In last week’s SMRN we referred to the power of a national high-dollar contest, and sure enough, the Independent Broadcasters Association has come through again with a second national cash contest available to its member stations. This time, according to…
Radio Hall of Fame announces a new crop of inductees.
The Museum of Broadcast Communications has released the names of the class of 2021, a bumper crop of over 40 broadcasters. The induction ceremony is scheduled for late October in Chicago. For a complete list of inductees, visit www.radiohalloffame.com.
Broadcasters Foundation Leadership Awards recipients announced.
The Foundation bestows these awards each year in recognition of career contributions to the industry and the community at large. This year’s recipients include Allen Media Group Founder Byron Allen, Cumulus Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard, Quincy Media CEO Ralph…
FCC: one fine levied, one fine canceled.
Hoosier AM/FM failed to file for license to cover for a translator in Marion, IN, earning them a proposed $3500 fine … but the Commission has canceled the Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture against Autaugaville Radio for a license…
Turtles lose in royalty review.
Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, a.k.a. Flo and Eddie, a.k.a. the Turtles lost an appeal of a lower court ruling to SiriusXM in a case involving royalties for songs published earlier than 1972. This decision, by the Ninth Circuit Court…
Proof of concept.
Regular readers of this publication are familiar with my contention that Bob Pittman and his merry band of pranksters are transforming their radio-centric business into an events business with hundreds of promotional outlets. Now, thanks to Media Monitors and their…
Let’s get a lawyer and go shopping with the RAB.
The next two “Business Accelerated” live video presentations from the Radio Advertising Bureau are “Radio Works for Lawyers,” how attorneys can use radio to build their practices; and “Meet the New Retail Shopper,” an examination of how retail shopping has…
Broadcast ownership just got easier.
The FCC reinstatement of its revised broadcast ownership rules has been published in the Federal Register, which establishes the comments deadline (August 2) and the reply comments deadline (August 30). The Order eliminates the newspaper/broadcast and radio/television cross-ownership prohibitions, as…
The new look of the NAB Boards.
The new chairman of the NAB Joint Board of Directors is David Santrella, president/broadcast media at Salem Media Group. On the radio side, Bill Wilson, CEO of Townsquare Media, has been elected chair of the Radio Board; John Zimmer, president…