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NJBA Warns About EAS Potential Failure
Garden State’s current EMNET-EAS is more than a decade old and has become unreliable,...
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Commission Announces Antenna Site Comment Deadlines
Comments are due on or before Dec. 6 and reply comments by Dec. 23
Columns and Views
Clearing the Air on Short Towers
How to determine your obligation to register, paint or light such towers
Business and Law
KBP Facilitates Access to HD Radio Broadcasts
The Association of Philippines broadcasters drives the country’s receiver development forward
Business and Law
EEO Supporters Stand Firm on Benefits of FCC Employment Rules
Cost of compliance is minimal and benefits are enormous, says group in filing
Business and Law
Additional EEO Rules Are Unjustified and Unnecessary, According to NAB
NAB: “There is no evidence of discrimination in broadcasting that justifies additional regulation”
Guest Commentaries
CBA Revises Its Proposal to the FCC, Congress Says It Is Getting Involved
There’s a way out of the C-band entanglement — if everyone will compromise
Business and Law
FCC Challenges Court’s Broadcast Dereg Smackdown
Said panel got it wrong and full court needs to step in
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SBE Creates New Chapter in Florida Panhandle
Chapter 106 serves the Panhandle as well as portions of Alabama and Georgia
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50 Broadcast Groups to FCC: Remove Obsolete EEO Rules
Group said proposed changes would increase burdens on broadcasters and be of little practical...
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A Debate Over EEO Audits
MMTC, NAB and ACA take different stances on issue of auditing stations on their...
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FCC Reveals 60-Day Grace Period for IPAWS Update
The quick turnaround for a recent update had many EAS participants worried
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Local U.S. Ad Revenue to Surge, Driven by Politics
Radio shares in benefits of local election spending
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82 Small Broadcasters Weigh in on EEO Rule Changes
The group said it’s time for the FCC to reassess its documentation and paperwork...
Columns and Views
Commentary: Buffer Compromise Would Boost FM Class C4
Idea would create a protective bubble around underbuilt FM stations
Business and Law
NJBA: FCC Must Protect Full-Power Stations
Broadcasters association says that FCC must ensure that secondary services do not overwhelm full-power...
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Is Radio the Last One to Add New Songs?
Integr8 Research says it’s all in the usage patterns
Business and Law
Updated IPAWS Certificate Released For DASDEC, OneNet
Users of Digital Alert Systems DASDEC and OneNet devices need to upload new certificate...
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FCC to Two AM Licensees: Pay Fees or Nixed Licenses Could Be Next
Collectively the two Georgia licensees owe allegedly more than $90,000 in unpaid FCC fees
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FCC to Tackle Duplicative Programming Rule
The commission is seeking comment on how best to ensure competition and program diversity...
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Progressive Concepts Takes on RVR
Deal with Italian transmitter company includes product sales and service
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Is There an Afterlife for “Franken FMs”?
Low-power TV advocates embrace Channel 6 and want to keep audio broadcasts on 87.7...
Business and Law
VuHaus Migrates to NPR Music Platform
Four-year-old nonprofit music video service hopes move will give its public stations a larger...
Digital Radio
Downs Hails FCC Announcement on All-Digital AM
“All-digital isn’t the only answer to AM problems, but it is a piece of...
Business and Law
All-Digital on the AM Band? The FCC Might Allow It Soon
Pai says commission will consider permitting voluntary transitions by stations
Business and Law
Errant Missile Alert Prevention Bill Reintroduced
Would try to prevent repeat of Hawaiian panic attack
Business and Law
70-Year-Old Antenna Site Rules Up for Debate by FCC
Latest NPRM part of commission’s stated efforts to modernize media rules
Business and Law
New Bill Would Force C-Band Auction
Bipartisan House contingent wants money to go for rural broadband, not to satellite operators
Business and Law
Groups Call on FCC to Waive First-Term Fees for Incubating AM/FM Stations
MMTC, NABOB say waiving of fees sends powerful message about importance of diversity via...
News Makers
NYSBA Honors Native Son O’Rielly as New Yorker of the Year
FCC commissioner tells radio in particular that its “role in the community has never...
Business and Law
New FM Construction Permit Auction Set for April 2020
Auction 106 will include 130 FM broadcast allotment construction permits
Business and Law
Virginia FM Handed $15,000 Forfeiture for Alleged Filing Violations
FCC says station allegedly failed to prepare quarterly issues/lists and upload files to online...
Business and Law
Broadcasters Need to Keep Eye on Latest EAS Updates
The new TLS protocol update needed before November 8
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Radio Eyes Advantages of Deregulation
As the FCC backs off requirements, what will it mean for radio ownership interests?
Business and Law
Deadline Approaches for Reimbursement Requests
FM stations have until Oct. 15 to request TV repack reimbursement funds
Business and Law
Starks Criticizes FCC Record on Media Diversity
Views latest circuit court decision as an opportunity
Business and Law
Ham Radio Operator Handed $17,000 Notice of Forfeiture
FCC says N.Y. operator has deliberately interfered with the Amateur Radio Service
Business and Law
California LPFM Asked to Explain Alleged Transmission, EAS Violations
Enforcement bureau cited concerns with antenna, transmitter and EAS logs