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.
The Past Two Weeks in Broadcast Regulation: December 18, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last two weeks, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC released the results of the August 11 Nationwide EAS Test, finding that, compared to the 2019 test […]
Xperi Completes Successful HD Radio Tests in Delhi
HD Radio evaluation – Test All India Radio Xperi has been actively testing HD Radio in Delhi, India, in cooperation with All India Radio. HD Radio, which has been implemented in more than 4,700 digital channels around the world, reaching over 400 million listeners, utilizes existing broadcast infrastructure to add a digital transmission that delivers […]