Lowest Unit Rates Reminder for 2024
Courtesy of David Oxenford With 2024 being an election year, we should highlight the FCC’s rules on lowest unit rates. Political candidates get the lowest unit rate for advertising bought by their campaigns for the 45 days before any primary in which they are running, and for 60 days before the general election. Lowest unit […]
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 12, 2022 to March 18, 2022
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, and a look ahead at an important deadline next week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. New FCC sponsorship identification rules that impose obligations on almost […]
How to Survive in a Small Market
Kevin Thomas is the owner of WDKC(FM) “KC101 FM” in Pennsylvania’s Tioga County, a station where radio spots cost only a few dollars and the biggest community in the coverage area consists of a few thousand residents. He’d like Radio World to share more tricks and “hacks” to help broadcasters in tiny markets. “All small-market […]
A New FM+HD Radio Architecture
In 2020 Nautel participated in a demonstration that described a new approach to HD Radio time alignment. We asked Chief Technology Officer Philipp Schmid for an update. Radio World: First let’s summarize what was demo’d. Philipp Schmid: In response to industry demand, Nautel, in cooperation with Telos Alliance, demonstrated a new FM+HD Radio transport architecture […]
NAB Show Exhibitor Insight: Riedel Communications Inc.—Joyce Bente, President/CEO Riedel – The Americas
Bente shares her thoughts on the upcoming NAB Show
U.K. DAB Multiplex Relicensing Plan Gains Support
A report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee of the House of Commons agrees with the recent decision by the U.K. government to renew automatically current DAB multiplex operator licenses. In January, the government proposed allowing broadcast regulator Ofcom to renew the two national commercial radio multiplex licenses until year-end 2035 without going […]
Wurl Partners With ScreenHits TV to Deliver FAST Channels
The launches begin in the U.S., UK, Germany and Latin America as part of ScreenHits TV’s global expansion
New Rules on the Identification of Foreign Government-Provided Programs Affects All Broadcasters – Now in Effect
The FCC this week announced that broadcasters must now comply with new rules designed to identify when programming is run on U.S. stations that was provided by a foreign governmental entity pursuant to a lease of airtime. While this seems like a narrow purpose, the new rules will impose a burden on broadcasters. Because of […]
The Podcast Academy to Honor Serial with Governors Award
The Podcast Academy announced Friday that its Board of Governors will bestow Serial with the Governors Award, recognizing the impact a podcast or individual has had on the industry. Serial co-creators Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder will accept the top honor at the second annual Awards for Excellence in Audio (The Ambies) on March 22. […]
Angry Audio Introduces Livestream Audio Processor
This month, Angry Audio introduced the Chameleon C4 Livestream Audio Processor. Designed for streaming and HD Radio applications, C4 is the first in a family of processors based on Chameleon technology. Chameleon is the brainchild of Angry Audio’s audio processing architect Cornelius “Corny” Gould. According to the company, Chameleon uses a form of artificial intelligence […]