By: David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP www.broadcastlawblog.com Last week, the Campaign Legal Center and Issue One, two political “watchdog” organizations, filed FCC complaints against two Georgia TV stations, alleging violations of the rules that govern the documents that need to be placed into a station’s public inspection file regarding political “issue advertising” (see their press… read more
Here’s the latest Michigan-related FCC broadcast filings. August 29: Marion R. Williams was granted a license to cover changes for WSMK-FM (Buchanan). The station relocated its transmitter site, changed HAAT and ERP. August 28: Educational Media Foundation filed an application to cover minor changes for FM Translator W296CG (Detroit). The translator rebroadcasts the HD2 channel… read more
Editor’s Note: The views and opinions of this article do not necessarily reflect those of the MAB. Contact the MAB for information on the MAB’s official editorial policy. By: Ryan Jenkins Next Generation Speaker / Inc.com Columnist Generation Z promises to bring even more unique traits to the modern workforce. Here’s what executives can expect… read more
As local Radio and TV stations across Texas mobilize their communities to help their fellow Texans hurt by Hurricane Harvey, the Broadcasters Foundation of America is expediting $1,000 grants for individual broadcasters personally harmed by the record devastation wreaked by the storm. The Broadcasters Foundation’s emergency relief program distributes one-time grants of $1,000 each after… read more
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies I spent this week surrounded by thousands of podcasters at the Podcast Movement conference in Anaheim. This year, Jacobs Media hosted a day full of sessions geared towards radio broadcasters: “Broadcasters Meet Podcasters.” It was great to see so many of our brethren show interest in the medium; two… read more
Gov. Rick Snyder signed an executive directive on August 15 forming a new Council on Opioid and Prescription Drug Enforcement and named Lt. Gov. Brian Calley as its chair. In a statement, Snyder said the council will work to develop and maintain relationships between local, state and federal agencies that work in enforcing laws and… read more
According to the Broadcast Law Blog, the FCC released an order listing various vacant FM channels. Although the channels are not newly allotted, they had previously been awarded to applicants who either did not pay the amount they bid in the auction, or who received a CP and then did not construct the station. It… read more
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies As radio broadcasters, we don’t give much thought to recycling our content. The medium is fleeting; we do an on-air break, and then it disappears into the ether. Once we wrap up a show, we’re looking ahead to the next one. But the internet gives us an opportunity to… read more
Editor’s Note: The views and opinions of this article do not necessarily reflect those of the MAB. Contact the MAB for information on the MAB’s official editorial policy. By: Chris Lytle, Content Developer InstantSalesTraining.com If you want to save yourself from another bad hire, then ask this question toward the end of your first interview:… read more
Editor’s Note: The views and opinions of this article do not necessarily reflect those of the MAB. Contact the MAB for information on the MAB’s official editorial policy. By: Gary Berkowitz Berkowitz Broadcast Consulting (The Fall book starts September 14th) Hard to believe, but in diary markets, the fall book starts in one month. Since… read more