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Improving AM: Some Tough Decisions Ahead
Receiver issue may stop revitalization in its tracks
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AM, You Want a Fix? I Got a Fix!
A big-market AM engineer says expand radio down to 76 MHz
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Don’t Just Keep Us ‘Down on the Farm’
The author is owner of WRNJ(AM) in Hackettstown, N.J. This is part of a...
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Commentary: Adjust Rules for NRSC Measurements
Here’s something the FCC can do to help many AM stations
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Commentary: Return MW to What It Was Born to Do
The AM band is not incurably sick, and high-tech resuscitation is not indicated
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Commentary: Broadcasting Is Key in Emergencies
An agency of the United Nations is taking a critical look at its value...
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Commentary: Digital Is a Hungry Bandwidth Beast
A contract engineer comments on the discussion about possible all-digital AM
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NPR Labs Eyes Streaming Technology
The author is senior technologist, NPR Labs – National Public Radio. What is the...
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Foundation Helps Broadcasters in Need
BFA offers monthly and one-time emergency assistance
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Nothing Proprietary Here
Stereo MPX over AES answers industry need with standard technology
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Commentary: DRM Offers Digitization Key
The open all-band digital standard offers solution to help local stations digitize
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Despite Bleak Predictions, Radio Persists
Radio isn’t doing as terribly as you might think; here are some reasons why
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Commentary: New AoIP Standard Is But the Next Step
Ten years on, reflections about the growth of audio over IP as used in...
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Commentary: AM Efforts Should Include Tech Solutions
Revitalization attention is welcome; DRM should be considered too
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How We Sound to the World
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan says U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management
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Why LPFM Is Good for Radio
A few reasons to celebrate as FCC filing window draws near
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CLB is for Beginners, Not Masters
RJs must surprise audiences with innovative content, personality and style, not with fixed CLBs
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AM Radio: Where Do We Go From Here?
IBiquity Says HD Radio provides a cost-effective path for AM to evolve
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Start Steering in the ‘Connected Car’
Broadcasters should immerse themselves in this space
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TTN’s Dash for a Better Dash
Balancing ‘cost-effective,’ ‘ubiquitous’ and ‘safe’ as systems advance rapidly
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TTN’s Dash for a Better Dash
Balancing "cost-effective," "ubiquitous" and "safe" as systems advance rapidly
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You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
A mental health professional counsels radio on its social insecurities
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Kott: Abacast Aims at the Bullseye
Cloud-based ad targeting is this company’s business
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AM Owner: Boost Nighttime Power
The author met with Commissioner Pai and discussed several options to help AM
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Dark Fiber Extends Reach of AoIP
Clear Channel’s Portland project demonstrates the possibilities
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Much Ado About the Vu
John Reiser comments about Oliver Berliner’s vu recollections
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Patent Update: Queen Sacrifice or Path to Broadcaster Checkmate?
Movement on the USPTO front, but will Digimedia actually benefit or is this a...
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EAS: A Valuable Work in Progress
Broadcasting can and does deliver warnings when other means fail
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‘Connected’ Car Means Different Things
Carmaker alliance details what its members see as crucial to safety and innovation
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BBG: Consider the Changing Landscape
Asks Congress to help with priorities like a CEO, infrastructure, reduction of overlap
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Why So Down on Millennials?
Broadcast’s next generation is helped, not hurt, by new tech savvy
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SBE: Outreach and Strategy in 2013
President Ralph Hogan provides an update on several organization initiatives
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It’s High Time for an AM Update
When FCC wrote the rules on AM, today’s conflicts didn’t exist
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It’s Broke; Stop Trying to Fix It
A former state EAS chair believes that the system cannot be saved
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RadioDNS: Hybrid Radio Accelerates
Why broadcasters should make an ‘initial, slight effort’ to start Hybrid Radio services
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Are Low-Profile Antennas Hurting Our Signals?
Like it or not, this is the mobile reception environment we must live in...
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The Body of Knowledge: Use It or Lose It
Achieve your highest potential by imagining, speculating, reaching
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AM Revitalization? Clay’s Dramatic Suggestion
'Realize AM’s technology and spectrum have served its purpose and move on'