FCC Releases Details of Pending Geotargeting Rules
The commission is expected to make them final in November.
Update your browser to view this website correctly. Update my browser now
The commission is expected to make them final in November.
Rosenworcel: We’re enabling customized content for FM audiences
Radio Activo plans to roll out ZoneCasting
GBS says 12 stations in nine markets have now begun the process
The company has filed to build boosters with a plan to deploy ZoneCasting
What should we expect, now that the first stations have applied?
ZoneCasting developer hopes commission is open to expanding hourly time limit
GBS points to “broad appeal and community impact”
Advocacy group fears smaller broadcasters are at risk
Stations can apply for experimental authorization under Part 5
REC Networks is concerned about FM booster interference to co-channels
It has approved the technology for “one-year, renewable experimental authorizations” until rules are finalized
Stations will be able to use systems like ZoneCasting for a few minutes hourly
Chairwoman visits Roberts Broadcasting in Jackson, Miss.
Idea of allowing FM geo-targeting for a few minutes each hour is controversial
It deploys the first of a two-node SFN including HD Radio
Prasar Bharati cites “tremendous potential” of the technologies
It seeks to expand its reach beyond the San Gabriel Mountains
Synchronized booster system is intended to improve coverage
Roger Lanctot writes that the commission needs to act now on geotargeting
Technology company says its technologies will help
“The time has come for the FCC to finish its work here”
GeoBroadcast Solutions said it has been working for three years to win approval of...
Station aims to improve its signal and reach in northeast Ohio
Bonneville deploys a monitoring system to keep an eye on synched system
Roger Lanctot says its opponents are blocking innovation and spreading fear
Association leader talks with Radio World about his first year on the job
He sent a letter to the FCC chairwoman this week regarding GBS' proposal
Group gives no explanation for reversal; critics cite "savage" NAB opposition
Son of a former business associate of Chris Devine calls GBS statements "blatantly inaccurate"
"Entirely unaware of our participation in this proceeding"
Technology could lead radio broadcasters to “exclude rural areas,” 13 Republicans say
Says NAB is playing mischief
NAB questions validity of some comments from small broadcasters
Contention swirls around efforts to launch geo-targeting technology
In response, GeoBroadcast Solutions decries "desperate attempt at character assassination"
NAB's Rick Kaplan says "If GBS’s proposed system was actually a good idea, broadcasters...
Auto industry analyst Roger Lanctot weighs in on the geo-targeting debate