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In Memoriam: A UHF Band Champion, Who Decried TV's 'Vast Wasteland' | Radio & Television Business Report

“Stay there without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit-and-loss sheet or rating book to distract you, and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland." Those are the infamous words shared in 1961 by then-FCC Chair Newton Minow, who has died at the age of 97.

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A Lynchburg, Va., Faces A License Revocation | Radio & Television Business Report

How serious is the FCC when it comes to non-receipt of regulatory fees in a timely manner? Just ask the owner of an AM radio station in Southwestern Virginia, who must now pay up for nine years of delinquency or risk losing his license.

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MyBridge Gets FCC OK For New Nebraska FMs | Radio & Television Business Report

If it were up to Triangle Access Broadcasting, one of two new noncommercial FM stations licensed to a large Nebraska radio ministry bringing Worship Music to the state wouldn't come to fruition. But, the decision maker is the FCC, and they say it is OK for the application they're disputing to win approval.

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A Spectrum Sharing Arrangement for Select Military Bases OKd | Radio & Television Business Report

The NAB and the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, on Monday announced a joint memorandum of understanding with the Department of Defense to allow non-exclusive access to commercial spectrum at 2025-2110 MHz at 26 U.S. military sites.

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Here Are The FCC's TV License Expirations | Radio & Television Business Report

Several stations failed to file license renewal applications. As such, their licenses will expire as of October 1 — provided no renewal application is received by midnight on the date of expiration.

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Maine Public Gets FCC OK For UHF Upgrade | Radio & Television Business Report

In late May, the Orono, Me., TV station offering PBS programming to the community and its surrounding region has asked the FCC for a swap of its VHF signal for a more powerful UHF facility. This came concurrent to a near-identical request from its Augusta, Me., sibling. The upgrades for the Maine Public properties are coming soon.

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Political Local TV Spending In 2022: Continuing The Inconsistency | Radio & Television Business Report

Election 2022-related advertising dollars are starting to flow to local TV. As activity continues to heat up, Broadbeam Media has examined political local TV spending trends and predictions. What does it have to share?

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FCC ALJ To Ohio LPFM Licensee: Lawyer Up, Or You're Out | Radio & Television Business Report

The licensee of WWGH-LPFM in Marion, Ohio, must obtain legal counsel to represent its owner, Marion Education Exchange, in an ongoing License Revocation Hearing taking place at the FCC. If not, it will automatically forfeit its license. The LPFM came under scrutiny for apparent misrepresentation of its board members in paperwork submitted to the Commission. One woman with 20% voting interest was deceased.

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WHIZ Bang: Seller Gets Proposed Fine For Issues/Programs List Flub | Radio & Television Business Report

With the FCC's approval of the station's sale to Marquee Broadcasting still forthcoming, the Commission has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture to the station's seller for failing to properly upload its issues/programs lists to the FCC's OPIF online platform.

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A Mississippi License Earns A Fine For Pre-Filing Owner Change | Radio & Television Business Report

In June 2020, Radio Cleveland filed an application to transfer control of WAID-FM in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Then in September 2020, Radio Cleveland filed an additional transfer of control application for its remaining stations. However, they made one pretty big mistake, according to The FCC.

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