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Commentary
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Thought-provoking opinions by industry professionals and observers from the pages of Radio World.
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Seeing Radio’s Challenges Clearly
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David Rehr and ‘Radio 2020’
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11.07.2007
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As the old adage goes, hindsight is 20/20. What radio needs is more clarity looking ahead.
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‘Bellwether’ BE Makes Some Changes
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A New President Comes on Board at a Time of Market Softening
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by Paul McLane, 11.07.2007
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Broadcast Electronics is approaching its 50th anniversary in 2009 and I was pleased to see BE plan a salute to Larry Cervon, its retired president, in October, with a ceremony in Quincy and a live Webcast.
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Retired CE Tackles Toughest Job Yet
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The Author, Battling Prostate Cancer, Backs New Treatment, Urges Fellow 50+ Broadcasters to Get Tested
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by Marvin Collins, 10.10.2007
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After I retired from my position as chief engineer for KFI(AM) and KOST(FM) in Los Angeles, my wife Herta and I were fortunate to be able to take cruises in various parts of the world, and ski trips to Utah from 2003 to 2006, all while I continued my part-time job — taking care of KBLA(AM) — and did occasional remote broadcasts for various stations. Retirement continued to be good.
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This Is Not a Test: Freinwald Honored
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by Paul J. McLane, 10.10.2007
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When broadcast leaders recently realized they needed to meet with regulatory and weather officials to plan changes in the Emergency Alert System, it was Clay Freinwald who arranged the meeting.
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Premium Subscription Service FAQs
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by Tom Ammons, 9.26.2007
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WQED(FM) is a fine arts radio service for Pittsburgh that is, frankly, just getting by and cutting corners.
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Editorial: Try Something
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The Words of FDR Offer a Lesson for Embyronic Multicasters
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9.12.2007
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Franklin Roosevelt’s administration was only weeks old when a newspaper reporter asked him how he intended to handle the Depression, then in its third, devastating year.
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Article Skips Second Coding Family
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Pizzi Article on ‘Digital Audio 3.0’ Left Out Important Information, Forsaking ADPCM Principles
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by Jon McClintock, 9.12.2007
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Having taken some time to carefully read through Skip Pizzi’s article “Moving On Up to Digital Audio 3.0” (July 4), I’d like to reply and challenge some statements made in the piece.
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Conditional Access Is in the Public Interest
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How Do We Explain the Dichotomy of Maintaining Free Radio Yet Enabling Conditional Access Over This Free Medium?
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by Thomas E. Rucktenwald, 9.01.2007
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There is an issue brewing in the radio industry and it revolves around nothing less than freedom, technology and the future of the medium.
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A Sense of Emergency
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We Support Sen. Landrieu’s First Response Bill
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9.01.2007
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Winding its way through the Senate is the First Response Broadcasters Act of 2007. We applaud the ideas behind this bill and encourage its adoption.
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Harris Swims in Some New Channels
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The Publicly Held Company Is Seeking to Expand Its Broadcast Business From ‘National Accounts’ and Direct Relationships to Include a More Localized Approach
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by Paul J. McLane, 9.01.2007
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“Rather than be a mile wide and an inch deep, we want to go the other way.”
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Broadcasters Foundation: Here to Help
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This Year’s Outreach Campaign Is Our Most Aggressive Ever
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by Gordon Hastings, 8.15.2007
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The theme of the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s financial assistance program for 2007 is “Because Bad Things Can Happen to Good People.”
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Radio World Finds a New Home
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by Paul J. McLane, 8.01.2007
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As Alan Cohen put it, "in movement there is life, and in change there is power."
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Editorial: Indecency Rules Need to Go
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8.01.2007
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It's timely that a federal court has called into question part of the FCC's indecency policy.
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EAS Poised for Massive Overhaul
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Radio World Urges All Interested Parties to Participate in the Rulemaking Process
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7.18.2007
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Few broadcasters have not complained about the shortcomings of EAS. For more than 50 years, our government-imposed emergency alerting systems have tried and too often failed to fulfill their collective intended mission and benefit to the public.
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The Digital Forest Looks Pretty Green
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by Paul J. McLane, 7.04.2007
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The FCC’s latest report on digital radio is interesting reading, a concise summary of IBOC’s regulatory history and of issues likely yet to be contentious, such as subscription services, new public interest obligations and digital copying limitations.
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Opinion: Open Up the Online Option
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7.04.2007
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Technology continues to push the envelope of broadcast automation in the area of “command and control.”
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HD Marketing: Time to Go ‘Big-League’
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The Radio Industry Has Not Launched a Major-League Marketing Campaign to Promote HD Radio. The Time Is Now.
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by Paul J. McLane, 6.20.2007
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HD Radio broadcasters need to stop congratulating themselves for their promotion of the format so far and get serious about the Herculean task in front of them.
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Opinion: Engineers Dissed Again
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Is No Engineer Really Good Enough to Make the ‘Top 30’?
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6.20.2007
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Among the top 30 young people in radio, none are engineers.
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Letter: Rod Moses and Radio Goldfield
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by Rod Moses, 6.20.2007
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Guy Wire wrote about me and Radio Goldfield in Radio World Engineering Extra ("New Options for Pirates and LPFM," April 4). I'd like to provide a different perspective on this case, which has generated so much attention.
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Parity Check
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6.06.2007
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Rights fees have been paid by Webcasters since 2002 and by satellite radio essentially since its inception, yet terrestrial radio broadcasters are exempt from them for over-the-air programming.
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