Radio World NewsBytes: CES — Shapiro Talks With Wheeler; College Station’s International Remote

2015: New Year, New Events We list upcoming industry events at the bottom of each NewsBytes, see below; and we welcome your own event info for our master Industry Events Calendar. What's on YOUR calendar? Let us know! Top Stories - 01.08.15 College Station Heads Overseas for Remote Remotes are hard enough for experienced broadcast personnel so imagine a college station trying a remote. Now imagine a college station doing a remote in a foreign country. Jennifer Waits has the story from the latest Radio World. Indian Community Radio Monitored, Expanded The Indian broadcast authorities are undertaking a program of massive monitoring of community radio stations for violations of content and advertising codes. Lawrie Hallett reports in the pages of Radio World International. News & Technology FRANCE: Media Unites for "Charlie to Live" FCC: Latest Station Totals Reflect LPFM Growth FCC: Re-filing Procedures Are at Heart of This Ruling BUSINESS: CBS Radio Launches Playit PROGRAMMING: NBC and iHeartMedia Reprise Awards International Consumer Electronics Show Follow TWICE's Twitter feed from Las Vegas. Wheeler @ International CES CEA Gets Behind Drone Safety Campaign CEA Lays Out Standards Alpine Introduces In-Dash Receiver With Apple CarPlay Kenwood Debut Features Both Apple CarPlay, Android Auto Rdio Announces Partnerships Deezer Goes Wireless in Cellular Deal (TWICE) Panelists Ponder Telecom Rewrite (B&C) Today on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment "You Can't Stop Technology" Those are the words of iHeartMedia Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman at an International CES appearance with Ryan Seacrest. Pittman said that radio needed to embrace technology to move forward. Around the Industry Wheeler Signals Title II Is Likely (B&C) The FCC chairman told Gary Shapiro and an International CES audience that he's pushing forward on reclassifying the Internet as a public utility, though he left specific details out. FCC Updates Equipment Certification Rules (CommLawBlog) The agency is getting out of the equipment certification business, according to Laura Stefani. The change isn't as big as it sounds. It is handing over responsibility for all equipment certification grants to Telecommunications Certification Bodies (TCBs), which already process more than 98 percent of grants. New Community Radio Station Taking Input (What's Up!) KVWV(FM) in Bellingham, Wash., is petitioning the community about what it wants out of its new LPFM community station. Calendar of Events 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 Salon de la Radio Feb. 8–10 Paris, France For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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