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It enjoys over-the-air coverage via a collection of low-power television stations stretching from the Portland, Ore., market south to the San Francisco Bay Area. Now, a religious broadcaster has gotten the go-ahead to build a VHF facility near the Southern Oregon city of Medford, adding to its coverage in the region.

With headlines grabbing the attention of broadcast media outlets far and wide and Tribune controlling the conversation through the lunch hour, Sinclair finally responded in the early afternoon hours of Thursday to Tribune's decision to terminate its merger agreement. How so? Sinclair's FCC applications have been withdrawn with prejudice, and it is initiating a huge stock repurchasing plan.

There'll be no "Great Affiliation Switch" coming for any of Gray Television's television stations that are home to such programming as "Saturday Night Live" or "TODAY."

Several allegations of sexual assault and misconduct have recently been made toward CBS Corporation Chairman and CEO Les Moonves. Even with the allegations, CBS has continued to allow Moonves to remain in his positions at the corporation. Following an Aug. 20 report on Moonves possible severance package, women's group Ultraviolet sent a letter to the CBS Board of Directors based on the news. Read the story to learn more about what was written in the letter.

Nine new entertainment and sports free ad-supported television channels from NBCUniversal’s television and streaming portfolio and the NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution library are now available to viewers on The Roku Channel.

It was the Labor Day long weekend last week and it saw some pretty wild results in TV advertising for the week. Allstate and PCH Publishers Clearing House weren’t ranked in the top 100 advertisers last week. This week they claimed the first and 10th spots respectively.

A fast-growing local daily newsletter company "redefining the future of local media as the fastest growing newsletter-first local media company in the country" has closed a series A funding round led. It was led by the owner of broadcast TV stations led by CEO Dave Lougee.

The association is urging the FCC to modify its children's television recordkeeping requirements in a manner, it says, that would "reduce reporting burdens on smaller cable operators and would not in any way compromise the important substantive limits on commercial matter aired during children's programming hours."

With an expected $1.3 billion in political advertising to be spent on Connected TV in 2024, campaigns have a crucial impetus to “get it right” as linear broadcast TV remains a key media choice. Now, a new Madhive local Connected TV marketplace is designed to further boost OTT campaigns.

In the Great Plains region is a Nebraska town of some 16,000 that is home to a low-power TV station that until today has been owned by Gray Television. Gray is selling it, and the buyer is one Barry Silverton. Why is that name familiar?

Despite experiencing substantial paper losses from stock buybacks initiated in 2020, Charter Communications remains steadfast in its investment approach. That message was sent loud and clear by Chief Financial Officer Jessica Fischer at Deutsche Bank’s annual Media & Telecom Conference on Wednesday.

On Thursday, Gray Television confirmed that it intends to offer up to $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2027, subject to market conditions. One day later, it "upsized" that offering and put a price tag on it.

TNDV founder Nic Dugger has been seeking ways to inject the dramatic look that digital cinema cameras produce into his live television and event productions for years. That has now changed, thanks to broadcast production technology from two big players.

For those who no longer believe that broadcast television is an effective medium for targeting holiday shoppers, take note. Four of the five top brands using spots at national television to reach consumers are brick-and-mortar retailers.