The NAB Pulse June 30, 2008

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Majority of U.S. House Members Now Oppose RIAA Tax on Radio
Four additional House members have voiced opposition to the recording industry-backed effort to levy a "new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge" on local radio stations for music airplay. The Congressional opposition to the label-led campaign now stands at 220, representing a majority of the 435-member U.S. House of Representatives.
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HD Award Deadline Tuesday
Enter now at www.nab.org/HDAward.

The NAB Radio Show® Programming Sessions Unveiled
Top sessions designed for program directors will be on tap at this year's NAB Radio Show, September 17-19 in Austin, Texas, featuring cutting-edge new content including can't-miss discussions on portable people meter (PPM), content, young listeners, audience growth and new media. Don't miss the opportunity to join your peers as radio looks to the future.
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Incredible Innovation - Transition to HD with the Embedded Exporter
The breakthrough technology that makes HD Radio™ conversion easier and more affordable will be available for purchase at The NAB Radio Show® this September in Austin, Texas. Visit the following exhibitors on The NAB Radio Show exhibit floor for your NAB member discount: Broadcast Electronics, Inc. (Booth #301), Continental Electronics (Booth #501), Harris Corporation (Booth #509) and Nautel (Booth #211).

Television Broadcasters Reminded to File Cable Royalty Claims
A reminder to television stations whose signals were carried as distant signals by at least one cable system in 2007: The dates for filing a cable copyright royalty claim with the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) begins July 1, 2008 and will end Tuesday July 31, 2008.
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Nielsen Includes Memorial Day in May 2009 Sweep: COLTAM Pushes for Change
Nielsen Media Research plans to include Memorial Day weekend in the May 2009 Sweep period for the first time in twenty years. NAB's COLTAM Committee, anticipating atypical viewing estimates, works to push Nielsen to move the May 2009 Sweep and exclude the holiday weekend.
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DTV Transition News

Attention TV Broadcasters: New Database for Upcoming DTV Consumer Education Reports
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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NAB Survey Finds 88 Percent of Hispanic Homes Know About DTV
With eight months to go before the nation transitions to all-digital television (DTV) broadcasting, awareness among America's most at-risk population-broadcast-only Hispanic households-has tripled.The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) last week released a new poll that found 88 percent of Hispanic households were aware that television broadcasting would be switching to a digital format, up from 74 percent in a January 2008 survey commissioned by NAB.
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Editor's Note
The NAB Pulse will not be published on July 7. Publication will resume on July 14.

The 2008 NAB Legal Calendar is available here.