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|  In May 2023, some 36 years after starting her career, Kelley Dunn departed The E.W. Scripps Co.'s NBC affiliate serving West Palm Beach. This left Michael Williams, her co-anchor, in the role of Dean of local news in the market. Now, Williams has decided to conclude his own storied career in TV.
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 Until June 2024, she spent more than two decades at WBZ-4 in Boston. Now, Paramount Skydance attorneys may be heading to a Massachusetts federal district court to discuss whether or not the CBS O&O engaged in two forms of discrimination when it parted ways with a veteran female news team member.
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 On New Year's Day 1989, the Fox, NBC and CBS affiliations all shifted in Miami, with the longtime ABC affiliate serving South Florida, the Florida Keys and the Bahamas unaffected. Now, after 69 years, WPLG-10 will be parting ways with the network. Where it is heading is even more shocking.
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| ![Mark O'Brien [Photo: WOUB Public Media]](https://rbr.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-OBrien-e1766153671204-150x120.jpg) On December 9, the ever-flailing American Music Fairness Act (AMFA) took center stage at a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property hearing that saw KISS member Gene Simmons slam Radio. The GSM of an Ohio radio pair has something to say to the rock star.
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 Four FM radio stations and two sibling properties on the AM band are being sold by Henry Ash and his Petracom of Holbrook LLC, paperwork filed late Friday with the FCC for its regulatory approval shows. Who's the buyer?
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 A Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting has been issued to the owners of a ranch nestled along Lake Quinault, adjacent to an Indian Reservation and the Olympic National Forest. It's not a fine, but if the unlicensed FM doesn't get shut down, it could be held liable under the PIRATE Act.
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It presents itself as a faith-based network dedicated to spreading the word of Christ in an omnichannel way across the globe. Founded by Marcus Lamb in 1993, Daystar TV is now dealing with an ugly family feud of sorts — one that involves allegations of abuse from the founder's son, who has been ousted from the organization as a result of his claims.
A battle in California between media mogul Byron Allen, who is selling nearly all of Allen Media Group's television stations to address debt concerns, and one of the world's largest Quick-Service Restaurant chains has come to an end, RBR+TVBR has confirmed.
She's been a familiar pre-dawn face for those who chose to start their mornings with KABC-7 in Los Angeles for years, and first joined the ABC Owned Stations property in 1994. Now, she's saying farewell to local TV news after more than three decades behind the anchor desk and out in the field.
Sinclair has been said to be a seller of non-essential broadcast television assets in recent months. Now, that chatter has turned into an asset sale agreement, as the company is turning to a former Bally Sports sales executive as it agrees to sell five television stations, including its Milwaukee property.
The broadcast media industry's key leaders have been asking for it. Soon, they'll likely get it. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Wednesday announced that the agency has launched what he calls "a massive, new deregulatory initiative."
