Radio World NewsBytes: Unused EAS Criticism; PRSS Addresses Audio Levels

These Are the Four Pillars of Public Radio Find out what Jacobs Media and the Public Radio Program Directors Association learned in their latest tech study of listeners. Top Stories - 07.23.14 EAS Not Used for Wildfire Alerts Broadcast engineers and others in the alerting community in Washington state are asking authorities why EAS has not been used to alert the public about wildfires in the Eastern and Central portions of the state. Washington State Emergency Communications Committee Chair Clay Freinwald said, "To see that it's not being used for the worst wildfires in state history is enough to make me want to bang my head against a brick wall." PRSS Tackling Audio Level Bounce National Public Radio's Public Radio Satellite System is getting good feedback from station engineers and content producers for its audio level survey. Varying audio levels between different programs has long been an issue and the broadcaster wants to create something closer to a uniform standard. Leslie Stimson reports. CUSIB Slams BBG Shortwave Chair Strong words erupt prior to release of a series of recommendations about U.S. shortwave efforts. Read one group's criticism and what BBG Governor Matt Armstrong told Radio World in reply. News & Technology FCC: Burned-Out Tower Lights Draw $10,400 Citation PEOPLE: Pandora Adds Recording Executive to Leadership BLOG: Radio Flash Mob CONVENTIONS: Nebraska Broadcasters to Meet PROGRAMMING: IHeartRadio Festival Lineup Announced WHO'S BUYING WHAT: Wheatstone Scores Pistons Sale Today on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment State of the Possible? (AV Network) Everybody likes future predictions. Joey D'Angelo takes his shot at what fascinating new technologies will deliver in the next few years. Around the Industry Was Google Really Interested in Spotify? (Android Authority) Rumors abound about Google wanting to add audio streamer Spotify to its collection of companies. Yes? No? Maybe? Who knows? The Anatomy of a Tweet (JacoBlog) Fred Jacobs begins to pull back the curtain on the Wizard of Tweets. Does your station's social media campaign amount to a hill of beans or just a couple of beans? Promotion Goes Wrong, Station Could Be Sold (Poynter) Hey, college is for learning, right? Cal Poly's student-run KCPR(FM) might be up for sale after the station's "sex talk" program tried to entice donations by promising "sexy snapchats" with the program's hosts. There was only one donation. School administrators were not amused. Stanley Cup Champs Announce New Radio Home (L.A. Times) Success sells. The L.A. Kings have won two of the last three NHL championships. They've sold out 120 straight games in notoriously fickle Los Angeles. And they just upgraded their radio package to KABC(AM), where they are the only sports property the talk station has. "Home of the LA Kings" its web page now blares on its logo. Calendar of Events Texas Assoc. of Broadcasters Convention Aug. 6–7 Austin, Texas Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame Scholarship Gala Aug. 9 Las Vegas Tennessee Association of Broadcasters 66th Annual Conference Aug. 12–13 Murfreesboro, Tenn. SBE Leadership Development Course Aug. 12–14 Atlanta Nebraska Broadcasters Association Annual Convention Aug. 13–14 Lincoln, Neb. Grassroots Radio Conference 2014 Aug. 14–17 Ames, Iowa For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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