FEMA Hosts First IPAWS Users Conference
A slide from FEMA’s IPAWS Users Conference session discussing the 2021 National Test FEMA’s new series of online IPAWS presentations might be of interest to broadcasters wanting a better understanding of EAS and alerting message origination. The IPAWS Users Conference, which includes FEMA’s recap of the 2021 National EAS test last August, discusses the ever-increasing […]
SBE, AES N.Y. Chapters Host Panel on Loudness
SBE Chapter 15 and the AES New York Section are teaming up on Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 3 p.m. Eastern for an exclusive panel discussion about the AES’s new loudness recommendations for streaming and on-demand audio. The session will stream via Facebook Live on the SBE Chapter 15 Facebook page. The panel will feature Bob […]
NATPE Cancels Miami Gathering
Conference succumbs to omicron
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 1, 2022 to January 7, 2022
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC this week announced that it will vote on two items of interest to broadcasters at its next Open […]
Jacobs: Treat the Dashboard With Urgency
Fred Jacobs Automakers have long included traditional AM/FM radios in new vehicles at no charge, with broadcasters gladly nodding their approval. But Fred Jacobs says the relationship between those parties is changing as automakers look to monetize the dashboard further. Jacobs, founder of consulting firm Jacobs Media, wrote in a series of recent blog posts […]
LeGeyt “100% Confident” About Spring NAB Show
Radio World’s colleague Tom Butts, the editor of TV Tech, interviewed Curtis LeGeyt, the new president/CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, who attended the 2022 International CES. This is an excerpt of a longer story that appears at tvtech.com. “I think CES and [CTA President] Gary Shapiro and his team deserve a ton of […]
ARK Multicasting Chooses Dielectric To Supply 200 Powerlite Antennas
Many of the antennas will be installed by nearly 60 ARK stations displaced in the repack
FCC Says No to Appeal for a New AM in L.A.
Schwab Multimedia has lost an appeal to the Federal Communications Commission in a case involving a planned AM station near Los Angeles for which it had a construction permit. This is a “tolling” case, one that involves the FCC construction clock. The history is complex — the FCC’s summary is 2,500 words long, not counting […]
HPA Outlines COVID Protocols for the HPA Tech Retreat
HPA noted that it will offer free testing, require vaccinations and masks and hold all events in a designated “safe zone” with no outside guests
NAB President Curtis LeGeyt Shares His Thoughts About CES 2022
New association leader focused on NextGen TV, plans for April NAB Show