TV Technology Staff

President Trump has indicated that he will nominate Brendan Carr, a longtime aide to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, to fill the open Republican commissioner seat at the FCC.

The White House’s proposed budget could very well bring some cuts to the FCC, financially and in terms of staff.

The Radio Television Digital News Association has announced the winners of the 2017 national Edward R. Murrow Awards.

After making its debut in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Bay Area, Chicago and Philadelphia back in April, YouTube TV is ready to expand to 10 more markets in the coming weeks.

The New Jersey Broadcasters Association is pulling out all the stops for its NJBA 70th Anniversary Dinner & Gala Nov. 2 in Atlantic City, N.J.

Kurz will also serve as the technology correspondent for TV Technology and tvtechnology.com.

Wireless carriers expected to favor auction or other approach.

During Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Q2 2017 earning call, CEO Chris Ripley made the case that consolidating news operations in a market would lead to “significant savings.”

Multiple sources are reporting that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is working on a media ownership order that, according to one industry source, would allow newspaper-broadcast and radio-TV crossownership.

Another batch of applications from winning bidders in the forward portion of the broadcast incentive auction have been accepted by the FCC.