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NAB’s Sam Matheny Tackles the iPhone FM Controversy
He writes that "NAB welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with Apple"
The author is regional engineering lead for iHeartMedia Los Angeles and a longtime Radio World contributor. He received the Robert W. Flanders SBE Engineer of the Year award from the Society of Broadcast Engineers in 2025.
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Digital Radio Hits New Highs in the UK
Total digital listening hours grew by 38.6 million hours year-over-year
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DAB Expansion Continues Across Europe
Croatia's Electronic Media Agency announced the 16 radio stations that will soon start broadcasting...
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Cable TV Companies Might Have Advantage Heading Into the 5G Era
Verizon and AT&T are field testing pre-standard 5G fixed wireless access using millimeter frequencies
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NAB Engineering Handbook: RadioDNS
One in a series of Q&As with professionals who wrote chapters in the new...
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Worldwide DAB Receiver Sales Increase YoY
New stats from WorldDAB show digital radio is making progress in Europe and the...
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Fire on Mt. Wilson
This is the kind of problem that literally keeps engineers up at night
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Ad Insertion for Streaming Audio and Podcasts
Gaining the ability to generate revenue from streaming media is the Holy Grail for...
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Cell Carriers Making Progress After Disasters in Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and California
In Puerto Rico, 61% of the island’s population now has coverage, up from 60%...
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Increasing Streaming Media Use Noted in Australian Listener Surveys
The survey measures listening to all forms of audio, including radio, owned music collections,...
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DRUK to Host Digital Radio Event in Northern Ireland
Attendees will hear about the future of digital radio in Northern Ireland and...
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DAB+ Radios Continue to Sell Well in Norway and the Netherlands
Digital radio producer Pure launches three DAB radios with the Norwegian Mariusgenseren pattern
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NAB Engineering Handbook: STL Systems
One in a series of Q&As with professionals who wrote chapters in the new...
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New VHF FM Stations Are Coming to Sweden
The new national radio networks will cover about 80% of the Scandinavian nation
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Alan Jurison on Updated NRSC Guidelines
New set of best practices focuses on the configuration, alignment and maintenance of HD...
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Big Carriers Developing Workarounds for Weather-Based System Outages
Sprint has been testing small cells held aloft by a drone
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FCC Updates Rules to Facilitate Deployment of Satellite-Based Broadband
R&O amends the Table of Frequency Allocations to better accommodate NGSO and geostationary satellite...
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Sprint, T-Mobile in Merger Talks
Speculation regarding a potential merger of the two U.S. wireless operators has increased over...
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Florida Senator Wants Government to Require FM Chips
After Hurricane Irma, he’s pushing the government to require smartphone manufacturers to activate...
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Guam Gets First HD Radio Station
KIJI runs 12.5 kW with an antenna 320 above ground level;
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Boston Consulting Group Says Low Latency Is Key to Smartphone User Satisfaction
It’s not all about download speed
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Raspberry Pi Generates DAB+ Multiplex Stream
The network has run for more than two months and has proven to be...
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WWUS Again Is Lifeline for Florida Keys Residents During Hurricane
Two decades ago, the station won an Edward R. Murrow award for continuously broadcasting...
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Radio Usage Is Now Stabilizing in Norway
Over-the-air digital radio is used by 1.9 million people daily, corresponding to 72% of...
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On-Air Processing
Over-the-air audio processing remains a crucial topic despite the multimedia nature of radio today.
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NAB at Odds With Big Cell Carriers Over Repack Schedule
NAB EVP Dennis Wharton earlier this year described the 39-month repack time frame as...
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Salem Media Group Selects Triton Digital and Omny Studio for On-Demand Audio
Will utilize the enterprise-level on-demand audio management platform to host and distribute their 600...
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Norway’s FM Sunsetting Nears Completion
Stations will shut down on Sept. 15 and Sept. 20
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In Germany, DAB+ Use Now Exceeds Satellite, Cable and Internet Radio
The average the listening time is 29 minutes
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Norway Sees Increase in DAB+ Radio and Car Adaptor Purchases
The country’s electronics industry reports that 35% of the population says they bought new...
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U.S. Companies Not Investing Nearly Enough in Fiber Infrastructure
Will need to invest between $130 billion and $150 billion in fiber deployments over...
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Digital Radio UK Will Hold Digital Radio Conference at British Museum
Chris Chabot, technical evangelist at Amazon, and Paul Rodgers, Head of BBC 6 Music,...
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ETSI Publishes Manufacturing Standards for DAB Receivers
ETSI TS 103 461 standard is a ratification of the European Specification that was...
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DRM Reception on Mobile Phones Demonstrated for VHF Bands
Fraunhofer IIS is also working with cellphone manufacturers to have the DRM receiver included...
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The National Translator Association Opposes Microsoft’s White Spaces Plan
The Rural Airband Initiative calls for three former TV channels to be made available...
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EBU Cost-Benefit Analysis Shows Mobile Broadband Not an Economical Alternative to OTA Radio
The real cost of listening to a minute of radio via mobile broadband was...
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Audi/VW First Group to Sign Up for Radioplayer’s Smart Radio API
WRAPI builds on the Radioplayer Car project launched earlier this year
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Arqiva Plans Wholesale 5G Fixed Wireless Access in London
Arqiva has gained access to 15,000 more sites in London, after signing a 10-year...
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Report on the Implementation of DAB Across Arab States
Jordan moving forward with its deployment of DAB+.
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NAB Rejects Latest TV White Spaces Proposal
The TV white spaces (TVWS) debate is becoming news once again because of a...