Radio World NewsBytes: Standardizing EAS Equipment?; Boomers & Public Radio

Get in the Stream Help your streaming operation sound better and satisfy your audience without being "loud" about it. Read the new, free eBook. Top Stories - 12.18.14 Group Pushes FCC on Standardizing EAS Gear Response The Broadcast Warning Working Group suggested that the FCC should consider standardizing how encoders/decoders respond to all EAS events. Boomers Listen to Public Radio According to a recent Nielsen report, public radio reaches 32 million people age 12 and up each week. The composition of this group might be a little surprising. News & Technology FCC: Four Corners STL Fines Upheld BUSINESS: HEOS System Now Offers iHeartRadio BBG: Kornbluh Tapped to Succeed Meehan BLOG: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas … 1978 ASSOCIATIONS: NATE Elects 2015 Board of Directors FUNDRAISING: WHCP Rolls Out Calendar Today on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment Tech Manager or Mobile Miracle Worker? (AV Technology) Video increasingly feels ubiquitous, but, the writer suspects, it's only getting started in its relationship to our everyday lives. Around the Industry Russia's War on Information (BBG Watch) A website that is often critical of U.S. international broadcasting management points out a commentary by BBG Gov. Matt Armstrong about Russia's propaganda efforts, and adds its own commentary. Bose Entering Music Streaming? (Engadget) Is the music listening gear manufacturer considering an entry into the seemingly bottomless world of music streaming? Holiday Programming on KPBS So you wonder if anyone will listen to your special holiday programming? It will be hard for listeners if they don't know about it, especially well ahead of time. SoCal's KPBS(FM/TV) has the right idea. CBS' Richard Hottelet Passes Away (CBS) Radio and TV reporter Richard Hottelet passed away Wednesday at 97. He got his start with Edward R. Murrow's CBS radio news team during World War II, often reporting from the action on the front or in the air. He spent his whole broadcast reporting career with CBS, retiring in 1985. Afterward he made occasional broadcast appearances and was a semi-regular commentator for NPR. Calendar of Events SBE Certification Exam Application Deadline For local chapters exams Feb. 6–16, 2015 Dec. 31 International CES Jan. 6–9 Las Vegas EBU Production Technology Seminar 2015 Jan. 27–29 Geneva, Switzerland SC Broadcasters Association Winter Conference & Broadcast Exhibition Jan. 29–30 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center Columbia, S.C. SBE Local Chapter Certification Exams Feb. 6–16 For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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