Letter: No place for mandates

This is regarding the letter “AM Digital — What Is the End Game?,” which was a response to an earlier commentary by Michelle Bradley. The author wrote: “Michi made the point that, ‘The automotive and radio receiver industry needs to make HD Radio, standard equipment, not a ‘luxury option’ like with some manufacturers.’ So, when […]

Tula Mic: Old School and New School

The mic is available in cream, red, black and seafoam. As children, we are told to not judge a book by its cover. So as adults, when something arrives in the mail packaged in a cool little box with a trendy logo, we are conditioned to pass it off as nothing more than a slick […]

Letter: Sept. 11, 20 years ago

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Mark Persons is a frequent contributor to Radio World. Paul, excellent editorial about 9/11 (radioworld.com, “Memories of 9/11 Haunt Me Still”). Thanks for telling your story of that fateful day when 2,996 innocent people died. We all remember where we were that morning. I heard a news bulletin come over […]

Dielectric’s Proposal Is on FCC Agenda

FM antenna manufacturers and users may soon be able to use computer modeling to verify the patterns of directional antennas. The Federal Communications Commission meeting agenda for November includes consideration of a proposal to do just that. As we reported earlier, antenna maker Dielectric has urged the FCC to take this action. [Read: Dielectric Expects […]