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This Week’s Top Stories

The FCC Will Vote This Month on All-Digital AM

Pai signals pending action to allow a voluntary migration.

Special Report: AM Advocates Watch and Worry 

Revitalization effort has been deemed spotty while all-digital interest is unclear.

Radio Broadcasting Becomes a Reality: Nov. 2, 1920 

Here’s how KDKA became the medium’s standard bearer 100 years ago.

NAB, DRM Spar Over AM Digital for U.S.

Digital Radio Mondiale says its technology deserves to be tested in the United States.

College Radio: Great Hopes, Great Fears

Station managers and staffs grapple with the long-term impact of the pandemic.

AM Revitalization: “A Big Success Story”

Radio World talked with Al Shuldiner, chief of the FCC’s Audio Division, about the commission’s stance on AM revitalization and what’s next in the proceeding.

How Michael Bolton Can Be 300 Times Worse

Also, a way to troubleshoot nitrogen leaks in pressurized transmission line.

Virtualizing the Air Chain: Next-Gen Radio Architecture

We sat down with five leading industry technologists for a roundtable discussion.

Also Popular

Top 25 Podcasts People Actually Listen to in 2020

Media Monitors list relies on listener memory rather than downloads to assess popularity.

Updated: Indiana AM Station Suspends All-Digital Transmission

WIOE’s owner is enthusiastic but says listeners aren’t ready.

DRM Advanced Radio for All

Recent virtual event came with a crop of new developments — signaling significant progress.

Small-Market Owners Caution Against “AM Stereo Situation” With Digital

Group urges FCC to allow optional and reversible conversions to all-digital on AM.

Calendar of Events

OCTOBER

The Next Big Thing: A Media Tour, various dates and locations in October–November

Radio Show Radio Week, Oct. 5–9

Radio Mercury Awards, [Changed to Virtual Event] Oct. 6 

IEEE BTS Pulse, Oct. 6–8

WBA Broadcasters Clinic, [Changed to Virtual Event] Oct. 13–15

ABA Engineering Seminar, Oct. 20

Podcast Day Online by Radiodays Europe, [Changed to Virtual Event] Oct. 26

CABSAT, [Changed to Virtual Event and Postponed to Nov. 9–10] Oct. 26–28

National Student Electronic Media Convention, Oct. 28–30

For more events see Radio World’s Calendar.