It’s a deal worth $18.75 million and adds 43 stations to the Townsquare portfolio, bringing their total to 364 stations. Make that 356, since Townsquare will divest six stations in Missoula, MT and two more in Richland-Pascoe-Kennewick, WA. Bill to…
Exhibitors backing NAB Show big time.
The National Association of Broadcasters reveals that the number of exhibitors scheduled to appear at the NAB Show later this month is now over 900, including 160 first-timers.
NAB Show actually four shows.
The big Las Vegas extravaganza will be organized into four verticals: Create, Connect, Capitalize, and Intelligent Content. These four segments will be scattered around the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North, Central, and new West halls. Says NAB Executive Vice President/Managing…
Noted in passing: Milwaukee AM sold for $650,000.
That’s the price filed with the FCC for the transfer of WAUK and a translator from Good Karma Brand to Michael Crute.
When will they ever learn?
Yet another broadcaster has been terminated after posting a controversial tweet. Amber Athey was a morning-show co-host for WMAL in Washington, DC, until she made a joke about Vice President Kamala Harris’s wardrobe at the State of the Union Address…
Commission says “no-no” to broadcasting on translator while primary station is down.
It will cost Centro Cristiano de Vida Eterna $9000 for operating its translator while its main station, WRLL/Chicago, was off the air. There were other alleged infractions as well not completing the translator construction within the allocated window, not getting…
Deadline extended for Radio Mercury Awards entries.
The new deadline is Wednesday, April 20. For more information about the entry process, and all the new categories that have been added, visit www.radiomercuryawards.com.
What we said.
In last week’s SMRN we referred to the power of a national high-dollar contest, and sure enough, the Independent Broadcasters Association has come through again with a second national cash contest available to its member stations. This time, according to…
Radio Hall of Fame announces a new crop of inductees.
The Museum of Broadcast Communications has released the names of the class of 2021, a bumper crop of over 40 broadcasters. The induction ceremony is scheduled for late October in Chicago. For a complete list of inductees, visit www.radiohalloffame.com.