JCPA and AMFA Are Dead In D.C.
Klobuchar Loses ‘Lame Duck’ Vote On JCPA. Is AMFA Dead, Too? With the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act’s omission from a Congressional omnibus bill, there will likely be no legislative action during this Congressional session. At the same time, the much-ballyhooed but lightly supported American Music Fairness Act, introduced by now-retired Democratic House Member Ted […]
FCC Hikes Radio Application Fees
Radio stations to pay hundreds of dollars more for some FCC applications Commercial radio broadcasters in the United States will pay more to apply for construction permits, license assignments and special temporary authority requests. The Federal Communications Commission is adjusting the fees it charges radio stations, and other businesses under its purview, for the processing […]
Proposal To Allow Radio And TV To Air Cannabis Ads Introduced In Senate.
There is yet another path open to potentially allowing cannabis advertising on radio and television stations. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) has introduced a bill that would permit radio and television stations to accept advertising for legal cannabis products if the station is licensed in a state that permits the advertising of medical or adult-use […]
What the Facebook changes of 2022 mean for local news outlets
Six tips to navigate a continuously transforming social media landscape Summer 2022 has brought waves of changes at Meta that demonstrate its deprioritization of news products, including its wind-down of payments to U.S. news publishers. In parallel, the company has been planning shifts to how it delivers content. The new default home feed will function as a discovery […]
Analysis Finds 35% Increase In Local Broadcast TV News Over Past Decade
Television stations significantly increased the number of local news telecasts and hours of news content they aired over a 10-year period, according to an analysis of Nielsen data conducted by the National Association of Broadcasters. NAB examined the number of programs classified by Nielsen as “local news” as well as the hours of local news aired across […]
Effort To Allow Cannabis Ads On Local Radio And TV Clears House.
Broadcasters’ hopes of cashing in on the cannabis legalization trend took a step forward Wednesday. The U.S. House approved a series of budget bills on a 220 to 207 vote, including one that would pave the way for local radio and television stations to accept cannabis ads as long as it is located in a […]
FEMA Says No National EAS Test Is Planned For This Year.
The national test of the Emergency Alert System has become a near-annual tradition since the first one was conducted in 2011. But the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will not conduct a nationwide EAS test in 2022. “It will not happen this year,” said Antwane Johnson, FEMA’s Deputy Assistant Administrator. “We are planning to […]
FCC Trying to Visualize New and Improved EAS
NAB sees no need for a “complex redesign” of EAS The National Association of Broadcasters believes many of the pieces needed to improve emergency alerting in the United States are already in place and no major overhaul of existing EAS is needed. The FCC’s pursuit of ways to improve the utility of EAS to more […]
U.S. Radio’s New Technical Rules Take Effect April 18
FCC order aims to eliminate rule inconsistencies and drop outdated ones Here is an update to a story we’ve been following for you: The updated technical rules for U.S. radio broadcasters take effect April 18. As reported earlier, the Federal Communications Commission in February released a report and order with the goal of streamlining and […]
NAB Launches Attack Ads Ahead Of Royalty Bill’s Expected Advance In Congress.
Despite a near-majority of House members on record as opposing the creation of a performance royalty placed on radio stations, the National Association of Broadcasters says it expects a bill that would do just that will move forward in the coming weeks. The NAB says it expects House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) to […]
