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- Auddia to Merge With Thramann Holdings
AI-based audio platform Auddia announced it has approved a merger with Thramann Holdings. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of this year. Upon closing, Auddia will be renamed McCarthy Finney. Auddia describes itself as an AI platform for audio identification and classification and related technologies, “reinventing how consumers engage with AM/FM radio, podcasts and other audio content.” The platform will become a fully owned subsidiary alongside three Thramann Holdings entities. Jeff Thramann will remain CEO of the combined company and John Mahoney will remain CFO. Thramann Holdings is privately held and controls LT350, Influence Healthcare and Voyex, three early stage companies using AI and founded by Thramann. He is an entrepreneur and inventor named on approximately 130 U.S. and international patents. Thramann said in a release that he feels there is an opportunity for a company at the intersection of AI and Web3 to harness the… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.26 mins ago - FCC Moves Ahead With NCE Translators
The FCC now has set in motion plans to open a window for noncom broadcasters to apply for new FM translators, the first such window ever. We told you about this pending action earlier. After a unanimous vote Wednesday, the FCC officially has embarked on the plan, though it’s taking comment on certain details. It said this initiative is intended to support noncommercial broadcasting and preserve the airwaves for future local services. Chairman Brendan Carr said in a prepared statement: “This will particularly benefit educational broadcasters, to allow them to extend the programming their stations provide to the public and reach remote, rural and underserved communities.” The chairman called it a “unique” window and an opportunity to promote the continued growth of noncom service in the FM band. As of December 2025 there were 4,755 noncom FMs in the United States, according to FCC data, compared to about 2,140 NCE… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.37 mins ago - California Noncom Loses Its LicenseA noncom FM station in central California has lost its license for sitting silent for more than a year and/or for operating from the wrong location. The FCC Media Bureau has sent the notification of cancellation to Peace and Justice Network of San Joaquin County, licensee of KVSJ-FM in Tracy, Calif., led by Richard Blackston. “[T]he Media Bureau gave [the] licensee several opportunities to demonstrate that the station operated with authorized parameters and without gaps of 12 months or longer, but licensee failed to do so,” the bureau wrote. It also dismissed an application to renew the license and another for minor modification. Timetable The circumstances of this case date back nine years. According to the FCC’s account, Class A station KVSJ lost its licensed transmitter site in 2017, after which it filed a series of requests for special temporary authority to operate at reduced power from temporary locations. Most… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- ‘DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO’: Trump Urges UK to Resist ‘Wokeism’ and Controversial Island Lease
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) President Donald Trump urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to abort a lease deal for the island of Diego Garcia, saying it would be a “blight” on the United Kingdom and make it harder for the U.S. to leverage its military base and “eradicate a potential attack” from Iran. The president made his plea in a Truth Social post on Wednesday. “They have to remain strong in the face of Wokeism, and other problems put before them. DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!” Trump ended his message by saying. Trump said he was not a fan of the UK entering a “tenuous, at best” 99-year deal to lease a joint U.S.-U.K. military base on the island, located in the middle of the Indian Ocean; the deal is part of a larger agreement in which Britain is giving control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. “Our relationship with the… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - NEW POLL: Most Trump Voters Did Not Watch MAGA Super Bowl Halftime Show
A strong majority of Trump voters did not watch the MAGA-ified “alternative” Super Bowl halftime show headlined by Kid Rock, according to a new poll. Trump and his supporters have been vocal about their disdain for Bad Bunny since he was announced as the Super Bowl LX halftime show performer. As the Puerto Rican superstar dazzled the crowd with a guest-studded Spanish-language extravaganza at halftime, a slate of MAGA stars put on what they called “The Great American Halftime Show.” After the show, the president raged against Bad Bunny in a Truth Social post, and throngs of his supporters vented on social media about the halftime show. But according to a new The Economist/YouGov poll, a solid 55 percent of Trump voters joined the overwhelming majority of Americans in not watching the MAGA show. However, the ones who did watch it — even the 9 percent of Harris voters — enjoyed it. From YouGov’s Taylor… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Chinese-American Olympian Trashes Reporter’s ‘Ridiculous’ Question About Medals: ‘I’m the ...
Screenshot Chinese-American skier Eileen Gu called a reporter’s question “ridiculous” in response to the suggestion that winning silver medals was a disappointing result. Gu, a freestyle skier competing for the Chinese team, has won two silver medals at the Winter Olympics in Milan at the time of writing. Those medals brought her career tally up to five, making her the most decorated female freestyle skier in Olympic history. Gu made her Olympic debut in Beijing in 2022, where she won two golds and a silver. During a recent press conference, a reporter asked if she Gu felt like she “won” two silver medals or “lost” two gold medals. The 22-year-old immediately laughed the question off before expressing gratitude for even winning a medal in the Olympics, saying: I’m the most decorated female free skier in history! I think that’s an answer in and of itself. How do I say this?… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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