Microsoft would have you believe their proposal to require broadcasters to hold open at least one additional channel in the broadcast band for unlicensed use …
Local Broadcasters: A Lifeline in Florida
Day in and day out across America local broadcasters are a trusted source of critical news and information. Never is that role more important than …
Local Broadcasters: Hurricane Harvey Heroes
NAB and the Broadcast Education Association are pleased to present the fourth installment in a powerful video series demonstrating the indispensable role that local radio …
New American Hustle: Cable Opposes a Free, Innovative Service for Viewers
In one week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote to approve the voluntary use of a new broadcast television transmission standard, Next Generation TV. …
Next Gen TV: Something to be Thankful For
With Thanksgiving coming up, I’m practicing my Olympic-caliber skills at dodging awkward conversations about politics, religion or when I’m going to have children. And that …
Delivering Radios to Hurricane-Ravished Puerto Rico: A First-Person Account
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtOpsVDnJzM&w=560&h=315] Author’s Note: To view photos of my trip to Puerto Rico, click here. I recently had the opportunity of a lifetime. I was …
Modernizing the Mother of All Media Regulations
Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at long last announced its intention to reform its woefully outdated broadcast ownership rules. At its open meeting in …
Setting the record straight on FM radio in iPhones
In recent months, the Southeast U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have been pummeled by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. The wildfires in …
2 Fast 2 Spurious – Microsoft’s Vacant Channel Plan is a Sequel We Don’t Need
Summer movie season is well underway, bringing a fresh crop of would-be blockbusters in the form of original movies and familiar sequels. Sequels, of course, …
Rules, Schmules
Although it’s one of only four nationwide wireless carriers and has its corporate roots in a foreign state-run monopoly, T-Mobile fancies itself the brash outsider …