For more than a century, local radio stations and musicians have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship. Artists provide great songs, while local stations play the …
Washington, D.C. Stations Ready to Showcase the Future of Broadcast Television
In the coming weeks, Washington, D.C. will become the latest community to experience an exciting and innovative development shaping the future of broadcast television. Five …
Local TV Stations: Bastions of Investigative Journalism
In her New York Times column, “The Search for Local Investigative Reporting’s Future” (Dec. 5), Margaret Sullivan bemoans the uncertainty surrounding newspapers’ future investment in …
Broadcasters Show Their Commitment to Public Safety
Much attention has been paid to KSFY (Sioux Falls, S.D.) anchor Nancy Naeve’s recent on-air rebuke of viewers who complained about the station breaking into …
Radio-enabled cellphones: A voluntary approach to public safety
Once again, some of our friends in Washington are misrepresenting NAB’s position regarding equipping and enabling FM chips in cellphones. To be clear, NAB supports …
Vast? Yes. Wasteland? Not a chance.
Fifty years ago this week, former FCC Chairman Newton Minow addressed broadcasters at the NAB Show and declared that television was a vast wasteland failing to …