Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert… This is BDR Newsletter 874, Volume 17, #41 for May 13, 2026
AUCTION 144 SCHEDULED FCC says on February 2, 2027 it will hold Auction No. 114 – the first since their authority to hold auctions was returned. The Media Bureau then announced a freeze, effective immediately.
ANOTHER ONE GOING PRIVATE The Christian Community Foundation – dba Waterstone – has signed an agreement to acquire Salem Media’s 117 stations in 38 markets, along with the magazine and book publishing, and Internet content, and take the whole thing private. (Salem’s 117 stations is currently tied with Audacy as the fifth largest group in the US.)
REMOTE CONTROL MADE EASY Between the number of items now that feature Internet connection and the need for cyber security, putting together a remote control system can be very difficult. WorldCast’s Kybio, currently in a special deal with BSW, aims to make it easy for the smallest station or the largest group to build an easy to use remote control and alerting system that works. Cyrus Uible is our guest presenter this week, and he will show how the WorldCast team works with stations to produce and install a solid system – even if no one at the station is an IT guru.
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