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The FCC has ruled that Missouri stations do not have to air ads for white supremacist write-in Senate candidate F. Glenn Miller. An attorney for the Missouri Broadcasters Association tells the Kansas City Star that the commission agrees with the MBA that Miller is not a bona fide candidate. |
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Two Greenville, TX, stations sold by Cumulus to KGVL Radio last year are going back to Cumulus, the Greenville Herald-Banner reports. |
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The annual New York City Public School Survey saw record participation this year, with the help of Clear Channel New York. CCNY contributed more than $500,000 in outdoor, radio, and digital to help raise awareness of the survey. |
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BMI's board of directors is starting a new tradition, donating each year to the Broadcasters Foundation to honor deceased board members. This year's contribution of $20,000 will honor late board members Frank Melton and Don Thurston. |
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The FCC brings in Douglas Sicker as chief technologist, working in the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis and advising the agency on technology issues. Sicker is an associate professor in the computer science department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. |
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In a Bridge Ratings survey on digital preparedness, budget was the reason most cited for radio stations' not having the digital resources they need, followed closely by concerns about "know-how." Bridge talked with 242 GMs and market manager, and says, "It is clear ... that traditional radio's executives find themselves between a rock and a hard place; the desire to move faster is there, yet the resources are not." |
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Verizon Wireless will start selling iPhones in January, Bloomberg reports, citing "two people familiar with the plans." AT&T has had an exclusive arrangement for iPhone service since Apple introduced the smartphone in 2007. |
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Radio Ink is pleased to announce that Wells Fargo Securities' Marci Ryvicker, one of the most respected equity analysts covering the media industry, will co-chair Forecast 2011, set for December 7, 2010 at the Harvard Club in New York. |
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