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Today’s Top Insight 9/3/20

NAB: Local Journalism Under Threat From Dominant Digital Platforms

Digital giants impose policies that impede stations’ ability to monetize their own content online, NAB says.

News & Technology 

Public Media Biggie WGBH Drops the “W”

Says more than half of its audience impressions come from digital now.

Inovonics Back From Fire Threat

Back open for business.

RadioDNS Adds Geo-Fencing to Its Standard

“This was a function requested by some U.S. broadcasters to minimize use of streaming within areas where there's good FM radio coverage.”

Barix Releases the RackBox

Rackmountable IP audio interface designed for intercom work.

Dashboard

WorldDAB Puts Spotlight on Visual Experience

It calls on broadcasters to use those assets to keep digital radio prominent.

Around the Industry

Local Stations Add FM Broadcasting (Mt. Airy News)

The Mayberry-area AM duopoly of WSYD and WPAQ now has FM translators. Station ownership plans to take advantage of the new opportunities.

Digital In-Car Companions Must Be Useful Beyond the Cabin (TU-Automotive) 

As the novelty of in-car dashboard infotainment/operation systems wears off, things like ease-of-use and updating move to the forefront.

Will Country Radio Promotion Tours Ever Return to Their Pre-Pandemic Ways? (Billboard)

Expensive, yes, but “Zoom Fatigue” may become an issue at stations.

Michigan Radio Stations Offer Flashback Fridays After Football Season Postponed (MLive)

Making lemonade — Grand Rapids-, Muskegon-area sports stations have air to fill but lack fresh content. It really helps when some local teams had a great season last year.

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 Webinar, Sept. 15 

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

National Student Electronic Media Convention, Oct. 28–30

For more events see Radio World’s Calendar.