVMG Digital Marketing, esports platform Chosen Rival Gaming and a video production division.

In the announcement, Trumper emphasized that the company serves only the greater Phoenix area.

“We are a local media company in a sea of corporate radio companies … all our efforts are directly tied to serving this community and we believe that local businesses prefer to work with local companies.”

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Until now, it has been a Spanish Adult Hits station under the branding “La Suavecita” and an affiliate of ESPN Deportes Radio.

As RBR+TVBR first reported Monday, that’s about to change, with a different multicultural group the new target audience.

Now, details regarding the deal price and specifics are known, thanks to a Form 314 filing with the FCC.

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If your radio or TV broadcast station is looking for ways to thrive well into the future, you need to be selling diverse advertising solutions, says Christian Kligora, the SVP of Client Success at Marketron.

“With digital ad spending in the U.S. projected to hit $278.53 billion in 2024, up from $152.25 in 2020, the writing is on the wall: digital is a must,” he says in a thought piece provided exclusively to RBR+TVBR.

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LOUISVILLE, KY. — Viewers of the local CBS affiliate, owned by Hearst Television, now have the option of watching an additional hour of local news in the morning.

As of September 7, a 60-minute 9am newscast will air on the station.

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Every day, public relations professionals and hired research professionals seemingly release a new report that gushes over the continued growth of Connected TV, OTT platforms and “FAST” channels.

Here’s some sobering news for that camp, which may be a good bit of info for broadcast TV: the churn rate for four top OTT services in April was big.

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The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has presented the Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal to the former Oregon Senator who will be retiring as President/CEO of the NAB at the end of 2021.

Sen. Gordon Smith earned the honor for his “outstanding leadership” of the National Association of Broadcasters, where he has served as a “steady advocate for the broadcasting industry who has taken every available opportunity to promote ATSC 3.0 since we first started this important work on next-generation broadcast standards,” ATSC President Madeleine Noland said.

Named for the former ATSC president who led the organization for two decades spanning both ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0, the Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal recognizes an individual or team “that demonstrates exemplary leadership in advancing the mission of ATSC and epitomizes the vision, tenacity and leadership qualities that were the hallmark of his leadership.”

Richer, who retired two years ago, presented the award on August 26. However, Smith was in Wisconsin, meeting with broadcasters at the state broadcasters association’s annual conference. As such, his appointed successor, NAB Chief Operating Officer Curtis LeGeyt, accepted the honor for Smith.

Smith became the NAB’s leader in 2009, “just before the technology we later termed ATSC 3.0 became a major focus of our organization,” Noland said. “Smith understood the value that next-generation television could bring to the broadcasting industry and he was instrumental in promoting the potential to NAB’s board and membership.”

The ATSC on Thursday also awarded its highest technical honor, the 2021 Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award, to Alan Stein, Vice President of Technology at InterDigital.

Stein currently heads InterDigital’s Visual Standards Team, where he manages a global team of senior technology experts who participate in major video standards organizations.