NABEF Service to America Awards – Call for Station Entries
Every day, broadcasters serve their local communities: They provide a lifeline in times of crisis and disaster relief in the aftermath; they raise money and awareness for people in need and for charitable causes; and they participate in community events and donate airtime to support community issues. On one special evening each year, NABEF is proud to honor the public service commitment of our nation's free, local radio and television broadcasters and their community partners.<
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Register for the AE Webcast on Tuesday, December 6
Total home improvement product sales are expected to grow almost 3 percent this year to $267 billion. Continued growth is expected to average nearly 4 percent in 2012 and 2013. This is an important market comprising approximately $150 billion in annual revenue. Get specific and actionable information you need to make the most of this important and growing advertising category for your station!
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Now Available: 2011 NAB Television Financial Report
The 2011 NAB Television Financial Report, produced by NAB's Research department, is the most comprehensive report on television station revenues, expenses and profits in the U.S., allowing a comparative analysis of stations revenue earnings across DMAs, by station affiliation and revenue categories.
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GAO Reports on Effects Elimination of Cable & Satellite Statutory Copyright Licenses Would Have on TV Programming & Consumer Prices
In a report released last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a Congressionally mandated report on what would likely result if the statutory copyright licenses under which cable and satellite retransmit television programming were eliminated and replaced with marketplace negotiations.
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FCC Reverses 298 Closed Captioning Exemptions
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made the decision to reverse 298 closed captioning exemptions. Petitioners must re-file by Wednesday, January 18, 2012. For more information on this order, please click here.
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Information for Radio Broadcasters Who Receive Letters Asking for Licensing Fees
In the past year, some NAB member radio stations have received letters from a company called Mission Abstract Data (MAD), L.L.C., (also doing business as Digimedia). These letters claim that the radio station owes MAD licensing fees for use of a patent, owned by MAD, that relate "to systems and methods for a programmable digital audio system for radio stations where the music is stored in a digital database from which it is recalled pursuant to prior programming of the operation of the radio station."
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FCC Proposes Moving Public File Online, Overhauling Programming Disclosure Forms
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (online public file notice) in late October that could require television broadcasters to put most of their existing public file online in a database hosted by the FCC.
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New License Renewal Cycle Started June 1, 2011
Radio stations in Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands must have filed their license renewal applications on or before October 1, 2011. These stations must air post-filing on-air announcements on December 16.
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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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KUZZ-FM, Bakersfield, California, and WRHI, Rock Hill, South Carolina Throughout 2010, KUZZ-FM in Bakersfield, California, helped their community raise more than $5.3 million and devoted 7,534 minutes of public service programming to community concerns and events. Full Article >

The 2011 NAB Legal Calendar is available here.