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Today’s Top Insight 7/15/20

Contest Missteps Slip Up Two Texas Stations

FCC plans fines on stations that failed to hand out prizes in a timely way.

News & Technology 

Sennheiser Announces Layoffs Amidst Slowing Market

Microphone and headphone maker will cut 650 jobs worldwide by the end of 2022. 

Arkansas Broadcasters Won’t Meet in Person

State association plans virtual sales and management “summit.”

Digigram Makes a Connection

Iqoya Connect service links remote contributors and studios.

Consoles

Ornellas: Today’s Console Is Tomorrow’s Touchscreen

And maybe we’ll see facial recognition used in a console user interface.

Around the Industry

U.S. Podcasting Revenue Nears $1 Billion Mark (IAB) 

Latest projections from IAB foresee growth of about 15% this year, though that's down from prior forecasts.

David Gow Is Taking Sportsmap to the National Stage (Barrett Sports Media)

Smallish sports radio programming syndicator decides to get aggressive while larger competitors are retrenching.

Commercial Radio News Output Rises in Lockdown (ResearchLive)

Research from the United Kingdom indicates that news coverage increased by a quarter since the beginning of lockdown.

On 1950s Orlando Radio, Clyde Sanders Introduced Teens to Rock’n’ Roll (Orlando Sentinel)

Orlando’s WLOF was the home for cool cat Clyde.

Calendar of Events

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, [CANCELLED] Aug. 3–4, MGM Grand Detroit, Detroit

SBE Leadership Development Course, [POSTPONED] Aug. 4–6, Atlanta

Michigan Association of Broadcasters Annual Business Meeting Virtual 2020, Aug. 11 

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.