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IN THE May 14, 2009 ISSUE
House Judiciary Committee Approves Radio Performance Fee
BIA Survey: Radio Online Revenue to Grow through 2013
Sales Call
Emmis Communications Promotes Four at Corporate Office
Last.fm Updates Music Player
Tascam Updates 202 Cassette to 202mkV
News
House Judiciary Committee Approves Radio Performance Fee

This bill will remove the exemption from paying a copyright performance fee on music that terrestrial radio stations currently enjoy.

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First MoM AM Applications Granted

WKOX and WRCA are among the first stations to be licensed under the new rules.

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Roginska Named 127th AES Convention Chair

AES President (and three time Convention Chairman) Jim Anderson invited Agnieszka Roginska to serve as the papers co-chairman for the 123rd AES Convention in 2007.

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Business
BIA Survey: Radio Online Revenue to Grow through 2013

11 billion local online advertising money spent in 2008, as reported by BIA subsidiary the Kelsey Group.

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Clear Channel Radio Opens New York Performance Space

The 5,500 square-foot, street-level performance space will serve as the live performance home for Clear Channel Radio's New York-based radio stations.

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Wit Closes Business

The company shipped its first Easi-8 unit in 2005.

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Sales Call

  • Ten radio stations have recently launched new websites as part of the Media Span online network.
  • The Performance Racing Network (PRN) and Foneshow have launched an exclusive program called PRN Monday Morning Race Recap.
  • Marketron has signed its 1000th terrestrial radio station to Marketron Exchange.
  • Genesis Communications has signed an agreement with Radiolicious to stream its radio stations on Iphone and Ipod Touch devices.
  • International Datacasting Corporation has been selected by SES Americom-New Skies to provide equipment to customers who will upgrade to DVB-S2 platform offerings via its IP Sys IP trunking service.

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    Relocation
    V-Soft Communications Moves to New Offices

    On May 18, V-Soft Communications will move to its new offices in the 401 Main building in downtown Cedar Falls.

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    People
    Emmis Communications Promotes Four at Corporate Office

    Scott Enright, Paul Brenner,Traci Thomson and Ian Arnold have all been promoted.

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    Stream the World Adds Bernardi to Board

    David Bernardi is a venture partner at Propulsion Ventures, a managing partner in ID Capital and the head of technology for Telesystem.

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    Bill Ashley Dies

    Bill Ashley of Bradley Broadcast passed away May 7 after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

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    Internet Watch
    Last.fm Updates Music Player

    Users can create multi-genre stations by mixing music tags -- "80s" and "Soundtrack," or "French," "60s" and "Female" for example -- to fine-tune their music channel.

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    Products
    Tascam Updates 202 Cassette to 202mkV

    The new model designation for the rackmountable professional cassette now adds a return to zero function and A-B repeat.

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    Middle Atlantic Updates Racktools Software

    The software allows users to export a complete drawing to Autocad. In addition, Racktools 3.5 supports shapes for user-defined equipment.

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    From the Radio Magazine Calendar
    FCC Dateline

    June 1 is the deadline for submission of biennial ownership reports by radio stations in Arizona, DC, Idaho, Maryland, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

    June 1 is the deadline for radio stations in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming with more than 10 full-time employees to electronically file their Broadcast EEO Mid-Term Reports (Form 397) with the FCC.

    June 1 is the deadline for radio stations licensed in the following states to place their annual EEO Reports in their public files: Arizona, DC, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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    SBE Certification Exams

    Application Deadline: Jun 5
    Exam Date: Aug 7 - 17
    Exam Location: local chapter

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    This Week in Radio History

    May 11, 1998
    Lucent Digital Radio created

    May 12, 1908
    Stubblefield granted patent for wireless telephone

    May 12, 1941
    Konrad Zuse displays the Z3 program-controlled (freely programmable) computer

    May 15, 2001
    XM Satellite Radio completes satellite system

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    Conferences and Conventions

    WBA Summer Conference
    Jun 17
    Madison, WI

    Latin America Broadcast Show '09
    Jul 8 - 10
    Miami

    NE Broadcasters Association Convention, Engineering Sessions
    Aug 13
    Omaha, NE

    NAB Radio Show 2009
    Sep 23 - 25
    Philadelphia


    More from Radio magazine
    Find the Mic Winner for April

    Congratulations to Keith Johnson of Shelby Broadcasting, Gaffney, SC. His name was drawn from the correct entries in the April Find the Mic Sweepstakes. He has won a Heil PR20 from Heil Sound.

    The mic icon replaced the letter R on the right headphone cup.

    The May issue is in your mailbox now, so look for the mic icon on the cover and you could be the next winner.

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