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- Dave Supplee Joins MaxxKonnect
Dave Supplee When Josh Bohn was getting started in this industry, the first chief engineer with whom he worked was Dave Supplee. Now Bohn has hired Supplee to join Bohn’s company as a development and support engineer. MaxxKonnect cited Supplee’s more than four decades of experience in engineering, operations and management including 26 years with Cumulus Media. At Cumulus, “he served as regional engineer for the northeast and led major studio builds, transmitter relocations, and complex infrastructure projects, including the relocation and diplexing of WMAL(AM) and WSPZ(AM) in the Washington, D.C. market.” He also worked with the media company’s Broadcast Software International arm to help develop the OpX automation system and its skimmer platform. MaxxKonnect provides prioritized internet connectivity, broadcast technology and engineering services. It recently added Kirk Harnack as a consultant, and last year it hired Adam Robinson as director of sales, marketing and business development. [Read more People News coverage.] The post Dave Supplee Joins MaxxKonnect appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.47 mins ago - Bert Goldman to Be Honored With 2026 NAB Engineering Award
The National Association of Broadcasters has named Bert Goldman as the recipient of its NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award. Goldman will be honored at the We Are Broadcasters Award Ceremony, held on the main stage of the 2026 NAB Show on Tue., April 21, in Las Vegas. He is the owner and president of Goldman Engineering Management and has more than 50 years of leadership experience in broadcast engineering. Goldman’s credentials Bert Goldman. Credit: NAB With a specialty in AM and FM spectrum analysis, Goldman has helped stations improve performance, expand coverage and enhance asset value, according to NAB’s release. His work spans station construction, technical operations and regulatory compliance. He is widely regarded for his expertise in FCC rules, FM booster and translator engineering and directional AM antenna system design. Red Apple Media, the parent of WABC(AM) in New York and WLIR(FM) on Long Island, hired Goldman as its chief technology officer last summer. He also works with GeoBroadcast Solutions as its chief engineering consultant. [Related: “Goldman Answers Radio World’s Questions Regarding FM Geotargeting”] Goldman previously served as corporate vice president of engineering for the ABC/Disney Radio Division, Nationwide Communications, Patterson Broadcasting and Shamrock Broadcasting. Over his career, he has overseen upgrades in most of the top 25 U.S. markets and managed the design and construction of more than 50 radio stations. A member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers and the Society of Broadcast Engineers, Goldman has also been active with the NAB National Radio Systems Committee and the NAB Radio Technical Committee. Harvey Arnold receives NAB’s TV honor Harvey Arnold. Credit: NAB The recipient of this year’s NAB Television Engineering Achievement Award is Harvey Arnold. Since joining Sinclair in 1998, Arnold has led transmission engineering operations across the company’s television stations, with a strong focus in recent years on accelerating the industry’s transition to ATSC 3.0. He is also working with NAB and industry partners to develop and implement the Broadcast Positioning System, coordinating field testing at Sinclair ATSC 3.0 stations and promoting awareness of the technology’s potential. Hearst’s Rosellini to receive digital award Michael Rosellini. Credit: NAB Michael Rosellini, senior vice president digital services for Hearst Television, will receive NAB’s 2026 Digital Leadership Award in recognition of his impact on local TV’s digital transition. Promoted to his current role in 2023 after serving for a decade as vice president digital operations, Rosellini… [TheTopNews] Read More.49 mins ago - Bill Maher Tussles With Podcast Guest Who Gave Him Flak for Dining With Trump: Y...
Bill Maher tussled with liberal author Sam Harris on Monday after Harris said he would not have accepted President Donald Trump’s invitation to dinner were he in Maher’s shoes. Recalling his White House dinner with Trump on his Club Random Podcast, Maher said, “Now, you know, we can do this ‘should I go to the White House?’ One, who wouldn’t take that offer up? Please, it’s a private dinner with the president. Just stop it. Secondly, when I come back, should I lie about it? I didn’t.” “I could not have taken that invitation,” replied Harris. “I completely understand why you went. I mean, it’s totally convincing–” Maher interrupted, “But I honestly feel like your position is not someone who wants to actually make the country better. It’s someone who just wants to wallow in Trump hate.” “No, no, no. You know I want to make the country better, and I’m not wallowing in anything,” insisted Harris. “I just– what I’m seeing is the possibility of that errand backfiring.” After Maher questioned, “How?! On who?” Harris replied, “The way it backfired in your case. I mean, it backfired. Talk about the aftermath. I mean, he’s now attacking you for having come.” “Proving my point that I never pulled a punch, never stopped being– doing my job,” argued Maher. “There was never a deal on the table.” Harris pressed, “But what was accomplished? Was anything accomplished? It just seems like a lot of pain.” “Look, I don’t read my social media,” Maher answered. “So pain? You know, all I hear is when I go out in public, I walk into a restaurant, and 20 people come up to me and say, ‘Thank God for you and for keeping it down the middle and for being honest to both sides.’ No, I know there are people probably sitting in that restaurant thinking, ‘There’s the asshole that had dinner with Trump,’ and I know in this town, the super-woke show business community, like most of them don’t like me for that. But I don’t feel like that is a sophisticated position that I have to respect.” Harris argued, “There’s no one who should be angry at you for doing that. The fact that you did it is totally understandable. I’m just saying that it was like, I mean, honestly this like a jump ball situation. It’s not clear to me what should or could happen here,… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - NYC Protester Records Insane Moment Alleged Terrorist Shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’ ...
(Photo Credit: Walter Masterson on X) A New York City protester captured the moment a man reportedly inspired by ISIS jumped on his back and shouted “Allahu Akbar!” right as he threw an explosive device at anti-Islam demonstrators in front of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) official residence this past weekend. The footage was recorded by comic and liberal political pundit Walter Masterson, who posted it to X on Sunday. Masterson is seen telling the anti-Islam protesters at the start of the clip, “We were born and raised in New York and we want everyone here to stay in New York. You don’t get to come from outside and tell everyone else—” He was then interrupted by what appears to be suspect Emir Balat leaping over his back and throwing what authorities called an “ignited device.” Masterson looked startled and confused afterwards as Balat ran away. I was in the middle of saying “as a born and raised New Yorker, we welcome everyone into this city” when he threw that over my head. pic.twitter.com/i5iD3MVf7h — Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) March 8, 2026 Balat was one of several men arrested as part of the violent clash on Saturday, when the “Stop the Islamic Takeover” rally was met with a counterprotest called “Run the Nazis out of New York City.” The New York Post reported 18-year-old Balat “flashed a sick salute honoring ISIS” when he was shackled and escorted by NYPD cops on Monday. That followed CNN correspondent Gloria Pazmino reporting on Sunday that two of the six men arrested “admitted to being inspired by ISIS.” Her report came shortly after NBC’s Tom Winter reported the NYPD and FBI were investigating the incident as “a possible act of terrorism in part because one of the suspects directly referenced ISIS.” CBS News also reported on Sunday that it reviewed video from the protests that showed Balat shouting “Allahu Akhbar!” The anti-Islam protest was orchestrated by Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter and far-right influencer. That protest had about 20 attendees, while the counterprotest had about 120 people. Watch above via Masterson’s X post.The post NYC Protester Records Insane Moment Alleged Terrorist Shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’ and Jumps on His Back to Throw Explosive first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Lindsey Graham Stuns by Asking Israel to be More ‘Cautious’ in Bombing Iran:...
Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA via AP Images Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sparked a wave of surprise and mockery on Sunday when he urged Israel to “please be cautious about what targets you select” when bombing Iran. Graham made the comment in response to an article from Axios titled, “Scoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel’s Iran fuel strikes, sources say.” Axios reported that U.S. officials were irked by some 30 Israeli strikes on fuel depots in Iran on Saturday, including in Tehran, which resulted in a massive blaze and oil running through the city’s streets and catching fire. Axios noted that the Pentagon worried “Israeli strikes on infrastructure that serves ordinary Iranians could backfire strategically, rallying Iranian society to support the regime” as well as raise gas prices domestically, further softening U.S. support for the war effort. “Our allies in Israel have shown amazing capability when it comes to collapsing the murderous regime in Iran. America is most appreciative,” Graham wrote on X, adding: However, there will be a day soon that the Iranian people will be in charge of their own fate, not the murderous ayatollah’s regime. In that regard, please be cautious about what targets you select. Our goal is to liberate the Iranian people in a fashion that does not cripple their chance to start a new and better life when this regime collapses. The oil economy of Iran will be essential to that endeavor. Many pundits and observers were quick to point out how stunning it was for Graham, a prominent GOP hawk, to urge restraint in bombing Iran – something he has long promoted. Foreign policy guru Ian Bremmer commented on Graham’s post, adding, “Didn’t think I’d ever see this, but Lindsey Graham thinks Israelis may have overdone it on the bombing.” didn’t think i’d ever see this, but lindsey graham thinks israelis may have overdone it on the bombing. https://t.co/y5N6BM5EgU — ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 9, 2026 Below are some additional reactions: It's almost as if we don't have a strategy https://t.co/21Wh1Ia4dv — Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 9, 2026 You know how badly you have to mess up to get Lindsey Graham — who gets his preferred pornographic material from drone strike footage instead of OnlyFans — to say you should be more careful? https://t.co/pb6vVr183B — Yashar Ali (@yashar) March 9, 2026 You know you've… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - One Sheet: Free Press Creep at CBS News, Kari Lake Loses and Fox News Mistake
The Big Picture The Iran war is ten days old, oil is flirting with $120 a barrel, and the media story is really a story about access — who has it, who’s losing it, and who’s being punished for trying to get it. The newsletter class spent the weekend unpacking Bari Weiss‘s increasingly visible fingerprints on CBS News, a federal judge’s rebuke of Kari Lake‘s reign at Voice of America, and the detention of a Nashville journalist by ICE. Meanwhile, Axel Springer swallowed The Telegraph, Jeff Shell kept disappearing from Paramount’s public events, and Rupert Murdoch turned 95 surrounded by half of official Washington. Also: Pixar is back. Today’s sources: Status | CNN Reliable Sources | Puck | The Ankler | Semafor | CJR | Politico Playbook | Simon Owens | The Free Press | Poynter | Newsbusters | Breaker Top Story BARI’S WORLD: CBS NEWS STAFFERS SEE A FREE PRESS CREEP Five months into her tenure running CBS News, Bari Weiss is making choices that are drawing scrutiny from inside the building — and raising a question the newsletter class spent the weekend chewing on: where does The Free Press end and CBS News begin? The flashpoint was a Friday report CBS News posted across its social channels about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani‘s wife, Rama Duwaji, and her Instagram “likes” from October 7, 2023. The report — unbylined — noted that Duwaji had liked posts from The Slow Factory and The People’s Forum in the days after the Hamas attacks. The next day, The Free Press ran its own version of the same story. Status reported that CBS staffers speaking anonymously described the Duwaji coverage as the kind of thing “that might have appeared on The Free Press” — Weiss’s pro-Israel, anti-woke opinion outlet. The timing, the subject matter, and the ideological alignment were hard to ignore. A person close to Mamdani told Status: “It feels pretty clear that Bari Weiss views her role, whether at CBS or The Free Press, as being a political adversary to the mayor.” This wasn’t an isolated incident. Status detailed the broader creep: CBS has streamed Free Press programming on its digital platforms, added a Free Press tab to its website, elevated contributors from Weiss’s orbit onto its airwaves, and handed out complimentary Free Press subscriptions to Paramount employees. Last week, Semafor reported that Weiss had been “more engaged… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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