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Broadcasters Thinking Out Of The Box To Attract Next Generation

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LAS VEGAS — QR codes, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, hyperlocal – if it provides another way to connect with viewers, broadcasters and content producers are trying it, several said during TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at the NAB Show on Sunday.

Even a show that’s in its 43rd season, as CBS’s Entertainment Tonight is, is constantly thinking about how to push its brand past its traditional boundaries to meet new viewers.

“We don’t hold anything back for the television show. Social and digital are always our first thoughts,” said Erin Johnson, the show’s executive producer.

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NAB Announces 2023 Crystal Awards Winners

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The winners of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS’ 36th annual NAB CRYSTAL RADIO AWARDS for community service have been announced at the “We Are Broadcasters” session of the NAB SHOW in LAS VEGAS. BONNEVILLE News-Talk KTAR-F/PHOENIX, represented by SVP/Market Mgr. RYAN HATCH, was presented with the CRYSTAL HERITAGE AWARD at the event.

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Jacobs Urges AM Stations to Lean Into Apps and FM Options

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Consultant writes with urgency in face of “abandonment” by some carmakers

What can AM broadcasters in the United States do in the face of news that major carmakers appear to be willing to drop over-the-air AM reception from their cars?

Consultant Fred Jacobs has some ideas today. He wrote partly in response to the news that Ford apparently will phase out AM reception from most of its new vehicles, not just from electric ones.

(As we’ve also reported, Volvo also appears to have made that decision. Read our sampling of what the individual carmakers told Sen. Ed. Markey.)

Jacobs knows these are depressing developments. In a blog post, he writes that the NAB and Sen. Markey  “are on it” and understand “the gravity of the moment.”

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Former FEMA Leaders Continue Push for AM Preservation

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Say the removal of AM radios from cars is “a grave threat to future local, state and federal disaster response and relief efforts”

The laundry list of current and former government officials advocating for the safeguarding of AM radio in electric vehicles continues to grow.

On Feb. 26, seven former leaders of the Federal Emergency Management Agency penned a letter to Secretary Pete Buttigieg of the Department of Transportation advocating for the preservation of the senior band and urging regulators to take action to protect the nation’s public safety.

“Because of the great distances that its signal carries, and due to its resiliency during even the worst natural disasters, the success of the National Public Warning System hinges on the use of AM radio,” the collective of former FEMA leaders wrote. “However, should EV makers continue removing AM radios from their vehicles, this vital public safety system will no longer function as intended.”

 

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Senate Republicans pen letter asking DirecTV to explain decision ditching Newsmax

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A group of leading Senate Republicans is requesting information from cable provider DirecTV surrounding its recent decision to drop conservative network Newsmax from its channel lineup.

In a letter dated Feb. 1 and shared exclusively with The Hill, GOP Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Mike Lee (Utah) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) wrote to the cable provider’s corporate leadership expressing that they are “deeply disturbed” by its decision to drop the network and alleged the episode “may be the latest example of big business suppressing politically disfavored speech at the behest of liberal Democrats.”

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What Happened In Vegas: Five Trends From CES You Need To Know.

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Fred and Paul Jacobs delivered their version of the ManningCast for hundreds of broadcasters Thursday, unpacking CES 2023 and what it means for radio during a webinar presented in collaboration with Inside Radio. “When you go to CES, you can’t help but think about the future,” Fred says. “It’s less about toys and more about trend-spotting and putting together the pieces, looking for repeating themes and patterns.” Here are five insights into what the future looks like, as seen through the Jacobs lens.

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Programmers Band Together in Joint Industry Committee To Battle Nielsen Dominance

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JIC’s goal is to create multiple currencies for premium video, using first-party viewing data

Most of the biggest television programmers have banded together in a new attempt to fix what they see as an audience measurement problem and promote competition to Nielsen, ending its stranglehold on the industry.

Comcast NBCUniversal, Paramount Global, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery, TelevisaUnivision and the VAB said Monday they formed a Joint Industry Committee so they can work together to set standards for measuring what they call premium video, which generates $70 billion in advertising revenue.

The JIC will certify multiple currencies from multiple providers and promote the use of the programmers’ first-party viewer data as a foundation for measuring streaming as part of multi-screen campaigns.

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FCC Extends Quarterly Issues and Programs List Deadline

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Just announced, the FCC has extended the deadline for uploading Quarterly Issues Programs list to your online public file from January 10 to January 31. As you may know, the Commission has been having issues with its Online Public Inspection File system and because of that the deadline has been extended until the end of the month.

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FCC Hikes Radio Application Fees

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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 of applications and other filings.

The commission on Friday said it is adjusting its Schedule of Application Fees to reflect a net change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 11.6%. That will be applied to the fees various commercial AM and FM broadcast services pay. The rates will take effect 30 days after publication of the notice in the Federal Register.

This increase is not to be confused with the one involving annual regulatory fees that was recently in the news.

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Analysis Finds 35% Increase In Local Broadcast TV News Over Past Decade

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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 the country, comparing data from the same month (November) in 2011, 2016 and 2021.

NAB’s findings show that 154,445 local news telecasts aired in November 2021, an increase of nearly 16% from November 2016 and 35% from November 2011. In addition, more than 107,000 hours of local television news content aired in November 2021 across the country, an increase of more than 16% from November 2016 and over 40% from November 2011.

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