Cox Appoints Eagan to Radio Audience and Ops Role
Cox Media Group named Chris Eagan as its VP of audience and operations for radio. “In this role Eagan will lead the overarching programming strategy, audience development and multiplatform distribution for CMG Radio,” it stated. “He will also lead the CMG Digital Content team and partnerships to drive innovation for CMG Radio.” The company owns […]
Vertical Bridge Execs Donate to Industry Foundations
Communications tower owner Vertical Bridge said its leadership team has donated $1.1 million personally to benefit two industry foundations. The money is going to help Warriors4Wireless and the Tower Family Foundation. “The donations were made in support of the work that these non-profit organizations do to help veterans enter the telecommunications industry and to support […]
This Is the Song No One Plays on the Radio Anymore
Quick, can you name a Christmas song that gets virtually no radio airplay, yet was streamed more than 57 million times last year? It’s one of the insights in a report from P1 Media Group and MRC Data, which reported on America’s top Christmas songs and dug into what data about music streaming can tell […]
Hershberger Honored as a “Renaissance Engineer”
Dave Hershberger, Geoff Mendenhall and Cliff Leitch are shown during installation of an MS-15 FM exciter breadboard for on-air testing at WGEM(FM) in Quincy, Ill., in 1977. Mendenhall’s left hand is on the exciter breadboard. Dave Hershberger’s work with exciters and modulators for transmitters and with low-level signal processing is considered legendary by many in […]
Ferrite Toroids Can Be an Engineer’s Best Pal
Jeff Welton One of the best tools in the engineer’s lightning protection toolbox is a tried, true and frequently underutilized friend, the ferrite toroid. The principle is quite simple. If you have two (or more) conductors passing through a ferrite, such that the net sum of their currents is zero, then the ferrite is an […]
Fubo Sportsbook’s Mobile Sports Betting Platform Officially Launches in Iowa
The mobile sportsbook is integrated into the streaming TV service fubo TV, an industry-first integration the company said
Sencore’s DMG 7000-Internet Distribution Gateway Adds RIST Features
New features for the reliable internet streaming protocol (RIST) on the gateway include link bonding and seamless switching
Florida Licensee Faces $3,000 Forfeiture After Late Filing Penalty
The Federal Communications Commission continues to hand out forfeitures to stations that fail to file their license renewal application on time. Whether it’s only a few days late or nearly four months overdue, the FCC rules on license renewal application deadlines matter are clear: a broadcast station license renewal must be filed by the first […]
WorldDAB Celebrates Receiver Sales Numbers
WorldDAB says a total of 110 million DAB receivers have now been sold globally. Twice a year, the organization — which positions DAB+ as “the core future platform for radio in Europe” — publishes an infographic that depicts trends for the digital radio format, including receiver sales, population coverage and road coverage. It now has […]
5G Poised to Transform Media Workflows
Combined with Multi-Access Edge Computing, 5G will propel adoption of cloud workflows