Radio World NewsBytes: FM in Smartphones Increases; Radio’s Early Fax

We Want Your Thoughts! Feeling strongly about an issue? Have a comment about something you read? Let us know. Send a letter to the editor to radioworld@nbmedia.com or post a comment below any article at radioworld.com. Top Stories - 12.01.14 NAB Labs: FM Capability in Smartphones Rises With the NextRadio smartphone app now preloaded on some 30 devices, NAB Labs is seeing progress on the availability of FM in devices compared to two years ago. A Look Back at the Radio Newspaper of the Air John Schneider has the story of radio's involvement in nascent facsimile technology 75 years ago. Though names such as RCA and Crosley were involved, and the ability to beam text and pictures to listeners looked promising, it wasn't to be. News & Technology PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Live in Oz FCC: Late Renewal Fines Levied for Two FMs THEFT: WCMY Returns to Air BUSINESS: Tech Purchases Rise Over Holiday DIGITAL RADIO: Frontier Silicon DAB Radios Top List PEOPLE: Beasley Broadcast Names New Leaders Today on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment Historic KTLA Tower Comes Down (TV Technology) A landmark 160-foot radio tower is being taken down in Los Angeles. Originally built for Sam Warner's KFWB almost 90 years ago, the tower will be rebuilt elsewhere. A new office building will rise in its place. Around the Industry Radio's Future Is Bright, iHeart Exec Says (The Blade) The Toledo Blade interviewed iHeartMedia Toledo Regional Market Manager Kellie Holeman-Szenderski about the state of operations in her region. December Is Youngsters on the Air Month (ARRL) The International Amateur Radio Union is promoting December as its first Youngsters on the Air month. It is encouraging hams and wanna-be hams 25 and younger to take to the air. Cleveland Radio Legend Is Dead at 83 (Plain Dealer) Carl Reese, who worked Cleveland radio, and later TV, starting in the 1950s, passed away last week. The deep-voiced Reese was well-known regionally as an announcer and pitch-man for five decades. Streetsboro High School Station "Valuable" (Gateway News) The northeastern Ohio school got a thumbs up from a school board member and local fire lieutenant. He cited its emergency news capabilities and supported transferring it to a new high school under construction. 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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