Commentary: Skip the Nonsensical Bias About LPFM

The author is with WHYU(LP), licensed to the American Militia Association, in Meyersdale, Pa. Regarding the stories “LP-250 FM Petition Draws Lots of Interest” and “NAB Renews Objections to LP-250.” The NAB has a single goal: looking out for the financial interests of incumbent, commercial, full-power stations. It is well-known that many struggling LPFM stations […]

Marketron Lightens Burden of Payment Processing

The author is business manager for Southern Stone Communications. At Southern Stone Communications, we have a long history of delivering entertainment and content to communities across the southeast U.S. Over the past three decades, our stations have offered popular programming including top 40 hits, hip-hop, contemporary, news and talk radio. We’ve evolved as the industry […]

San Diego TV Station Broadcasting Hybrid FM-ATSC 3.0 Signal on TV Channel 6

Photo: ATSC A local San Diego low-power TV station is testing the broadcast of FM signals over ATSC 3.0 (aka “NextGen TV”). KRPE-LD San Diego, low-power TV Channel 6, atop Mt. San Miguel, is the first station in its market to broadcast ATSC 3.0. The FCC granted a Special Temporary Authorization for a signal on […]

Workbench: The Beauty of a Shorted Quarter-Wave Stub

A 3-1/8-inch tunable stub, mounted at the transmitter output (and identifiable by the long slot at center top), diligently guards against damaging voltage spikes. In addition to pumpkin pie, Halloween and Thanksgiving, this is the time of year to focus on budgets. Even if your station is one of the few that doesn’t use a […]

Audacy Picks Former NYT Exec for Digital Business Hire

Audacy named Palak Forbes as senior vice president of digital business operations, a newly created position. She most recently held a business development and operations role at the New York Times. The announcement states that she will “provide commercial and operational leadership for the company’s podcast business, while working across Audacy’s entire digital portfolio and […]