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Small Market Radio
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SMALL MARKET LEADER SUFFERS SUSPICIOUS TOWER COLLAPSE. Art Sutton’s Lavonia, GA radio station, WLHR, saw its tower fall last weekend, a likely act of vandalism. Sutton is quoted on the station’s website (www.921wlhr.com) as saying, "We believe one of the guy-wire sections was deliberately cut, which resulted in the tower falling completely over." Read the full story in this week's issue.

SURVEY SEZ: ONLINE LISTENING TO GROW. Based on a survey of over 3,000 Internet streaming listeners, Bridge Ratings projects growth in online simulcasts of local radio stations, as well as Internet-only players. Currently local-radio streams generate around 2.5 hours of listening, while Internet-only streamers rack up a little under 1.5 hours. Bridge estimates that in four years online listening will increase to over 2.75 hours and 1.55 hours, respectively. Read the full story in this week's issue.

NAB SHOW I: FCC COMMISSIONERS TO HIT VEGAS. Michael Copps, Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker will be featured speakers at "The Washington Face-Off," a session to be presented during the 2010 NAB Show. The commissioners will talk about spectrum management, media ownership and developments in digital media.

TOO BIG TO FAIL. Next year’s FCC budget will be north of $252 million, if President Obama has his way. In addition to mandatory salary and benefits increases and contractors’ inflationary increases, the money would be used for things like implementing the national broadband plan, a spectrum-inventory initiative and work on emergency-response interoperability; improving consumer information programs, "seizing the opportunities provided by new media and advanced information technology"; and staff and technology to overhaul the FCC’s "antiquated" data and processing systems.

NAB SHOW II: PHIL HENDRIE, LUNCHEON KEYNOTER. The syndicated radio personality and voice artist will be the featured speaker at the NAB Radio Luncheon during the big show in Las Vegas. NAB Executive VP/Radio John David noted, "Throughout his career, Phil Hendrie has never lost his passion for radio. We look forward to what he has in store for us during this year’s NAB Show Radio Luncheon."

NEW NAB.ORG DEBUTS. Better navigation, integrated "issue pages," and more multimedia resources distinguish the revamped NAB website www.nab.org, as well as the NAB Education Foundation’s www.nabef.org. Highlights: legislative and regulatory issues are accessible from the main menu. . .the newsroom has multimedia resources, high-resolution photos and an improved search function. . .an RSS feed for releases and legal filings. . .and password access for NAB dues-payers to exclusive member-only content.

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