NAB Objects to Regulatory Fee Hike
It's the 3rd year your fees will be significantly increased and the NAB calls the FCC's plan unfair and unsustainable in a new 18-page filing. The NAB says the Commission is forcing broadcasters to subsidize the regulation of other entities that are either contributing less than their fair share of the fees or getting a free ride.
Working Their Tails Off To Make It In Radio
Jack Hammer and Andre Kane love creating great content on the radio. They love entertaining, and they love putting in the hard work, day after day, doing whatever it takes to make it in this business. Hammer and Kane host a syndicated morning show called The Electric Radio Show.
Digital Benchmark Webinar
Gordon Borrell hosts the 10th annual Borrell-RAB Digital Benchmarking Report. Finally, A Digital Bounty, is set for February 16 at 1p.m. EST.
Washington Redskins Add WMAL
The station will carry Redskins Radio Network broadcasts in the Washington, DC metro area on game days, beginning with the 2017 NFL season. WMAL will supplement the team’s flagship home on ESPN980 AM (WTEM), 92.7 FM (WWXT), and 94.3 FM (WWXX) in the market.
Be The Greatest Market Manager You Can Be
(By Kelly Orchard) Congratulations, you’ve been named a market manager! Now what? You have a choice to make, right now. Do you want to be recognized and remembered by your team as the best manager they ever worked for — or the worst?
Marconi Awards Moved to New York Show
With the Radio Show being absorbed into the big NAB Las Vegas Show, the NAB has decided to move the Radio Marconi Awards ceremony to New York. The 2022 awards will take place during a dinner program at NAB Show New York on October 19th.
Warfield To Join Beasley Board
At its annual stockholders meeting on May 27 Beasley, 71-year old industry veteran Charles Warfield will be nominated to the Beasley Media Board of Directors. Warfield will replace former FCC Chairman Mark Fowler who is leaving the board after serving for 21 years.
These Fundraising Stations Are Legends
The three Legend Communications country stations of Wyoming -- KGWY-FM, Gillette; KZMQ-FM, Cody; and KLGT-FM, Buffalo-Sheridan, have raised over $100,000 with their annual St. Jude Radiothons. That takes the total raised over the past 11 years to more than $1.2 million.
Busted in Boston
The FCC continued its crackdown on pirates, announcing two more were found on Friday. Davina Mendes was caught operating a pirate radio station weekdays from 3-5 pm at 87.7 in Boston from a business building at 616 Blue Hill Ave. And Talya Andrea Lantz was cited for hosting a morning show at 101.3 in Boston from that same location. Both must end their broadcasts immediately and have ten days to respond the The FCC.
Is Hispanic Radio Still Missing Unity?
(By Eric Rhoads) Years ago, watching protests in the streets, it became clear to me that immigration was going to become one of the biggest issues in America. It was clear that the demographics of America were changing, and that the Hispanic population in America was booming. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that this growth should bring good times for Hispanic-formatted radio stations.
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