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Radio World NewsBytes

Brett Moss - NewsBytes Editor

Paul McLane - Editor in Chief

See the New Products at the 2017 NAB Show
If you missed the recent NAB Show, or you were there and just couldn’t get around to it all, here’s your chance to catch up — Radio World’s “New Productys at NAB Show 2017” webinar, May 24, noon. Register here.

TOP STORIES - 5/11/17

Why the Main Studio Rule Must Go
Brad Deutsch explains why his law firm feels the rule “imposes unjustified costs, while doing nothing to ensure the original goal of the law — local content and programming”

Translator Ordered Off the Air after Interference Complaints
An FM translator received a letter no radio operator wants to get: an order to shut down.

NEWS & TECHNOLOGY

BUSINESS: Saga Modifies Portfolio

BUSINESS: LRN Adds 13 Affiliates

FCC: Prometheus, Others Try to Block UHF Discount Return

PEOPLE: iHeart Denver Makes Personnel Decisions

AUDIENCE: Taking Radio for a Ride

DIGITAL RADIO: Ofcom Makes Plans for Small-Scale DAB

AROUND THE INDUSTRY

FAA Report Examines Drone-Human Impact (TV Technology)
Among the findings in a drone-safety study commissioned by the Federal Aviation Administration is that getting hit by an errant drone is not like getting thwacked by a rock.

5 Questions on the Meaning of the FCC’s Ruling on Online Recruiting (Broadcast Law Blog)
An examination of the agency’s recent decision to acquiesce to online recruiting being the main means of disseminating job recruitment information.

PBS Test of Social Media Fundraising Raises Little but Teaches Lessons (Current)
A social media fundraising pilot program to help stations convert followers to donors resulted in few donations but helped develop another stream for fundraising income.

Arizona Radio Station Stops Airing PSA on Hiding Child Pornography (NPR)
Station owner/manager felt state kiddie porn laws were too Draconian so he advocated hiding such material … listeners and authorities are not happy.

PVRC and U.S. Naval Academy Radio Club to Operate NSS Special Event (SWling Post)
The Potomac Valley Radio Club and the Naval Academy Radio Club will operate NSS on the site of the 1918 Naval Radio Transmitting Station on Greenbury Point in Annapolis, Md., across the Severn River from the U.S. Naval Academy.

WHAT'S ON THE PR WIRE?

Orban Expands SBE Teleconference Schedule

See what Orban and other manufacturers are posting about their new products and events. Read the latest press releases on The PR Wire or watch the “zipper” on the Radio World home page.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

62nd Annual Convention of the Vermont Association of Broadcasters
May 17
Capitol Plaza Hotel and Conference Center
Montpelier, Vt.

Dayton Hamvention
May 19–21
Xenia, Ohio

BroadcastAsia 2017
May 23–25
Singapore

WyoHamCon 2017
May 26–28
Cody, Wyo.

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

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