The FCC yesterday issued a Public Notice announcing a window for mutually exclusive applicants filed in the second translator window to attempt to resolve the interference conflicts that the FCC found to exist between certain applications. The conflicting applications are listed on the Excel spreadsheet found here. These are translator applications filed in the second translator window in late 2017 which was opened primarily so that Class A and B AM stations could seek authority to rebroadcast their signals on new FM translators that would be tied to those AM stations.…
NVBA 23rd Annual Hall of Fame Nominations are Now Closed
Nominations are reviewed on a First Come First Served basis.
Please check back on our website next February to be considered for the Hall of Fame Class of 2019.…
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April Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – First Quarterly Issues Programs Lists in Online Public File for All Radio Stations and Other Important Dates
April brings with it a milestone – as it is the end of the first quarter since all radio stations have had to have their online public inspection file “live” so that anyone, anywhere, can view a station’s compliance with rules that previously could only be judged by going to the station and reviewing the paper public file. April 10, in particular,…
FM Translator Auction Scheduled For Mutually Exclusive Applications from First 2017 Cross-Service Translator Window
It appears that the FCC is attempting to clear its backlog of pending translator applications – and moving quickly to do so. On Friday, it released a Public Notice announcing a new auction beginning on May 15 for the small set of mutually exclusive applications left from last year’s window for the filing of FM translator applications by Class C and D AM stations,…
FCC Rules Relaxing AM Proofs of Performance Become Effective
In September 2017, the FCC adopted new rules making AM proofs of performance easier to conduct for many stations. We summarized the changes here, and wrote about the FCC’s adoption of these changes here. The FCC yesterday released a Public Notice announcing that these rules have completed the review process under the Paperwork Reduction Act,…
Senate Subcommittee Hearing on the Hawai’i False Missile Alert
The Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet has scheduled a next month on the Hawai’i False Missile Alert. Witnesses include officials from the FCC, FEMA, PACCOM, Hawai’i Emergency Management and the Hawai’i Association of Broadcasters. The hearing, scheduled for April 5, at 10 AM HST, will be available on the Senate Commerce Committee’s website, https://www.commerce.senate.gov/
More information is available on the Subcommittee’s website at:
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=A01CA3A3-8F20-4E21-AD4C-BB6CADDFF832…
FCC Announces Dates for Submitting “Long-Form” Applications by AM Stations that Filed for New FM Translators in Second Translator Window
The FCC yesterday released a Public Notice announcing a filing window from April 18 through May 9 for “long-form” applications for new translators that were filed in the January 2018 window for Class A and B AM stations to seek new FM translators to rebroadcast their stations. The Public Notice also sets out the procedures for filing in this window.…
Nevada Broadcasters Foundation Accepts Generous Donation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nevada Broadcasters Foundation – News Release
March 14, 2018
GARY AND DEBBIE ACKERMAN MAKE GENEROUS DONATION
TO THE NEVADA BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION’S
TONY AND LINDA BONNICI BROADCASTING SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Las Vegas-2017 marked a memorable year for Tony and Linda Bonnici. Together since high school, the couple celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and celebrated their 60th birthdays.
Gary and Debbie Ackerman,…
Ray Baum Act Passes in House
Courtesy of InsideRadio.com
Radio stations hit by the upcoming repack of television spectrum are one step closer to securing federal dollars to offset their costs related to the process. The House unanimously approved a bill (H.R. 4986) Tuesday that would create the FM Broadcast Station Relocation Fund. The pool of money could be tapped by owners of FMs and FM translators to help stations build back-up facilities or cover lost advertising revenue when forced to go dark while engineers are working on a co-located TV antenna.…
FCC Chairman Pai Unveils $954 Million Plan to Restore and Expand Networks in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
For Immediate Release
CHAIRMAN PAI UNVEILS $954 MILLION PLAN TO RESTORE AND EXPAND NETWORKS IN PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund (Bringing Puerto Rico Together Fund) and
Connect USVI Fund Would Improve Connectivity for Resident
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2018—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today proposed to direct approximately $954 million toward restoring and expanding communications networks in Puerto Rico and the U.S.…
2018 State Leadership Conference in Washington D.C.
Nevada Broadcasters Association President Mitch Fox and Vice President Eric Bonnici accompanied a group of Nevada broadcasters to Washington DC to advocate on behalf of our industry on such issues as the Broadcast Relocation Fund, the Radio Performance Tax, Retransmission Consent and the Microsoft Spectrum Grab. The group met with House Members Dina Titus and Mark Amodei, U.S. Senators Dean Heller and Catherine Cortez Masto and staff from the offices of House Members Ruben Kihuen and Jacky Rosen.…
