Visit NAB Booths in the Radio Show Marketplace
Stop by the NAB booths at this year's Radio Show to learn how to become an NAB member and enjoy the benefits of advocacy initiatives, membership programs, community outreach activities and more.
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September is National Preparedness Month
Over the past few weeks, numerous states have encountered natural disasters – from earthquakes to hurricanes. Is your station prepared? NAB offers the member benefit program Agility Recovery to its members to ensure broadcasters can recover from any type of disaster or interruption.
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Maximize Your Station's Internet Revenue – October 4 Webcast
The next session in the Account Executive Sales Seminar Series, held Tuesday, October 4, 4-5 p.m. ET, will focus on maximizing internet sales. Mike Kelly, vice president of Digital Revenue forLIN Media, will share his expertise in this fast-moving session designed to help you grow online business for your stations. Mike brings more than 20 years of experience in broadcast television sales, including strategic sales development and a proven track record for harnessing the potential of new media.
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Send NAB Your Station's Severe Weather Stories
Hurricane Irene recently swept up the East Coast, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to communities along the Atlantic Seaboard. Throughout the storm, broadcasters served as lifelines for their communities, preempting programming to deliver round-the-clock coverage of the severe weather.
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92.3 NOW's Nick Cannon Delivers Nearly 2,000 Toys to New York Children
Nick Cannon, host of the Rollin' with Nick Cannon Morning Show on Infinity Broadcasting Group's WXRK-FM New York, 92.3 NOW and NBC's "America's Got Talent," brought truckloads of toys to the New York Hospital Queens Mets Care Room.
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Emmis Communications Paints Two Rooms at Indianapolis Public School
The corporate team at Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications recently took time off from their usual work to paint two rooms at Indianapolis Public School 56. The rooms had been in desperate need of attention before receiving the much-deserved makeovers.
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Air Congressional PSAs Today
Earlier this year, NAB's Public Service division invited members of Congress and their families to tape PSAs on issues of concern to their constituents. For the past 25 years, NAB has hosted this Congressional Public Service Announcement program during off-election cycles.
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FCC Report: More than 99 Percent Have Access to In-State TV Stations
On August 29, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a report on in-state broadcast programming, confirming data submitted by NAB that shows more than 99 percent of American households have access to in-state programming, either through an antenna or through a pay TV provider.
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Biennial Ownership Report Deadline Extended – Reports Now Due December 1, 2011
The FCC's Media Bureau recently released an order extending the deadline for filing biennial ownership reports on FCC Form 323 from November 1, 2011 to December 1, 2011. Although the filing deadline has changed, the bureau stated that the reports filed should still include information current as of October 1, 2011.
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Copyright Office Recommends Elimination of Cable and Satellite Compulsory Licenses
The Copyright Office (CO) has recommended to Congress that it phase out the statutory licenses under which cable and satellite obtain copyright clearances necessary to retransmit broadcast signals.
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New License Renewal Cycle Started June 1, 2011
Radio stations in North Carolina and South Carolina must have filed their license renewal applications on or before August 1, 2011. Post-filing on-air announcements for these stations must be aired on September 16 and October 1 and 16.
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NAB Comments on FCC's LPFM Proposal
NAB filed comments last week on an FCC proposal for implementing the Local Community Radio Act, which generally seeks to preserve frequencies on the FM dial for low power FM (LPFM) stations in every market, while also facilitating the processing of some FM translator applications still pending from the 2003 FM translator auction window.
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The 2011 NAB Legal Calendar is available here.
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