Broadcasters Giving Back – Thoughts for the Upcoming Giving Tuesday

At this time last year, we noted Giving Tuesday and decided to depart from our usual coverage of legal and policy issues and talk about something else – broadcasters giving back.  And we decided to do it again.  Broadcasters have long been known for their service to their communities, service benefitting individuals and groups across […]

Two New Board Members for Library of American Broadcasting Foundation

New LABF Board Members Deborah Parenti (left) and Dan Spears The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) elected two new board members at its recent board meeting: Streamline Publishing President Deborah Parenti and BMI Vice President of Licensing and Industry Relations Dan Spears. The announcement came from long-time D.C.-based communications attorney and former NAB General […]

Dua Lipa, Ariane Grande Score Big on iHeart Popularity Chart

iHeartMedia just put out some interesting data about which songs are most popular in the United States. According to the company, it measured total audience spins (TAS) and streams across iHeartRadio stations to look at the top played songs and artists of 2021. The #1 played song on the list is ”Levitating” by Dua Lipa, […]

Imlay to Retire as SBE General Counsel

Chris Imlay credits an abiding love of ham radio as one of the reasons he has devoted his career to communications law. Imlay, 68, retires as general counsel for the Society of Broadcast Engineers at the end of 2021. His tenure in that role began in 1991, but his actual work for the group goes […]

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 20, 2021 to November 26, 2021

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. In the last two weeks, many stations have discovered that links to their FCC-hosted online public inspection file no longer […]

Lawo diamond Broadcast Console Launches

Lawo diamond Broadcast Console Lawo has unveiled its diamond broadcast console for radio and TV applications. This completely modular production system allows broadcasters to build a console tailored to specific requirements of their users and workflows. Several module types are available for customer-specific arrangements of hardware controls and sections. The IP-native mixing system is based on […]