Election Night Proves It: Hyperlocal Is LPTV’s Franchise
On election night, nobody with a national budget covers the county commission race. An LPTV station twelve miles away can, and that capability is the most durable franchise in American television.
Building Your ATSC 3.0 Transition Roadmap
Most LPTV transitions don’t fail on technology. They fail because nobody wrote down the order of operations. Here is the sequence: audit, budget, posture, paperwork, timeline.
Cybersecurity and the Emergency Alert System: New Rules, Real Deadlines
The FCC’s new EAS security rules took effect September 29. Here’s what they require, the EAS dates still ahead this fall, and a short list a one-engineer station can work through at close to zero cost.
Advanced Emergency Alerting: The Case for Broadcast-Controlled Warning
Cellular networks fail in exactly the conditions that generate emergencies, and a one-to-many broadcast transmitter does not. Here is how ATSC 3.0 alerting works, and why LPTV is built for it.
The Castanet Pilot: Proving the Broadcaster Stays in Control
A live Las Vegas network carried 5G Broadcast inside ATSC 3.0, and the station never stopped running the platform. Why that matters for spectrum, distribution and revenue.
The Tower, the Lease, and the Fixed Costs That Decide Your Margin
There’s a pattern I’ve seen enough times to name it. Revenue is fine. Sales are steady. The programming works. And the station is still barely breaking even, because a handful […]
Building an AI Roadmap for Your Station in 2026
By Lee Allen Miller, Executive Director I want to close this series the way I opened it. With a practical framework, not a prediction. Over the last ten weeks we […]
AI for Station Social Media and Web Presence
By Lee Allen Miller, Executive Director Your station’s website, social media feeds, and email communications are the digital front door of your broadcast operation. For many viewers, particularly younger ones, […]
The Community-First Station: Leadership Lessons from Hyperlocal Operators
By Lee Allen Miller, Executive Director Of all the conversations I have had with LPTV operators over the years, the ones that stay with me most are with the community-first […]
AI and Closed Captioning: Accessibility Gets Easier
Closed captioning is an area where the arrival of practical AI tools is making a tangible difference in what LPTV stations can offer, and it happens to align with regulatory […]