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WOWY Completes Evolution To Classic Hits

Seven Mountains Media has completed its evolution of Oldies 97.1 WOWY University Park/State College PA and its two simulcasters 1150 WHUN/97.7 W249DD and 103.5 WHUN-FM Huntingdon to Classic Hits. The station has moved its music from 1960s through 19880s to a 70s/80s base with new imaging and logo. ‘Real Deal’ Bob Steele and Roger Corey […] […]

US

2021 Radio Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced

The Museum of Broadcast Communications announced today the selection of eight new inductees as well as a new class of Legacy inductees, into the RADIO HALL OF FAME for 2021. The 2021 Radio Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at the in-person 2021 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday, October 28, 2021, […] […]

ASIA

Google guilty of infringing Sonos patented smart speaker technology

In a preliminary finding of the International Trade Commission, Google has been found guilty of infringing on Sonos’ patent.The victory comes after a case going back to early 2020 when Sonos first sued Google, accusing them of infringing on five of the Sonos smart speaker technology patents for a number of Google products, including Google Home, Nest Hubs and Pixel.According to Sonos, during a 2013 partnership, Google had stolen the technology under the guise of looking over Sonos’s blueprints in order to make its own music service compatible with the products.

As part of the initial suit, Sonos had also requested a ban on the sale of Google products in the US, including Nest Hubs, Chromecasts, and Pixel smartphone handsets.Google launched a countersuit in the middle of last year claiming Sonos was not paying a licence fee for using Google’s patented technology for software, networking, search, audio processing, digital-media management and streaming. […]