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This Week’s Top Stories

Radio’s Infrastructure Spending Is Slammed by Pandemic

Groups slash capital expenditures, ask tech staffs to do more with less.

Engineers Should Never Stop Learning 

Pandemic or no, it’s more important than ever to keep our skills fresh.

Workbench: A Good-Looking Weld Is Not Always a Good Weld 

Also, here’s an industrial and business surface sterilizer (if you can get your hands on one).

Letter: WWV Is Nice But Not All That Critical

Except for WWVB there really isn’t a great need for HF time signals anymore.

FCC Continues Its Campaign of Political File Settlements

Commission staff apparently has been taking a good hard look at a lot of public files.

Can Digital Radio Standards Coexist?

Standards have been around awhile but radio digitization still has ground to cover.

Lump Sum Option May Not Be Best for All

Mark Johnson says the option was a “welcome surprise” but engineers wonder about the catch.

Lump Sum Decision Causes Engineer Headaches

SBE asks for extension on time to choose in C-Band reimbursement program.

Also Popular

Translator Handed $12,000 Forfeiture for Operating at Unauthorized Power Levels

Station’s reasoning that the move was a “permissible means of self-help” is rejected by FCC.

Why WWV and WWVH Still Matter

Fans of NIST signals cite benefits including understanding the near-Earth environment.

Cumulus Will Sell Its Towers to Vertical Bridge

Also reports drop in net revenue of 48% in latest quarter.

A Visit to the D.J. Everett III Radio Room

Local broadcaster honors its late owner with a stunning on-site radio gallery.

Calendar of Events

SEPTEMBER

IBC Showcase, Sept. 8–11 

IBC2020, [CANCELLED] Sept. 11–15, RAI Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Radio Show, [CANCELLED] Sept. 13–16, Omni Nashville, Nashville

ABA Engineering Academy Radio Engineering 101, Sept. 21–25

Society of Broadcasting Engineers Virtual National Meeting, Sept. 22–23

OCTOBER

Radio Show Radio Week, Oct. 5–9

Radio Mercury Awards, Oct. 6, Sony Hall, New York

WBA Broadcasters Clinic, Oct. 13–15, Madison, Wis.

Podcast Day by Radiodays Europe, Oct. 26, The Mermaid London, London

CABSAT, Oct. 26–28, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai

October

For more events see Radio World’s Calendar.