Radio World Newsbytes

Radio World NewsBytes

Brett Moss - NewsBytes Editor

Paul McLane - Editor in Chief

Best of Show Nominations Are Rolling In
This is the week! If you are an exhibitor highlighting a new product at the NAB Show, nominate it now for a NewBay “Best of Show” Award. Companies pay a fee to nominate; winners are selected by panels of professional users and editors, and all nominees are featured in the big post-show Program Guide.

TOP STORIES - 4/4/17

Ron Nott, Consultant and Supplier, Dies
Was known by many in the broadcast industry as one of the foremost experts on designing systems to prevent lightning damage to radio transmission facilities.

FCC to Tackle Two Noncom Priorities in April
Commission will address fundraising, ownership issues at April 20 meeting.

Entercom and CBS Radio Begin Paperwork Dance
Groups seek formal approval from FCC to transfer station control.

NEWS & TECHNOLOGY

AM REVITALIZATION: Prometheus Petitions FCC to Slow the Translator Train

M&A: Big Merger Pushes Q1 2017 Broadcast Station Deals

DIGITAL: Thailand Settles on DAB+

PEOPLE: Beasley Ups Meyers to EVP of Digital

PEOPLE: Shure Taps Brunner as VP for New Department

NAB SNEAK PEEK: ENCO Demoes WebDAD

NAB SNEAK PEEK: Digigram Adds MPX Option

AROUND THE INDUSTRY

Trump Makes It Official: FCC Privacy Rules Are History (B&C)
The rules would have required ISPs to get subscriber permission to collect and share web use, app use and geolocation information with third parties, among other things.

Legislators Reintroduce Bill to Make Radio Stations Pay for Music (Billboard)
Fair Play, Fair Pay Act is back on the spindle.

“AM Is Dying All Over” (The Bulletin)
A small AM is looking for a new location in Bend, Ore., after losing its site, but property is hard to find.

New Radio Station Takes to Airwaves (Mail Tribune)
“I didn’t know where Butte Falls was, but I knew it was somewhere in Southern Oregon.”

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Raleigh Amateur Radio Society RARSFest
April 15
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
Raleigh, N.C.

World Amateur Radio Day
April 18

Walker Broadcast Management Institute
April 18–20

NAB Show
April 22–27
Las Vegas

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

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

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