Fox Weather Gets Its Own Diginet

The service has significantly expanded its distribution by adding YouTube TV, Amazon News, The Roku Channel, fuboTV and Xumo as distribution partners and with simulcasts on a new diginet

LeGeyt Dismisses Proposed Royalty “Starter Fee”

(Getty Images/Tim Arbaev) “Completely one-sided.” That’s how Curtis LeGeyt describes the proposed American Music Fairness Act, or AMFA. In a blog post, the new president/CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters says the latest performance royalty legislation would “hurt the very artists that it claims to help by having a profound effect on one of […]

Smith to Receive NAB Distinguished Service Award

Gordon Smith in an image from the 2021 State Leadership Conference. Gordon Smith, who recently stepped down as president/CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, will receive the NAB Distinguished Service Award in April. “It is an honor to present him with the Distinguished Service Award in recognition of the immense impact he has left […]

WGY Celebrates 100 Years

iHeartMedia Albany’s News Radio 810 and 103.1 WGY will celebrate the station’s 100th anniversary on Feb. 20. WGY was founded by General Electric in 1922. Dame Media sold the station to Clear Channel, now iHeart, in 1999. “The Capital Region’s Breaking News, Traffic and Weather Station” will mark the occasion with a special broadcast and […]

IBC Paper Submission Deadline Extended

The IBC Technical Papers Committee has extended the deadline for its 2022 call for papers. Proposals are now due by 12 noon EST (17:00 GMT) on Feb. 16, and the 300-word synopses must be submitted online. [Previously: “IBC2022 Conference Opens Call for Technical Papers”] “This year the competition is high. We are looking for original, […]