The NAB Pulse June 23, 2008

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Performance Tax Opposition Three Votes Shy of House Majority
Thirteen senators and 215 House members are now on record in opposition to a record industry-backed effort to levy a "new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge" on local radio stations for music airplay. In the last week, four new House members and two additional Senators joined the growing chorus in opposition to a campaign led by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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NAB Radio Show Introduces New Super Session Featuring Radio Executives
The National Association of Broadcasters announced a new event featuring broadcast radio executives during the upcoming NAB Radio Show. The Super Session Breakfast with Radio Group Executives will take place on Thursday, September 18 at 7:30 a.m. during The NAB Radio Show in Austin. Radio executives are expected to address current radio trends and key issues impacting the business.
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HD Radio Multicast Award – Deadline July 1
Now is the time to submit your HD-2 or HD-3 station for consideration for the NAB HD Radio Multicast Award. This award will be presented to a station providing creative or groundbreaking programming on their multicast station. For more information, visit www.nab.org/HDAward. Don’t miss this opportunity to garner national recognition for your multicast station!

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New Poll Shows Near-Universal Awareness of DTV
The vast majority of the American public is aware of the upcoming transition to digital television (DTV), according to a new survey released by the National Association of Broadcasters. In a telephone survey of 31,426 television households, 90 percent of respondents reported being aware that broadcast television signals and programming will switch to a digital format on February 17, 2009, up from 83 percent found in an NAB-commissioned survey in January 2008.
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Attention TV Broadcasters: New Database for Upcoming DTV Consumer Education Reports
This week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that the DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report (Form 388) must now be filed in the FCC's Consolidated Database System (CDBS). Previously, stations were required to file Form 388 via the FCC's electronic comment filing system. The next report is due on July 10.
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In Brief

NAB Defends FCC’s Viewability Order in Federal Court
The National Association of Broadcasters intervened on behalf of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week in federal court when it filed a brief in defense of the FCC’s recent order that ensures all must-carry stations will be viewable by all cable subscribers after the digital transition.
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NAB Supports Full “Carry One, Carry All” Carriage Rule in Comments
The National Association of Broadcasters reiterated its firm position in support of the proposed “carry one, carry all” requirement last week in a second round of comments concerning the ongoing clash between satellite providers and the Federal Communications Commission. Satellite television providers, such as DirecTV, protest the requirement, claiming they do not have the capacity to provide subscribers with programming in both HD and SD versions of local broadcast stations. NAB urged the FCC to investigate such claims of limited capacity before fully relying on them.
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Election 2008 PSAs and Guidebook
Encourage Americans to make their voice heard in the upcoming election with public service announcements (PSAs) and a guidebook from NAB. These free public service materials are available online at NAB’s public service Web site, NAB Spot Center. Please incorporate these PSAs into your programming between now and Election Day. For more information or to order a free TV dub, contact NAB at publicservice@nab.org or call (202) 429-5448.

Career Day in Austin, Texas
The NAB Education Foundation, Broadcast Education Association and Radio-Television News Directors Association will host its annual fall Career Day on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 during the NAB Radio Show at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.
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The 2008 NAB Legal Calendar is available here.