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Radio World NewsBytes

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Paul McLane - Editor in Chief

Trends in Consoles
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TOP STORIES - 5/31/17

FCC Proposes Radio Station Fee Changes for 2017
Comments are due June 22; most fees edge up.

Community Broadcaster: Talking About Net Neutrality
Ernesto Aguilar thinks that community radio stations need to be involved in the “Net Neutrality” debate.

NEWS & TECHNOLOGY

FCC: Send These Rules to the Trash Heap, Chautin Says

NEWS: Satellite Reminder — AMC-8 Going Dark

STATION SALES: EMF Completes Purchase of KXOR

PEOPLE: Triton Digital Names SVP of Compliance and Industry Relations

AUTO: iHeartRadio Adds Features to Android Auto, Apple CarPlay

PROMO POWER: Make Your Station Great Again

AROUND THE INDUSTRY

Next-Gen TV Promises Immersive, Personalized Audio (TV Technology)
ATSC 3.0 sound spec designers say, “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet …”

Will Audiences Pay for Local Sports Radio Digital Content? (Barrett Sports Media)
A sports station in Cleveland is trying a pilot program of listeners paying for podcasts.

Longtime Radio Station Owner, Passes Away (Dothan Eagle)
Doug Holderfield owned Enterprise, Ala.-area stations WELB(AM) and WZTZ/WVVL(FM) for more than three decades and was known as the voice of local high school sports.

Deep Cuts, Local Flavor Coming to FM Radio (Spotlight News)
Upstate New York’s WAIX(FM) promises to try out album oriented rock.

WHAT'S ON THE PR WIRE?

Nautel Schedules Summer Webinar Series

The transmitter company has a new slate of tech-oriented webinars for the summer hitting topics such as their new HD Multicast+ Importer/Exporter, HD Single-Frequency Networks, how NOT to blow things up at the facility and more.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

International Association of Audio Information Services Conference (IAAIS)
June 1–3
Doubletree Hilton, Downtown Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Fla.

SEA-PAC 2017
June 2–4
Seaside Convention Center
Seaside, Ore.

ABA Engineering Academy Advanced Radio Broadcast Engineering Class
June 5–9
Hoover, Ala.

IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting
June 7–9
Cagliari, Italy

Ham-Com 2017
June 9–10
Irving Convention Center
Irving, Texas

For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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