New Fee Filing System Adds to Sept. 28 FCC Regulatory Fee Deadline Challenges
The FCC released its Report and Order adopting the final amounts that regulatees must pay in annual regulatory fees for FY2022, and opened the filing window for making those payments.... Read More
Foreign Sponsorship Disclosure Compliance Deadline for Existing Programming Is Upon Us
On behalf of Scott Flick Broadcast stations face a September 15 deadline to ensure that all programming aired on their stations complies with the FCC’s foreign sponsorship disclosure requirements. The... Read More
Congratulations to KAB’s 2022 Mike Oatman Award for Broadcast Sales Excellence Winner Laura Capps!
The KAB established the Mike Oatman Award in 2003 to honor the memory of broadcast industry leader Michael C. “Ol Mike” Oatman, Wichita, who died in January 2003. The award... Read More
KAB Announces Inaugural Recipients of KAB’s Rising Star Award!
The newly-formed KAB Rising Star Award seeks to recognize young broadcasters (under the age of 40) who have made a significant impact on their stations and communities. Winners are selected... Read More
Action Steps Required! How to Futureproof Local Radio In the Car
Consumer research makes clear the importance of radio stations investing in their “digital dashboard” to LOOK as good as they sound. If stations don’t take action, radio will likely become less prominent with connected... Read More
KAB Fighting For You — Opposing FCC Fee Hike Proposals
The KAB has filed Joint Comments urging the FCC to modernize its methodology for setting annual regulatory fees to comply with the RAY BAUM’S Act of 2018. While Congress increased... Read More
KAB Files Joint Comments Opposing Reg Fee Increases
In the Matter of Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2022, MD Docket Nos. 21-190 and 22-223. Your Association, in combination with the state broadcasters associations of... Read More
KORA request on sealed record in Phillips County
By Max Kautsch A Kansas District Court judge kept a court record under seal last month in a noteworthy civil case after receiving a letter requesting the record and questioning... Read More
KFH History
THANK YOU to Charles Frodsham for supplying the information below! Broadcaster extraordinaire Don Anderson served KFH as chief announcer, master of ceremonies of live programs, and program director from 1949... Read More
Legislative Update April/May 2022
Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) Recognizing the dominant power of Big Tech and its threat to local journalism, the JCPA would create a temporary antitrust exemption to allow eligible... Read More