HD Radio

REC Networks Questions 245 LPFM Applications Filed by Hispanic Christian Community Network President

LPFM advocate REC Networks has been cranking out reports and analysis in order to make sense of the nearly 3,000…
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FCC Offers Guidance for LPFM Hopefuls and Begins to Dismiss Faulty Applications

Low power FM (LPFM) applicants are on pins and needles as they await word about applications that were filed in…
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With 241 million users radio kicks Facebook and Twitter ass

Twitter has 49 million users every month in the US. Facebook has 198 million. There are about 6 million US…
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UK digital radio transition effort holds lessons for AM revitalization

To say that public comments on the FCC’s AM revitalization proposals are barely trickling in could be charitably called an…
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Remembering WABC radio's 1963 "Mona Lisa" contest

Much of what you read about radio station contests these days is depressing. At best, some operation botches a game…
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FCC extends LPFM application deadline to Friday at 3 PM ET

Acknowledging "technical issues" with its Consolidated Database System on Thursday, the FCC has extended the LPFM license application window to…
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Lights out for North Carolina commercial classical radio station

Another one bites the dust. Wilmington North Carolina's Star News reports that Wilmington Bach radio at 95.9 FM and 1180…
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LPFM applicants: deadline is today, but don’t stop now

Today at 6 PM Eastern Time is the deadline to complete and submit applications for low-power FM licenses. If your…
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SF Chronicle: fire KNBR’s Damon Bruce for “anti-woman rant”

My hometown newspaper has come out swinging on the sports radio snafu of the week. Here's an unsigned opinion piece worth reading:…
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Deal reached for community stations to carry FSN Reports while FSRN retools for a comeback

Community radio stations will continue to have an option for a daily half-hour news broadcast while they wait for a…
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Former KTRU Frequency, Classical 91.7, Cuts Local Hosts

On Thursday, Culture Map Houston broke the news that Houston classical public radio station KUHA had laid off 8 full-time…
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Family Radio to Sell Shortwave Radio Station WYFR to Radio Miami International

Family Radio's Shortwave Map (photo: J. Waits) Family Radio-owned shortwave radio station WYFR is slated to…
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Counterpoint: all-digital HD Radio on AM still on the table at FCC

My friend John Anderson wrote his dissertation on the complex policy machinations behind HD Radio becoming the digital radio standard,…
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NPR to FCC: TV spectrum auctions affect radio too

An interesting filing from NPR to the Federal Communications Commission concerning the impending wave of incentive auctions planned to "reassign"…
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Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Luncheon Honors 2013 Inductees

On Saturday, November 2, I attended the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame's 2013 Induction Luncheon. Although the latest inductees…
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Podcasters gotta eat; Tom Scharpling to end The Best Show on WFMU

Tom Scharpling and Julie Klausner at RadioVision 2013Tom Scharpling announced on his program Tuesday that he…
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