The NAB Pulse June 1, 2009

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ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" to Receive Service to America Leadership Award
The Emmy Award-winning program "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," airing for a 7th season this fall on ABC, will receive the NAB Education Foundation's (NABEF) Leadership Award, presented during the 11th annual Celebration of Service to America Awards on June 8. The awards ceremony will also feature the presentation of NABEF's Guardian Award, honoring ThanksUSA founders Kelsi and Rachel Okun for their commitment to supporting the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.
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Membership Pays Off at the NAB Radio Show
The NAB Radio Show takes you beyond the dial and brings a revolution back to Philadelphia this September. NAB members act now and save an additional $100 until June 15. Join your peers and learn how to survive a rapidly arriving new media landscape, fight for tomorrow's listeners and profit from a future still to be written.
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Reminder: Post-June12 DTV Consumer Education for Phased-Transition Stations
For the majority of full-power stations, their on-air consumer obligations will terminate on June 12, 2009. However, stations that have not completed construction of their full authorized post-transition digital facility must continue complying with the Consumer Education requirements after they terminate their analog service until they complete construction and commence operation of their full authorized post-transition digital facility.
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Stations Launch On-Air Countdown to DTV Transition
With the transition to digital television less than two weeks away, America's broadcasters are actively engaged in a major on-air campaign signaling to viewers the impending June 12 deadline.
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In Brief

FCC Proposes FY 2009 Regulatory Fees
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed regulatory fees for fiscal year 2009. Congress has mandated that the FCC collect $341,875,000 in regulatory fees for 2009 to recover the regulatory costs associated with the FCC's enforcement, policy and rulemaking, user information and international activities. This total represents an overall increase of 9.57 percent over fiscal year 2008.
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Money Well Spent - NAB's Broadcast Executive Development Seminar
It would cost $25,000 to hire your own accredited business school professor to teach your brightest managers advanced business concepts in just three days, and $15,000 to fly those top managers to the same city and cover their expenses for three days. Sending your managers to NAB's Broadcast Executive Development Seminar at Georgetown University's McDonough School of business is a fraction of the cost. How would you choose to spend your money?
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The 2009 NAB Legal Calendar is available here.