NAB President/CEO David Rehr sent a letter last week to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., requesting a hearing to explore ways to increase diversity and representation of minority groups and women in the communications industry.

NAB said 53 members of the U.S. House are backing a bipartisan resolution opposing additional music royalty fees on radio.

Rehr: ‘Local radio broadcasters are not the reason the recording industry is losing money’

Separately, NAB President/CEO David Rehr sent a letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii.

While satellite radio is not a direct replacement for local terrestrial radio, the two services do compete at the national level for advertising, according to NAB President/CEO David Rehr.

Rehr: Too Soon to Vote on PERFORM Act