These Calif. Stations Are at Risk of Losing Their Licenses
Sixteen radio station licenses in California will expire on Dec. 1 if the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t hear from the owners by then. They include five full-power stations, seven low-power FMs and four translators. On Aug. 2, stations in the Golden State were required to file applications for license renewal for terms expiring Dec. 1. […]
International Sales Team Grows U.S. and European Presence
International Sales Team is truly growing into its name — the Australian company recently announced it is broadening its sales presence in U.S. and is cementing a new sales partnership with a Swiss RF manufacturer to extend its reach into Scandinavia. Founded earlier this year, the company announced it is providing what it calls sales […]
Remembering the Career of Rick Edwards
Rick Edwards, whose career included engineering leadership at Guy Gannett Broadcasting and frequency coordination work for the Society of Broadcast Engineers, died in October. He died at a hospice facility Woodstock, Ga., at age 74, according to an obituary provided by his son Jonathan Edwards, P.E. Richard L. Edwards was born in North Carolina and […]
Radio Boosts Sales in Home Improvement Space
Radio advertising continues to outpace TV ad effectiveness, especially in the home improvement space, according to a series of studies commissioned over a six-year period. Over those six years, the Audio Active Group at Cumulus Media-Westwood One commissioned eight consumer studies focusing specifically on the home improvement market. The findings indicate that radio continues to […]
Alike, but Not Alike: Broadcast vs. Ham Radio
Mark and Paula Persons at their ham station. Starting in the 1920s and through the ’60s, almost every broadcast engineer was a licensed amateur radio operator. That has changed a bit, but the importance of being a ham has not. Both environments involve getting an RF signal from Point A to Point B. But it […]
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 30, 2021 to November 5, 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 a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released Friday, the FCC proposed new rules to deal with the responsibility for […]
Tieline Joins Ravenna Community
Tieline is onboard with Ravenna. The codec manufacturer said it has joined the Ravenna community. It recently announced a firmware release that adds Ravenna support to the Gateway line of codecs. In the announcement, VP Sales APAC/EMEA Charlie Gawley said, “Ever since the days of POTS and ISDN, Tieline has always advocated for interoperability of […]
Woe the Missed Deadlines of 2020
The pandemic threw a wrench into many a schedule in 2020: cancelled meetings, abandoned appointments, missed deadlines. And for the Federal Communications Commission, those missed deadlines have generated many a headline as more than a few broadcasters failed to file broadcast license renewal applications on time through the year. The Broady Media Group, licensee of […]
What’s in your Radio News Toolkit?
When Fox News Radio’s Eben Brown arrives on scene (wherever it may be) he’s ready to report.Photo: Fox News Radio Radio news is a combination of sound, speed and story. The best reports, be they live or recorded, take the listener to the scene where the news is made and tell a story, using the […]
LinkUp Acquires Most of Orbital Media’s Assets
Content delivery company LinkUp Communications Corp. has acquired the majority of assets of Orbital Media Networks Inc. “The acquisition includes the service agreements for a wide array of broadcast customers, including those who purchase space segment and other services from OMNi, and others who subscribe to the company’s XDS satellite and streaming platform,” LinkUp stated […]