Radio World NewsBytes: LPFM Applicant Receives LOI; Radio Digital Sales Moving Up

NAB Best of Show Awards Call for Entries Radio World and its NewBay Media siblings are looking for a few good products for the new Best of Show Awards for the upcoming NAB Show. Find out how to participate here. Top Stories - 02.26.14 FCC Questions Certain LPFM Applications Over a dozen applications associated with Antonio Cesar Guel have piqued the interest of the FCC. It has sent a Letter of Inquiry to him with questions about those applications. RAB Sees Radio Digital Sales Hitting $520 Million A Borrell Associates study for the Radio Advertising Bureau predicts a digital revenue increase of 22% to $520 million this year for radio — surpassing the half-billion mark in digital advertising for the first time. News & Technology FCC: Walden Sees FCC Study Plan as "Chilling" BUSINESS: Broadcasters Oppose Songwriter Bill BUSINESS: Clear Channel and BandPage to Cooperate BBG: Kevin Klose to Leave RFE/RL NRB: Johnson Installed as New President and CEO NRB: Press Freedom and Access Is an Issue PEOPLE: WideOrbit Appoints Hedrick as VP ROOTS: R.J. Rockwell and His Cathanode Rig Today on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment Almost All New Cars Will Be Connected In Five Years (Audio4Cast) Jennifer Lane says that a U.K. study predicts that by the end of the decade 90% of new cars will be able to connect to the Internet. That should get the attention of radio broadcasters. Around the Industry Clyburn Defends FCC's Critical Needs Study (B&C) The commissioner says that the study is not intended to suppress speech or dictate to journalists what they cover but rather to understand a market that the FCC regulates. Man Stabbed After Radio Station Dispute (Times-Dispatch) Proving once again that radio is popular — a man was stabbed in the chest in an argument in a car over what radio station to play. Campus Radio in the Digital Age (UConn Today) Digital is changing the face of radio, even on campus. WHUS(FM), at the University of Connecticut, views digital as an opportunity to expand its audience. Atlanta Radio Station Behind Hoax Bieber Protest (UPI) "The Regular Guys" show on WNNX(FM) caused a ruckus when they started a rumor that Justine Bieber was looking to move to Atlanta. Interns were deployed to fake a protest. The gag went "viral." Calendar of Events NATE Unite 2014 Feb. 24–27 San Diego Mobile World Congress Feb. 24–27 Barcelona Wisconsin Broadcasters Assoc. Student Seminar March 1 Middleton, Wis. ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium March 4–7 Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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