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- FCC Denies Connecticut LPFM Hopeful’s Plea to Use TV6 Audio
The FM band is awfully crowded in northeastern Connecticut, and an area LPFM applicant used the lack of vacancy as its main argument to the FCC to let it use 87.75 MHz as the operating channel. The organization “WHKA FM 87.7” incorporated in the state in 2023, just prior to the LPFM filing window that December. It sought to spotlight the Tolland and Windham regions to serve what the organization described as an underserved population in the state’s “quiet corner,” broadcasting with 100 watts ERP from a transmitter site about six miles east of the University of Connecticut campus and licensed to Storrs–Mansfield. But there was a lack of suitable FM channels to apply for, the organization said. So, WHKA sought a waiver to operate on the TV Channel 6 audio band, pointing to LPTV FM6 and Class D 87.9 FM circumstances. But after three separate attempts following the organization’s initial application, the commission remained unconvinced, denying its most recent application on May 19. (Read the commission’s memo and order on the LPFM application.) Following its denial of a WHKA petition last May, the Media Bureau minced no words: Claiming that LPFMs are equivalent to the other two classes would “effectively eviscerate the distinct regulatory regimes” applicable to different types of FM services, it said. No vacancy Locations of the 14 “Franken FMs” that operate in the U.S., from the RadioLand app. According to the Media Bureau’s account, in WHKA’s initial 2023 application, it included a waiver to operate on TV Channel 6, arguing there were no available FM frequencies in its local area, that the proposed station would not cause interference and that the operation of other “Franken FMs” is indicative that using the spectrum serves the public interest. WHKA noted that the commission has previously authorized LPTV Channel 6 licenses that were already broadcasting on FM signals on 87.75 MHz to continue to do so, with certain restrictions — specifically, LPTV FM6 stations, also known as “Franken FMs,” with the 14 currently operating in the U.S. shown in our map above. It also cited two Class D stations that were authorized in the U.S. on 87.9 FM — KSFH in Mountain View, Calif., whose license was cancelled in 2017, and K200AA(FX), a translator in Sun Valley, Nev., near Reno. But the bureau dismissed WHKA’s application in March 2025 for failing to specify a valid FM broadcast channel, and… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Triton Digital seeks to solve audio’s lag in programmatic buying
Triton Digital says that the audio business lags in the programmatic arena; the company calls it “a blind spot.” The Sounder AI platform is a remedy with which Triton promises greater precision and a cleaner path to scale for audio budgets. The Trade Desk is involved. Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Trump Says AI is ‘Amazing’ While Boasting More People Are Working Than Ever ...
President Donald Trump praised AI as “amazing” when asked if he had a message for Americans “scared” of the technology’s potential effect on jobs. While speaking to the press outside of Air Force One, Trump was asked what he would say to Americans “scared by the rise of AI.” The president said he has no concerns. “I’ll tell you, AI has been amazing because we have more jobs, more people working right now in the United States by far then we ever had before,” Trump said. As multiple reports have pointed out, Trump is partially right in terms of raw numbers with an employment peak being hit in January. However, this raw metric is driven by population growth and not seen by experts as an indicator of the strength of an economy. The president often takes to sharing AI-generated pictures and videos and sharing his own AI images in Truth Social posts. One recent post promoting the U.S. Space Force depicted Trump firing missiles at Earth from space. On Wednesday, Trump vowed again that gas prices would come “tumbling down” once the war with Iran is settled. The national cost per gallon for gas in the United States is currently at $4.50. The average was sitting below $3 before the Iran war began. He said: On Iran, I had no choice because they were going to have a nuclear weapon. We’re not going to give them a nuclear weapon. But that’s going to end soon one way or the other. Oil is going to come tumbling down. There’s so much oil, we have 1600 ships in the Strait [of Hormuz] that are loaded up with oil. That are going to be coming out very soon so we’ll have to see. But the military has been unbelievable, the blockade has been infallible. Not one ship has gotten through the blockade. 37 have tried. They all wish they didn’t. Watch above via Fox News.The post Trump Says AI is ‘Amazing’ While Boasting More People Are Working Than Ever Before first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Radio Hall of Fame’s new inducteesThe Museum of Broadcast Communications announced its selection of eight inductees to the Radio Hall of Fame. (One is co-Chair.) Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Thomas Massie Accuses Ted Cruz of Working for ‘Big Tech Cronies’ In Reply to...
(Photos via: Tom Williams and Carolyn Kaster) Lame duck Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of being a pawn for “big tech cronies” on Wednesday, one day after Massie lost his primary to President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate. Massie went after Cruz on X. He was responding to a clip of Cruz on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program the night before, where the senator said GOP lawmakers have a “real problem” if they go against Trump — which Cruz said Massie was a great example of. “The stakes are too high. We’re not screwin’ around, this is not a game. If you want to just criticize everything, go write an op-ed online, go write a blog online,” Cruz said. “But if you’re going to take a congressional seat… with the excruciating narrow vote, we can’t mess around with this. We’ve got to deliver real results.” The people of Kentucky spoke loud and clear last night. They want fighters who will deliver real results, and time and again, Thomas Massie stood in the way. pic.twitter.com/d8iXHiJY1s — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 20, 2026 Massie responded to Cruz by saying he was happy to have thwarted some artificial intelligence legislation Cruz pushed last year. “I proudly stood in the way of your AI-data center amendment to the Big Beautiful Bill that would have given those companies immunity from the law,” Massie said. “In fact, [Marjorie Taylor Greene] and I got it stripped from the bill. Did your big tech cronies still let you cash their checks after you failed?” Massie and Greene were aligned on other topics too. Both routinely called for the Justice Department to release more files on dead sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, and both were willing to publicly split with Trump on issues. Notably, Massie was one of two Republicans representatives who voted against Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill last year. He has also accused Trump of getting “dragged” into the Iran war by Israel. Trump grew sick of Greene’s complaints last year and branded her a “traitor.” He also celebrated her quitting Congress last fall, saying it was “great news” for the country. More recently, Trump has been focused on making sure Massie loses his primary. The president called Massie the “Worst Congressman” in U.S. history and urged Kentuckians to vote for “true American Patriot” Ed Gallrein instead, which the voters did on Tuesday night.… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Bret Baier Made it Worthwhile for Fox News to Send Him to Cover Trump in China â...They already hand out too many media awards as it is — but if there was going to be a media MVP trophy for covering President Donald Trump’s trip to China last week, Fox News anchor Bret Baier should get it. His China coverage stood out among the press pack — and likely had zero Fox News execs grumbling about footing what was surely a hefty bill to send him and a crew over. In particular, Baier’s wide-ranging one-on-one interview with Trump on May 16 was the media highpoint of the trip. Baier pressed the president on his past claims that the Iran war would be over “fairly quick,” which Baier noted Trump had said “numerous times.” That led to a polite squabble, with Trump explaining why Operation Epic Fury was a much tougher operation than the one that yanked Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela at the start of 2026. Trump then explained the U.S. wants to take the nuclear dust from Iran. He said several other countries in the region wanted to go in and take it too, but that a “mountain literally collapsed on it” and made it harder to do. “Right, so why isn’t that good enough?” Baier asked. Trump told him, “It is good enough, but you know what? It’s not good enough public relations-wise.” The 32-minute interview touched on a number of other big topics as well, including trade, tariffs, Trump’s relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Taiwan. Evan A. Feigenbaum -— an expert on Asia and a vice president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — called the interview a “must watch.” He added on X, “Let’s just say, if you’ve worked on U.S.-China relations or Taiwan policy in or out of government in a prior administration, this is not conventional stuff.” And even if you exclude the Trump interview, Baier earned his paycheck in Beijing. The dude was seemingly everywhere, filming standup shots while cars and motor scooters zoomed at a busy Beijing intersection, and also finding the time to show viewers how to order “robot coffee.” The MVP of the Trump-Xi summit so far has been Fox’s Bret Baier. Walking through wild traffic to frame a shot. Ordering a sausage from a humanoid robot. Reporting on how the Fox crew got ticketed $40 for illegally parking after getting spotted by CCTV camera. pic.twitter.com/zlFgz5ONzy — Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan)… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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