The Nevada Broadcasters Association is honored to be the recipient Southern Nevada Silver Syringe award as an outstanding media partner presented by Immunize Nevada. The awards ceremony will take place on April 27, 2017 in Las Vegas.
We are proud of our Public Education Partnership in promoting a positive message about vaccines and how to keep our communities healthy!
NVBA President Mary Beth Sewald was honored to be the Master of Ceremonies at the Northern Silver Syringe Award presentations on April 20,…
NAB-NVBA-NASBA Mixer
Thank you to all who came to the Monday Evening Mixer (4-24-17)!
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Broadcast First Responder Program Presented at LEPC
Proud to present the Nevada Broadcasters Association’s “Broadcast First Responder” program at today’s Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting. Thank you to Nevada EAS Chair Adrienne Abbott-Gutierrez and Lotus Radio’s Chad Owens, along with KOLO News Director Stanton Tang.…
FCC Changes in Rules on Computation of Foreign Ownership of Broadcast Stations Now Effective
Last year, the FCC made some modifications in its assessment of foreign ownership of companies with broadcast interests, relaxing some of their compliance rules to take account of the realities of the current public stock trading marketplace – realities that, using the FCC’s old policies, made determinations of the level of foreign ownership in any company difficult. We wrote about the changes made by the FCC here.…
Hey Nevada!
A New Statewide show focusing on issues that matter most to Nevada
In this Episode–NVBA President Mary Beth Sewald, interviews Kristin McMillan, President and CEO of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce.
In this Episode–Ann Silver of The Chamber Reno-Sparks Northern Nevada, and Kristin McMillan of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce.…
Request Filed with the FCC to Stay Effective Date of New Liberalized Rules on the Location of FM Translators for AM Stations
Prometheus Radio Project, an advocacy group which has been active in lobbying for the interests of LPFM applicants and licensees, has asked that the FCC stay the April 10 effective date of the new rules liberalizing the location in which FM translators serving AM stations can locate (see its petition here). We wrote about those new rules here and here.…
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Nevada Broadcasters Winning Support on Precedent-Setting Public Notices Legislation
The Nevada Broadcasters Association testified yesterday in the Committee on Government Affairs, on behalf of Nevada Broadcasters’ effort to pass legislation regarding Public and Legal Notices. Current Nevada law says public and legal notices must be posted in a “newspaper of general circulation”. SB 218 would provide the option of choosing a website administered by the Nevada Broadcasters Association. This legislation broadens the marketplace in what has historically been a statutorily- supported monopoly,…
Plan Your April Fools’ Day On-Air Pranks with the FCC in Mind
With April Fools’ Day only a few days away, we need to play our role as attorneys and ruin the fun by repeating our annual reminder that broadcasters need to be careful with any on-air pranks, jokes or other bits prepared especially for the day. While a little fun is OK, remember that the FCC does have a rule against on-air hoaxes.…
NAB Concerned About Radio in Repack Process
by Susan Ashworth
Courtesy of www.radioworld.com/
While it remains to be seen exactly how FM radio stations will be affected by the upcoming repack of television stations due to the TV spectrum auction, the National Association of Broadcasters is aware of one thing: the repacking of several hundred or more television stations to new channels will bring “unprecedented logistical and operational challenges for the commission and the broadcast industry,” the association wrote in a petition for reconsideration this month.…
Radio Ownership Subcaps on the Table for FCC Review
We’ve written (see, e.g. our articles here, here and here) about the pending petitions asking the FCC to reconsider decisions reached last year to end the UHF discount, to leave the TV local ownership rules in place and to make attributable new TV Joint Sales Agreements, and to not adopt any change in the FCC radio ownership rules in “embedded markets.” Recently,…
Relaxed Rules for Location of FM Translators to Rebroadcast AM Stations Effective April 10
We wrote here and here about the FCC’s new rules to relax the limits on where licensees of AM stations can use FM translators to rebroadcast their stations. The new rules allow the location of these translators so that their 1 mv/m coverage area does not extend beyond 25 miles from the AM station or beyond the AM station’s 2 mv/m contour – whichever is greater.…
