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IN THE September 24, 2009 ISSUE
2009 NAB Radio Show Photo Blog
FCC Commissioners Express Support for Local Community Radio Act
Reminder: 2010 NAB Show Calls for Technical Papers
Webby Awards Seeks Entries for 2009
WGBH to Acquire WCRB Radio from Nausau
Sales Call
Gordon Smith Named New President/CEO of NAB
Bruce Reese Elected to Board Chairman of NABEF
Ibiquity Certifies Audio Science ASI8914
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2009 NAB Radio Show Photo Blog

The 2009 NAB Radio Show is underway. We bring you views from the exhibit floor, sessions and convention events in our photo blog.

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News
FCC Commissioners Express Support for Local Community Radio Act

FCC Chairman Genachowski and Commissioners Baker and Clyburn expressed their support for the bill in a hearing with the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet.

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SBE Sets Plans for Third Webcast

This will be the first time that the program will be aired live during the SBE National Meeting, this year being held at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino Events Center in Verona, NY.

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Industry
Reminder: 2010 NAB Show Calls for Technical Papers

The conference addresses the most recent developments in broadcast technology and focuses on the opportunities and challenges that face broadcast engineering professionals around the world.

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Webby Awards Seeks Entries for 2009

The early deadline to enter work is Oct. 30, 2009.

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Arbitron: Radio Listening Increases Since Dec. 2007

The combination of PPM and diary respondents have shown more listeners to radio over the course of a week versus the 2007 Radar listening reports, which were based on diary respondents alone.

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Business
WGBH to Acquire WCRB Radio from Nausau

WCRB is a 27kW station. WGBH already operates 89.7 FM in Boston, and WCAI and WNCK on the Cape and Islands.

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Arbitron Forms Task Force to Determine Radio Affinity

The effort is designed to reflect the advertising value of the unique relationship listeners have with their stations.

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  • Liquid Compass has signed Salem Communications and Saga Communications to its streaming radio network.
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    People
    Gordon Smith Named New President/CEO of NAB

    Gordon H. Smith of Covington and Burling, is a former two-term U.S. Senator from Oregon.

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    Bruce Reese Elected to Board Chairman of NABEF

    Bruce Reese is president and CEO of Bonneville International.

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    Gepner Named CEO of Vitec Services Division

    Having joined the Group in 2005 as CTO, Jerry Gepner has most recently held the position of Interim president for Bexel.

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    Ibiquity Certifies Audio Science ASI8914

    The ASI8914 is a universal PCI card that contains four HD Radio/AM/FM tuners.

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    Sennheiser Ships HHB CDR-882 with Updated Firmware

    With REC-REC drive configuration, the CDR-882 resolves the limitations of previous-generation CD recorders by supporting seamless extended recording time across two or more discs.

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    From the Radio Magazine Calendar
    FCC Dateline

    For noncommercial stations in the following locations only, the biennial ownership report deadline is Oct. 1: Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Washington and the Pacific Islands.

    Oct. 1 is the deadline for radio stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and the Pacific Islands with more than 10 full-time employees to electronically file their Broadcast EEO Mid-Term Reports (Form 397) with the FCC.

    Oct. 1 is the deadline for radio stations licensed in the following states to place their annual EEO Reports in their public files: Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Washington and the Pacific Islands.

    Nov. 1 is the deadline for submission of biennial ownership reports for commercial radio stations in all states and territories.

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    This Week in Radio History

    Sep 21, 1994
    First mobile AM HD Radio reception; transmitted from Xetron, Cincinnati over a distance of about 6 miles

    Sep 22, 1899
    DeForest seeks employment with Marconi

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    Conferences and Conventions

    NAB Satellite Uplink Operators Training Seminar
    Oct 5 - 8
    Washington

    SBE22 Broadcast & Technology Expo and SBE National Meeting
    Oct 6 - 7
    Verona, NY

    127th AES
    Oct 9 - 12
    New York

    Wisconsin Broadcast Clinic
    Oct 13 - 15
    Madison, WI

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