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The NAB added the largest TV station owner that’s never...

The NAB added the largest TV station owner that’s never been a member. Sinclair joined March 1, a company executive and association spokesman told us. The association’s leadership under President Gordon Smith “is intent on guiding the industry in a…

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way that certainly the prior leadership under” President David Rehr, which “was a train wreck,” wasn’t doing, Sinclair Vice President Mark Aitken said. Spectrum issues, which loom large as the FCC last month got authority to auction TV frequencies with broadcaster permission and share proceeds with stations, were among the reasons Sinclair joined, he said. Much “progress” has been made “at really bringing NAB together around consistent messaging,” having more “technical leadership” with the hiring last year of a chief technology officer, and efforts at the NAB’s lab, Aitken said.