Radio World NewsBytes: FCC Says No to Test of Looser Underwriting Limits

Whom Will It Be? We'll announce the 2014 recipient of the Radio World Excellence in Engineering Award next week. Watch this space! Top Stories - 11.25.14 Underwriting Decision Could Have Broader Implications A public radio broadcaster wanted to do a three-year test, airing underwriting announcements that included sales, discounts and qualitative adjectives. The FCC still says no. "How to Save HD Radio (If Someone Wants to Try)" Observer Matt Sammon, a longtime radio guy, tries to get past the entrenched debate and lay out an improvement program for the technology, which he thinks has value but is at risk. News & Technology PODCASTING: PodcastOne, Stitcher Content Dispute Goes Public GOOD DEEDS: CBS Chicago, Red Cross Fundraise Today EVENTS: Palmetto Broadcasters to Meet in January LAW: More About Flo & Eddie (Fletcher, Heald) DIGITAL: Broadcast Partners Takes Dutch DAB+ Tender PRODUCTS: Lynx Releases PCI Express Cards Today on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment MobiTV's Streaming Stick Pops Up A story from our sister publication Multichannel News. "What the documents don't spell out is how MobiTV's U.S. mobile service partners … will use the white-label Connect device to deliver video to the living room." Around the Industry Iconic Radio Tower Being Moved to Original Location (KTLA-TV) Originally one of a pair, the tower stood at Sunset Boulevard and Bronson Avenue. Story includes time-lapse video. "The Godfather of Right-Wing Radio" (Daily Beast) The Daily Beast devotes almost 8,000 words to its provocatively worded report about Mark Masters, Roy Masters, America's Radio News Network and TRN. Streaming Uncompressed Music Is Here (Radio Survivor) Paul Riismandel reviews Deezer Elite, currently available only to Sonos users. Should you care? Conners Was Morning Icon for Generations of Central Ohioans (Columbus Dispatch) "He believed he had to earn his job, every single day." Calendar of Events ABA Engineering Academy Seminar: The Art of Live Audio Mixing Dec. 13 (Change of Location) ABA Engineering Academy Training Center Hoover, Ala. SBE Certification Exam Application Deadline For local chapters exams Feb. 6–16, 2015 Dec. 31 International CES Jan. 6–9 Las Vegas SC Broadcasters Association Winter Conference & Broadcast Exhibition Jan. 29–30 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center Columbia, S.C. For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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