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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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NEP Group

Not to be confused with NHK Enterprises, sometimes abbreviated as NEP.
NEP Group, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo production, broadcasting services
Founded1984; 42 years ago (1984), in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
FounderTom Shelburne
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key peopleMartin Stewart (CEO)[1]

Julie Bellani (Chief Human Resources Officer)[2]

Deborah Honkus (chair)[3]
ServicesOutside broadcasting
Television studios
System Integration
ENG
Master Control
Wireless Broadcast
Webcast
Visual Effects
Audio Production
Post-production
LED screens
OwnerThe Carlyle Group
Number of employees
4,000+[4]
Websitenepgroup.com

NEP Group, Inc. also known as NEP Supershooters LP [5](formerly NEP Broadcasting LLC) is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based and privately owned international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world.

Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of the Indian Premier League, Cricket World Cup, Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Eurovision Song Contest, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and French Open, Grammy Awards, U.S. Open, British Open, The People's Court, Sesame Street, The Rolling Stones, Page Six TV and Love Island (franchise).

History

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The company was founded by Tom Shelburne in 1984[6] and was part of Scranton, Pennsylvania television station WNEP-TV (which stood for North East Productions/Pennsylvania). It was spun off after The New York Times Company bought the station in 1986 from Shelburne. The company took off after it acquired the failing New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based TCS after the companies jointly produced the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana.

From 2007 to 2012 it was primarily owned by American Securities. In 2012 it NEP was sold to Crestview Partners.[7]

On September 25, 2015, NEP appointed Keith Andrews (formerly CEO and managing director of NEP Australia) as Chief Operations officer of NEP Group, Inc.[8]

On June 24, 2016, The Carlyle Group made a significant minority investment in NEP alongside existing shareholders Crestview and NEP management.[9]

In August 2018, it was announced that Crestview were to exit NEP with The Carlyle Group purchasing their stake,[10] giving them a majority interest as of October 19, 2018.[11]

In August 2020, NEP Group announced that Brian Sullivan will join the company as the new CEO starting August 31.[12]

Acquisitions

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NEP UK's Adriatic OB vehicle
NEP Supershooter SS24 under construction

This list of acquisitions is not complete.

Acquisition date Company Facilities Country References
January 5, 2005 NMT: National Mobile Television Outside broadcasting US [13]
January 31, 2005 Visions Outside broadcasting UK [14]
April 12, 2006 Roll to Record Outside broadcasting UK [14]
January 9, 2008 NCP: New Century Productions Outside broadcasting US [15]
March 22, 2012 Trio Video Outside broadcasting US [16]
May 2, 2012 Bow Tie Television Managed service provider (capture, broadcast, stream, archive) for Parliaments and Government Authorities in the UK UK [17]
November 20, 2012 Corplex Outside broadcasting US [18]
January 24, 2014 Global Television 9 outside broadcasting trucks and flyaway units, studio production, host broadcasting AUS [19]
September 2, 2014 MIRA Mobile Television Outside broadcasting US [20]
December 22, 2014 Faber Audiovisuals Video display, audiovisual rental & operation NLD [21]
January 31, 2015 Screen Scene Group Outside broadcasting, post-production, VFX, audio production IRE [22]
March 26, 2015 Mediatec Group Outside broadcasting, studio production, video display, master control, post-production, wireless, AV integration SWE [23]
April 30, 2015 Outside Broadcast Outside broadcasting, studio production, ENG, post-production, audio. Now branded as NEP Belgium. BEL [24]
July 10, 2015 Consolidated Media Industries Outside broadcasting, studio production, post-production, audio production, master control, wireless, event management, VFX, ENG, streaming, live playout. Now branded as NEP The Netherlands. NLD [25]
December 23, 2015 Mediatec Asia Pacific Audiovisual solutions provider for event and television productions AUS [26]
June 17, 2016 Broadcast Solutions Group Provider of outside broadcast flypacks SGP [27]
July 14, 2016 DBlux Outside broadcasting, sound, lighting and audiovisual production DEN [28]
January 4, 2017 Creative Technology Ltd Outside broadcasting and live events services UK [29]
August 2, 2017 Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions Outsourced broadcast solutions and flypacks US [30]
April 17, 2018 NZ Live Independent playout, outside broadcast and studio provider NZ [31]
June 15, 2018 Telerecord Outside broadcasting solutions across southern Europe ITA [32]
July 11, 2018 Big Picture Video production and equipment for concert tours, music festivals, broadcast, corporate and special events AUS/ NZ [33]
October 1, 2018 Fletcher Group Ultra-slow motion and robotic camera specialist US [34]
October 9, 2018 SIS Live Global connectivity services, uplink vehicles and operations centres UK [35]
February 5, 2019 Facility House Broadcast Group ENG, OB and post-production services NLD [36][37]
September 9, 2019 Aerial Video Systems Wireless camera technology, aerial production and RF control US / UK [38]
October 15, 2019 SOS Global Express Logistics and freight forwarding US [39]
October 17, 2019 HDR Group Full-service production partner with studios, outside broadcast, post-production etc. SWE [40][41]
August 12, 2020 Outside Broadcasting Outside-broadcast provider with 6 trucks, formerly part of Sky New Zealand. Merged with NEP New Zealand. Offer was completed on 5 February 2021.

NEP acquired the following vehicles from OSB along with its two original OB units:

  • HD1 and HD3: 14.3m semi-trailer production unit with expanding side, capable of holding 20+ cameras. They are supporter by tender vehicles. HD1 is based in Christchurch.
  • HD2: 14.3m semi-trailer production unit with the capability of holding up to 16+ cameras. It is supported by a tender vehicle with extra production facilities. This unit is based in Wellington.
  • HD4: 15m semi-trailer production unit with the capability of using 16+ cameras. It too is supported by a tender vehicle with additional production space.
  • HD5: 12.5m rigid truck and can input 8+ cameras supported by a similar sized tender vehicle with additional production room.
  • HD6: Small van which is capable of 6+ cameras. It is supported by a similar sized van for storage and linking
  • AUX1: Was an original outside broadcast production unit (OSB1), however it has been converted into a specialised production trailer (not a stand-alone OB trailer) for specialty cameras, additional graphics and houses any overflow production areas for larger broadcasts
  • OSB2: An original standard definition 13.5m semi-trailer production unit capable of 14+ cameras. This is supported by a tender truck with additional production space.
  • HD/SD Fly Away kits: Suitable for broadcasts overseas
  • HD11: Rigid truck with auxiliary unit. This was in the existing NEP NZ fleet
  • HD12: Small OB van and auxiliary van which were part of the existing NEP NZ fleet.
  • NEP has added a larger OB unit 'Tahi' to its fleet in 2024 with a double expanding side. Its tender is a large trailer.
  • Tui, a trailer, was added to provide smaller broadcasts that required remote production.
 NZ [42][43]
March 1, 2021 Vista Worldlink Centralized live television production US [44]

References

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  1. ^ "MARTIN STEWART". NEP Group. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ "JULIE BELLANI". NEP Group. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ "DEB HONKUS". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ^ "About". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Supershooters". Bloomberg.
  6. ^ "Tom Shelburne". Sports Broadcasting HOF. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Crestview Partners Acquires NEP from American Securities". PR Newswire (Press release). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  8. ^ "NEP Group Appoints President and COO, and President of Australian Business". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  9. ^ LLC, NEP Broadcasting. "The Carlyle Group Makes Significant Minority Investment in NEP Group". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  10. ^ "Crestview to exit NEP with sale to Carlyle". PE Hub Network. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  11. ^ "The Carlyle Group Assumes Majority Interest in NEP Group". Live Production. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  12. ^ August 2020, Terry Scutt 13 (13 August 2020). "NEP Group Names Brian Sullivan New CEO". TVTechnology. Retrieved 2020-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "NEP Broadcasting and National Mobile Television Announce Asset". Bloomberg.
  14. ^ a b O'Neal, James E. (23 January 2019). "NEP: 35 Years of Live Television Production". TvTechnology. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  15. ^ "NEP acquires NCP; Werteen promoted to SVP and GM as NCP operates independently : Sports Video Group". 9 January 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  16. ^ "NEP Acquires Trio Video". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  17. ^ "NEP acquires UK-based Bow Tie TV Limited : SVG Europe". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  18. ^ "NEP To Buy Corplex, Retain Engineering and Support Staff : Sports Video Group". 20 November 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  19. ^ "NEP Finalizes Acquisition of Global Television". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  20. ^ "NEP Closes Mira Acquisition". TV Technology. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  21. ^ NEP (22 December 2014). "NEP Acquires Faber Audiovisuals" (Press release). Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  22. ^ NEP Group Inc. (2 February 2015). "NEP Acquires The Screen Scene Group" (Press release). Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  23. ^ "NEP Group set to snap up OB company Mediatec". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  24. ^ "NEP Acquires Outside Broadcast and RecordLab". TV Technology. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  25. ^ "NEP adds Dutch facilities firm to ever-expanding group". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  26. ^ "NEP to acquire Mediatec Group". AV Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  27. ^ "NEP ACQUIRES BROADCAST SOLUTIONS GROUP". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  28. ^ "NEP ACQUIRES DANISH OB FIRM DBLUX". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  29. ^ "NEP Completes Acquisition of Avesco Group". Creative Technology. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  30. ^ "NEP acquires California production". 2017.
  31. ^ "NZ Live Rebrands Local Operation as NEP New Zealand". Live Production. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  32. ^ "NEP completes acquisition of Telerecord". Private Equity Wire. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  33. ^ "NEP strengthens in Australia and New Zealand with Big Picture acquisition". Sports Video Group. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  34. ^ "NEP Group acquires camera specialist Fletcher Group". Broadcast. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  35. ^ "NEP Group acquires SIS Live". Broadcast. Broadcast Now. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  36. ^ "NEP Group: NEP The Netherlands Acquires Facility House Broadcast Group". FinanzNachrichten.de (in German). 2019-05-02. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  37. ^ "NEP The Netherlands Acquires Facility House Broadcast Group". www.nepgroup.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  38. ^ Dams, Tim (2019-09-09). "NEP Group acquires Aerial Video Systems". Broadcast. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  39. ^ "Technical Production Partner NEP Group Acquires SOS Global Express". Trade Show News Network. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  40. ^ Ringrose, Fergal (2019-11-01). "NEP Group Closes Deal to Acquire HDR Sweden". Sports Video Group Europe. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  41. ^ "NEP Sweden AB och HDR Sweden AB". www.konkurrensverket.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  42. ^ "Sky TV sells its outside broadcast subsidiary to NEP". Radio New Zealand. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  43. ^ "NEP seeks clearance to acquire Sky's outside broadcasting assets". comcom.govt.nz. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  44. ^ Balderston, Michael (2021-03-02). "NEP Buys VISTA Worldlink to Boost Centralized Production Capabilities". TVTechnology. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
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NEP Group

NEP Group, Inc. also known as NEP Supershooters LP (formerly NEP Broadcasting LLC) is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based and privately owned international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world. Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of the Indian Premier League, Cricket World Cup, Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Eurovision Song Contest, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and French Open, Grammy Awards, U.S. Open, British Open, The People's Court, Sesame Street, The Rolling Stones, Page Six TV and Love Island (franchise).

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Ady Gil

Ady Gil (Hebrew: אדי גיל) is an Israeli animal rights activist living in Hollywood, California, United States of America. Gil was raised in Ramat Gan. He joined the Israel Air Force from where he retired at the age of 22. He emigrated to USA. There in partnership with Erez Ram, also a veteran of the Israeli Defence Forces, he founded in 1992, American Hi Definition Inc, a company involved in high definition big screen video projection. In 1997 with Erez Ram and Joe Shckelford they started another company, Sweetwater Digital. In November 2010, the companies were acquired by NEP Broadcasting. After this sale Gil became a full-time animal rights activist. He donated US$6 million to his organization Ady Gil World Conservation. Gil set up a shelter for cats and dogs in Los Angeles and paid for sterilization of 6000 cats in Israel. He built a large roosting structure for eagles in a wildlife sanctuary on Mount Carmel. Gil donated millions to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to refurbish a ship for use for its anti-whaling campaigns. The vessel, the former Earthrace, was renamed Ady Gil, and sank 290 km from Antarctica after a collision incident with the Japanese whaling ship Shonan Maru No 2. The loss of the ship has been the subject of litigation between Gil and Paul Watson, founder and director of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In December 2014, Gil paid US$2 million to rescue 1300 monkeys from a facility that bred them so that they would not be exported to the United States for being subjected to experiments that maimed and killed them. Ady Gil World Conservation sued Los Angeles Animal Services for closing animal shelters during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

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List of New York City television and film studios

All Mobile Video AVM Unitel, 57th Street, 515 West 57th Street: houses CenterStage Chelsea Studios, 221 West 26th Street: a historic soundstage dating back to 1914 Asset TV, 570 Lexington Avenue, full service live broadcasting studio Axa Equitable Center, 787 Seventh Avenue, includes AXA Equitable Production Group Auditorium, Atrium, and Media Studio Cine Magic East River Studios - 11, 29, 33 Kent Street and 8, 10, 12, 18, 28, and 38 Java Street, Brooklyn, NY 11101 - www.eastriverstudios.com Cine Magic LIC Studios - 30-15 48th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 - www.cinemagiclic.com Disney ABC Studios New York, 7 Lincoln Square includes: ABC News World Headquarters, Live with Kelly and Ryan, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Times Square Studios, home of ABC's Good Morning America Broadway Stages, home of Blue Bloods and The Good Wife Brooklyn Fire Proof Stages, a full-service TV and Film Qualified Production Facility. Brooklyn Studios, 8-16 43rd Ave Queens, NY 11101, a full service production studio facility with four locations in Long Island City. Brooklyn Studios offers soundproof soundstages, drive-in access, kitchen sets, high ceilings, production offices, spectacular rooftop views of the city skyline, and more! Samson Stages Brooklyn's Premier Video Production Facility & Soundstage, A Level 2 Qualified Production Facility. The Nutroaster: former home of Worst Cooks in America, Beat Bobby Flay, and Orange is the New Black. The Seltzer Room Studios, production stage for I Origins, The Big Sick, and Sleepwalk With Me. Chelsea Piers, studios for Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and CBS Sports Network, former studio of Spin City Cairo Entertainment Co., a full service television & film production company. dvDepot Studio and Equipment Rental House [1] Contra Studios, 122 West 26th Street, production stage for Californication / House of Lies Eastern Effects in Brooklyn: studio for The Americans Emerging Pictures Fox Corporation Fox News television studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas B - After the Bell, Fox Business Tonight, Making Money and Varney & Co. D - Gutfeld! E - Bulls & Bears, Countdown to the Closing Bell, First Things First, Fox Report and Journal Editorial Report G - Cavuto Live, Mornings with Maria and Your World with Neil Cavuto J - America's Newsroom, America Reports, Fox & Friends First, Justice with Judge Jeanine, Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo and Hannity M - The Five, Fox & Friends, Outnumbered, Watters' World and The Story with Martha MacCallum N - The Evening Edit W - Fox Weather Fox Television Center at East 67th Street WNYW Gigantic Studios, 207 West 25th Street STE 600, New York, NY 10001 GUM Studios, Film Studios, NYC Hayden 5 Production Studio, 22 W 27th Street Industrial Stages JC Studios: formerly NBC's Brooklyn Color Studio, in Midwood, Brooklyn; former studio for The Cosby Show, Hullabaloo, Another World and As the World Turns Kaufman Astoria Studios: home of Sesame Street Live X, Live Streaming: studio shoots and field production Manhattan Center: former home of ESPN2's Cold Pizza, original home of WWE's Monday Night RAW MCM Creative: Production and post-production company with stages located in Chelsea Metropolis Group: former studio for Food Network's Emeril Live MIMO Studios NBCUniversal NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center, includes: Studio 1A, studio for The Today Show, NBC Nightly News Studio 3A, studio for MSNBC Studio 3C, studio for MSNBC Studio 3K, studio for WNBC local news Studio 4E, studio for MSNBC Studio 6A, currently vacant, former studio for Megyn Kelly Today, Maya & Marty, The Meredith Vieira Show, "Dr. Oz", Late Night with Conan O'Brien Studio 6B, studio for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; former studio for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and WNBC Studio 6E, NBC News NOW Studio 8G, studio for Late Night with Seth Meyers; former studio for The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Football Night in America and Donahue Studio 8H, studio for Saturday Night Live NEP Group NEP Midtown Studio, 885 Second Avenue NEP Penn Studios, 401 Seventh Ave (Hotel Pennsylvania) former home of The Maury Povich Show NEP Studio 33, 503 West 33rd (sale and impending demolition announced Dec 2015) former home of Al Jazeera America and VH1 NY Studio. NEP Studio 37, 36 West 37th Street NEP Studio 52, 727 Eleventh Avenue; home of The Daily Show NEP Studio 54, 513 West 54th St.; former home of The Colbert Report NEP Studios Fifth Avenue (Studio A, B & C), 401 Fifth Avenue; former home of The People's Court NY1 Television Studios at Chelsea Market Paramount Skydance CBS Broadcast Center: Studio 33: 60 Minutes, former home of The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite Studio 41: The Drew Barrymore Show Studio 42: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver / Desus & Mero / The Good Dish / Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel Studio 43: CBS Sports / CBS Sports Network (CBS co-productions of NCAA March Madness coverage with Turner Sports) Studio 44: CBS Sports Network Studio 45: CBS Sports (mostly Paramount Plus) / Inside Edition Studio 46: WCBS-TV & WLNY Studio 47: CBS Weekend News (Sunday) Studio 57: CBS News Streaming Network and CBS Morning News, Former home of CBS This Morning Studio 57 Newsroom: CBS News Streaming Network Ed Sullivan Theater, aka CBS Studio 50: studio for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; former studio for Late Show with David Letterman and The Ed Sullivan Show Studio 1515 in One Astor Plaza, Times Square CBS Mornings, Former home of MTV's Total Request Live RiverBridge Studios: Level 2 Production Facility, Staten Island Production Central, independent green-screen studio located near Union Square Sony Screen Gems Studios, former studio for Rachael Ray, Guiding Light and The Edge of Night Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens; studio for The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Ugly Betty, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, and Fringe Steiner Studios, in the Brooklyn Navy Yard Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center Vigilant NYC: in Flushing, Queens, location for two music videos by Swet Shop Boys Warner Bros. Discovery Former home of the CNN New York City Studio, in Deutsche Bank Center Studio at 30 Hudson Yards, home of CNN News Central, former home of Early Start Nexstar Media Group WPIX Studios in the Daily News Building NewsNation's Dan Abrams Live and Cuomo, also in the Daily News Building

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Taft Broadcasting

Taft Broadcasting Company (also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated) was an American media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company was rooted in the family of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States. In 1879, William Howard's brother, Charles Phelps Taft, purchased two afternoon newspapers in Cincinnati, The Times and The Cincinnati Daily Star, merging them into the Cincinnati Times-Star in 1880. It was during the tenure of the merged paper's second publisher, Hulbert Taft Sr., son of Charles and William Howard's half-brother, Peter Rawson Taft II, that the newspaper also became involved in broadcasting. The company was the owner of such major media and entertainment properties as Hanna-Barbera Productions, Hanna-Barbera Pty, Ltd./Taft-Hardie Group Pty. Ltd., Worldvision Enterprises, Ruby-Spears Productions, KECO Entertainment and many television and radio stations. It also owned 50% of CIC Video's Australian operations, CIC-Taft Home Video. The company went through a long reorganization period starting in 1987 with its acquisition by Carl Lindner, Jr. and renamed Great American Broadcasting. Shortly after filing for bankruptcy in 1993, it became Citicasters and was, in 1999, acquired by Clear Channel Communications, which was renamed iHeartMedia in 2014. Taft — as Citicasters — remained incorporated as a holding company within iHeartMedia until 2020.

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