Broadcasting From Home Around the Globe Ebook

“After COVID-10, we will return to the studio and make magic on the radio again.” Read what broadcasters like Rodrigo Poyatos Molero of Andalucía Este FM and Radio Guadix Cadena think the future will look like in RW’s new ebook on remote broadcasting.

Today’s Top Insight 6/24/20

Should Translators Originate Content? FCC Is Taking Comments

Prompted by a separate proposal about boosters and geo-targeting, this petition would allow many more unique content choices on the FM band.

News & Technology 

FCC Rejects Appeal From Florida FM Applicant

The commission upheld the Media Bureau’s actions that left NCE hopeful without a CP.

ENCO Appoints Finch

Takes over sales for broadcast and pro AV.

VISO Booth Vocal Shield Debuts from GIK Acoustics

Tool for the new work-from-home regimen.

Digital Radio

BBC’s Fry: Digital in the AM Band Is the Way Forward

BBC distribution exec says broadcasters can achieve reduced operating costs and deliver higher value services to their audience.

Around the Industry

Report: Pro Audio Biz Still in Good Shape (Pro Sound Network) 

The new report paints a picture of an industry in relatively good economic shape despite current challenges, and ready for potential consolidation.

Radio Finance Guru Dave Ramsey Adding 600 More Jobs in Tennessee (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Radio been berry, berry good to Dave Ramsey.

Private Radio Stations Want Major Ceiling Hike on Contest Prize Size (ERR)

The Association of Estonian Broadcasters has proposed amending the Gambling Act to increase the ceiling on the size of radio contest prize pools ten-fold — from the current €1,000 to €10,000.

Scientists Discover Mysterious Classic Rock Radio Transmissions From Space (The Onion)

Cycle repeats 50-minute intervals of nonstop classic rock blocks; astronomers “have been jamming out ever since.”

Calendar of Events

JUNE

2020 Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers Annual Meeting, [CANCELLED] June 25–27, One King West Hotel, Toronto

Zanaco Lusaka Radio Summit, [POSTPONED] June 26, Taj Pamodzi Hotel Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia

JULY

ABA Engineering Webinar, July 21 

Texas Association of Broadcasters Annual Convention and Trade Show, [CANCELLED] July 29–30, JW Marriott Downtown Austin, Austin, Texas

AUGUST

Michigan Association of Broadcasters Annual Meeting, Aug. 3–4, MGM Grand Detroit, Detroit

SBE Leadership Development Course, Aug. 4–6, Atlanta

Nebraska Broadcasters Association Annual Convention, [CANCELLED] Aug. 11–12, Lincoln, Neb.

Alabama Broadcasters Association Convention, [CANCELLED] Aug. 14–15, Birmingham, Ala.

For more events see Radio World’s Calendar.