FCC Releases Closed-Captioning Quality Standards Guide
Last week, the FCC released a guide summarizing TV closed captioning quality standards (accuracy, synchronicity, completeness, and placement). The guide includes best practices and discusses how TV stations must monitor and maintain their equipment and signal transmissions associated with closed captioning, perform technical equipment checks, take any corrective measures necessary to ensure that captioning is…
Read MorePatti Taylor Named Director of Sales at Beasley Media Group Detroit
On April 29, Beasley Media Group announced that Patti Taylor has been named Director of Sales at the company’s Detroit-based properties, including WRIF-FM, WCSX-FM, WDMK-FM, WMGC-FM and the Praise Network. Taylor most recently served as the General Sales Manager of the Motor City-based radio cluster. Previously, she was Sales Manager at both WCSX-FM and WRIF-FM…
Read MoreSales Tips From the MAB’s Sales and Leadership Helpline with Mark Levy
Q: Mark, our car dealers don’t have cars and have been cancelling. What can we do? Mark: Take a step back and remember that most dealerships make most of their money in service. Now, if you are like me, you HATE to wait on anything that is being taken to a repair shop. That could…
Read MoreFCC Rules for All-Digital AM Radio Become Effective – Will There Be a Flood of Applications?
By: David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP The FCC’s order adopted in late October authorizing AM stations to voluntarily convert to operations in a fully-digital mode became effective yesterday when the approval of its information-collection obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act was announced in the Federal Register. This means that AM stations can opt for full-digital operations, which many have argued will…
Read MoreWhat the Privacy War Between Apple and Facebook Means for Radio Broadcasters
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies Apple has begun rolling out the latest version of its operating system for mobile devices, iOS 14.5. Along with the usual assortment of new features is a long-anticipated change to the way the company deals with the privacy of its users, and this change will reverberate throughout the world…
Read MoreNAB Invites Stations to Share #BroadcastGood Stories May 4-11
NAB is asking all stations to help shine a light on broadcasters’ incredible public service during the week leading up to our largest single advocacy event, the NAB State Leadership Conference. Here’s how: From May 4-11, post a picture, video or text highlighting the good work of your station. Include the hashtags #BroadcastGood and #WeAreBroadcasters…
Read MoreRTDNA Report Finds 2020 was a Dangerous Year for Journalists; Calls on Congress to Journalist Protection Act, Right to Record Police Act
During the past year, the job of seeking and reporting the truth became increasingly dangerous, according to a study released Wednesday by the Radio Television Digital News Association. Journalists were threatened, assaulted and arrested at an alarming rate while on the job and faced unprecedented levels of verbal and physical violence at the hands of…
Read MoreSBE: Stations Should Note Reason for IPAWS April 26 Required Weekly Test Failure
The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has issued helpful guidance to stations about what to do in light of the failure of an IPAWS Required Weekly Test on Monday (4/26): When FEMA issues an IPAWS test or alert it includes a “signature certificate.” This operates similar to a password for accessing different sites or files…
Read MoreWSGW Named Service to America Award Finalist
The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation announced its finalists for the 2021 Celebration of Service to America Awards on Thursday (4/49); included among the list was Michigan’s WSGW-AM (Saginaw) in the Radio – Medium Market category. WSGW was selected for its 50 hours of airtime devoted to flood relief following the failure of the…
Read MoreWCSX’s Big Jim’s House ‘Ultimate Restaurant Road Trip’ Benefits Vets Returning Home
Beasley Media Group’s 94.7 WCSX-FM Morning Show Personalities Big Jim & Ryan from Big Jim’s House drove 300 miles on an “Ultimate Restaurant Road Trip” from Detroit to St. Ignace on Thursday (4/29) to help raise money to help provide meals for Veterans returning home from military service. Over the past three months, Big Jim’s…
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