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Congressmen Urge FCC: Include HD Radio and Ipods with Satellite Radio Merger
According to the letter: It would be contrary to the public interest to permit the merged company to bar HD Radio capability or Ipod compatibility from being included in a new satellite radio receiver.

NABEF, BEA Open PSA Contest for College Students
Each year, the third week of October is designated as National Freedom of Speech Week.

NAB Opens Radio Show Registration
Attendee and hotel registration is now open for The NAB Radio Show, held Sept. 17-19 in Austin, TX.

Online Radio Listening At-Work Grows
The study shows that people who are employed full or part time and listen to radio at work has grown from 12 percent to 20 percent over the last year.

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Industry

Spectrarep to Deploy Next-Gen EAS in Missouri
The new system will provide enhanced security, improved warning system coordination and simplified operational procedures without disrupting existing EAS facilities or programs.

Harris Holds First Annual Channel Partner Training Program
The three-day event provided training on Harris analog AM/FM and HD Radio transmission, studio systems and Intraplex STL products for the North American Channel Partners team for the company's radio broadcast market.

Central VA to get EM Net
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management said that the satellite-based EM Net system will be installed in 22 sites by the end of the summer 2008.

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Business
AVT Licenses Apt-x Algorithm for Audio Codecs
The Apt-x algorithms are utilized by more than 20,000 radio stations worldwide.

Graham Studios, Paravel Systems Collaborate
Through the partnership, the two companies will promote and resell each other's products.

Sales Call

Oklahoma-based Bartlesville Community Center recently acquired a Fiberplex Light Viper audio transport system.

Oregon Public Broadcasting has purchased APT Worldcast Horizon HD units for a new studio to transmitter link.

Harris Stratex will provide its Eclipse radios to Team Talk, New Zealand's largest mobile radio network provider.

The University of Texas at Austin has chosen Axia consoles and routing systems to power its student-run radio stations.

Destiny Media Technologies has signed an exclusive agreement with Curb Records to deliver music using the Play MPE system.

V-Soft Communications has served the industry with RF communications, broadcast engineering software and engineering consulting for more than 25 years. Find out more why our software and services have become today's standard for professional quality.

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People

Sennheiser Appoints Berg to West Coast Sales Force
Aaron Berg now serves as the sales representative for the Rocky Mountain territory and reports directly to Thom Salisbury, western regional sales manager.

Panamax Appoints Paschke to Eastern Regional Sales Manager
In his new role, Jimmy Paschke will develop and implement strategic sales plans for Panamax's power management products, while directing channel development activity and coordinating sales distribution of territories.

Clear Channel Radio Names Engineer of the Year Recipients
Senior Vice presidents of engineering from the western, central and eastern regions each recognized an engineer for outstanding contributions over the past year.

RFS Adds VP Global Marketing and Strategy
Eric Mariette joins RFS with 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and business operations in the telecommunications and IT sector, a great many of those years with Alcatel-Lucent.

Patricio Northland Appointed New CEO for Satmex
At companies such as Intelsat, Panamsat, Americatel Corporation and AT&T Latin America, Patricio Northland built and executed strategies to establish satellite communication channels between the United States and Latin America

Westwood One Appoints Kosinski as SVP, CDO
Richard Kosinski will be responsible for the company's digital product offerings including news, sports, music, talk, entertainment programs, features and live events.

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Internet Watch
Website of the Week: The Executive's PC
Why use a PC in a plastic and metal case when you could house it in rich hardwoods with inlaid designs? Follow the link and see what we mean.

12th Annual Webby Awards Nominees for Radio Announced
The Webby Awards honor excellence on the Internet, including websites, online film and video, interactive advertising and mobile content.

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Products
Axia Adds Touchscreen Timer Panel
Board operators and hosts using Element consoles have access to a full-featured timekeeping suite using console-mounted controls.

RTW Introduces Loudness Family
With this line-up, the manufacturer now offers easy-to-use monitoring for loudness of stereo, multi-channel and surround signals in a wide range of applications, as a complement or an alternative to conventional peak meters.

RCS Updates Gselector
RCS has again updated Gselector and released Gselector 3.7.0.

New from APT!
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APT's latest addition to the highly successful WorldCast Audio Codec Series, the WorldCast Horizon HD can tranport both your AM / FM audio together with an HD UDP stream and LAN Connect over a T1 link.

From the Radio Magazine Calendar

This Week in Radio History
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

SBE Certification Exams
App deadline: Jun 6
Exam date: Aug 8 - 18
Location: local chapters

Conferences and Conventions

BGS Dayton Expo
May 15
Dayton, OH

124th AES
May 17 - 20
Amsterdam

SBE Leader Skills Seminar I
Course: Jun 3 - 5
Register by May 1
Indianapolis

NAB Satellite Uplink Operators Training Seminar
Jun 2 - 5
Washington, DC

Infocomm 08
Jun 14 - 20
Las Vegas

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