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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 obligations and audience expectations that have been growing steadily for years. This is one of the clearest win-wins I have
Succession Planning for Family-Owned Stations By Lee Allen Miller, Executive Director A significant share of LPTV stations in this country are family-owned. Many were founded by people I have known for decades, and some of them are now at the stage where the founder is thinking, often for the first
By Lee Allen Miller, Executive Director Playout automation has been part of broadcast operations for decades. What is changing is the role AI is starting to play within playout systems, both in the major commercial products and in smaller implementations that LPTV operators might build or buy. I want to
By Lee Allen Miller, Executive Director The ATSC 3.0 transition is the most significant technical change our industry has seen in a generation, and for many LPTV owners it is also the most significant leadership challenge. Not because the technology is impossibly complex. Because the decisions around when to invest,
By Lee Allen Miller, Executive Director The sales side of an LPTV operation is where AI tools have some of their most immediate practical applications. Unlike newsrooms, where the risks require careful policy work, sales departments can often adopt AI tools with less friction because the outputs are being used
Hiring is the hardest part of running a small-market station, and it is the part most owners are least trained for. You spend years becoming competent at broadcasting, and then one day you find yourself trying to decide whether the person sitting across from you in a job interview is
Walk into a typical LPTV station and ask the owner how the business is doing. You will get an answer based on feel. Things are good. Things are tight. We’re holding our own. Sometimes that feel is accurate. More often, it is a rough approximation that misses important things happening
By Lee Allen Miller, Executive Director Walk into a typical LPTV station and ask the owner how the business is doing. You will get an answer based on feel. Things are good. Things are tight. We’re holding our own. Sometimes that feel is accurate. More often, it is a rough
Why ATBA Opposes the Push to Open LPTV Channels to 5G Broadcast By Lee Allen Miller, Executive Director, Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance On May 12, 2026, the LPTV Broadcasters Association, through its chairman and founder Frank Copsidas, sent an open letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr asking the Commission to
