USSI Global Promotes Amanda Flynn
USSI Global promoted Amanda Flynn to vice president of customer relations and business development. The company is a turnkey provider of network, broadcast and digital signage systems and services. [Related: “USSI Global Supports SES in C-Band Transition”] “Flynn will focus on expanding the manufacturer client base for installation and repair services within the company’s Digital […]
Audacy Podcasts Now on Samsung Platforms
Audacy and Samsung have a new content distribution partnership, making Audacy’s podcast library available on Samsung platforms. “Listeners will be able to hear favorites from Audacy’s market-leading podcast studios including Cadence13, Pineapple Street Studios and 2400Sports, along with hundreds of other Audacy podcast titles from across its large and rapidly-growing network on the Samsung Free […]
FCC Releases Year-End Station Totals
The Federal Communications Commission has released its year-end station totals for 2021. As of Dec. 31, 2021, the number of licenses were as follows, Station type Dec. ’21 Dec. ’20 +/− AM stations 4,509 4,551 −42 FM commercial 6,676 6,699 −23 FM educational 4,204 4,195 +9 FM translators and boosters 8,866 8,420 +446 LPFM 2,069 […]
LeGeyt Takes Charge, Names Leadership Team
Curtis LeGuyt (Photo by Jay Mallin) Curtis LeGeyt is now president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Broadcasters, succeeding Gordon Smith. The transition had been announced last year. Smith moves into an advisory and advocacy role. One of the first changes under LeGeyt is the creation of an NAB chief of staff. […]
Ala. Broadcasters Cancel Annual Conference
The Alabama Broadcasters Association won’t hold their annual conference this month after all. The event was planned for Jan. 21–22. The association is celebrating its 75th anniversary. “With the Covid Omicron variant spreading like wildfire across our state and already having an impact on many of your stations, we believe it is in everyone’s best […]
Joshua King Named President/CEO of Kintronic Labs
Josh (left) and Tom King are shown at a transmitter site in South Korea. The third generation is ready to play a larger role at family-run Kintronic Labs. The firm started to take shape in 1949 when Louis King left the Radio Corporation of America to pursue his own business in RF, and took its […]
Poland Opens Tender for National DAB+ Programs
As 2021 came to a close, KRRiT, the Polish broadcasting regulator, announced plans to tender licenses for a nationwide DAB+ multiplex. The multiplex would support a dozen channels. According to the KRRiT’s announcement, three of the channels will be reserved for public service broadcaster Polskie Radio’s national channels; three will be for nationwide extension of […]
Telos Releases V2.0 Software for Infinity
“This update offers a free, updated version of Infinity’s Dashboard software, enhanced compatibility options, and includes firmware for Infinity panels, desktop stations and beltpacks,” the company announced. [Check Out More Products at Radio World’s Products Section] VP of Business Development and Infinity Product Director Martin Dyster was quoted: “Infinity has always been plug-and-play due to […]
National EAS Test Showed Improvement, FCC Says
The nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System last August showed improvement over the previous test in 2019, according to the Federal Communications Commission. “Receipt and retransmission rates increased, while reported monitored source complications markedly decreased,” it stated in a new report. But the commission said technical glitches that did occur highlight the importance of […]
CES 2022 Will End 1 Day Early
The CES exhibition floor will open in Las Vegas on Jan. 5 with 2200+ in-person exhibitors and end on Jan. 7th, one day early.