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Radio World NewsBytes

Brett Moss - NewsBytes Editor

Paul McLane - Editor in Chief

Today Is World Amateur Radio Day

TOP STORIES - 4/18/17

Prometheus Explains Its Translator Argument
Group predicts ever-expanding footprint for translators operated by higher-power AMs, and less space for LPFMs.

MMTC: Online Recruitment Alone Not Sufficient
Internet EEO outreach must not supplant recruitment relationships with local sources, group argues.

NEWS & TECHNOLOGY

RATINGS: “Trusted Currency” — A Chat With Nielsen

INTERNATIONAL: Pré Historie Live Stops Broadcasting After 20 Years

PEOPLE: Marketplace Names First COO

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: I Can Almost See Vegas From Here!

NAB SHOW: WorldCast to Demo RDS2 Technology

NAB SNEAK PEEK: Kathrein to Present Smart Monitoring System

AROUND THE INDUSTRY

Analyst Weighs Spectrum Auction “Winners” and “Losers” (B&C)
Determining who really “won” or “lost” might take awhile.

New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Has Policy Views That Trace Back to Kansas (CNBC)
He’s not from one of the coasts or the Washington-Boston corridor.

A Fuller Picture of Kevin Sterne (Roanoke Times)
Meet the student broadcast engineer who was wounded during the Virginia tech shootings 10 years ago.

Emergency Communications Driving Increase in Hams (Emergency Management)
More Americans than ever have been licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as amateur radio operators, some of that increase is attributed to emergency communications driving their passion to be “hams.”

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Walker Broadcast Management Institute
April 18–20

Public Radio Engineering Conference
April 20–21
Tuscany Suites
Las Vegas

NAB Show
April 22–27
Las Vegas

NUG@NAB (Nautel Users Group)
April 23
Vendôme A, Paris Las Vegas Conference Center
Las Vegas

Society of Broadcast Engineers Spring Membership Meeting
April 25
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas

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

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