FCC Moves on Title II; Getting Digital Audio Right

Nominate Your Great New Product at the NAB Show Manufacturers: Do you have a new product to tell the industry about? Don't forget to nominate it for the 2015 NewBay Media Best of Show Awards. All nominees also will be covered in the post-show Program Guide. (See last year's winners here.) Top Stories - 02.26.15 FCC Passes "Net Neutrality" Rules The commissioners voted on the controversial, so-called "Net Neutrality" issue and the pre-emption of state broadband laws as they relate to municipalities within those states. The 3–2 votes followed party lines, with the three Democrats voting for expanding or clarifying the regulations and the GOP commissioners opposed. Getting the Sound Right With Digital Broadcasting Digital sound can be great but it needs to be configured properly or it can sound dreadful. Davide Moro looks at the digital air chain from an international perspective. News & Technology BUSINESS: Tower Site on Mt. Wilson for Sale COMMUNITY: Radio One Honors 2015 Hometown Champions NRB SHOW: NRB Board Issues Topical Resolutions PEOPLE: WBGO's Cephas Bowles Dies at 62 RECOGNITION: Country Radio HOF Inductees Announced PRODUCTS: Belar Upgrades Mod Monitor Software Around the Industry FCC Votes to Pre-Empt State Broadband Laws (Multichannel News) Supporters of pre-emption see a "broadband barn raising" about to happen while those opposed see major Constitutional issues. RadioShack Name Up for Grabs (TWICE) There'll be an auction for the name many in radio remember fondly. Start counting those pennies, you could be a winner! Pandora Defends Its Royalty Payments in 10 Points (Benzinga) In the never-ending waltz of royalties the Internet audio streamer has filed a 200-page rebuttal to the Copyright Royalty Board. It argued that SoundExchange's plea for higher royalty rates does not apply to streaming Internet radio. Pyramid Scheme (JacoBlog) Fred Jacobs reminds readers of some radio marketing basics. Some things don't change with technology or time. But that doesn't mean that everything is set in stone or that there won't be tweaks to business models. Calendar of Events The Mobile World Congress Mar. 2–5 Barcelona, Spain Australian Broadcasting Summit Mar. 3–4 Sydney ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium March 3–6 Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia IBS International Conference March 6–8 New York Alabama Broadcasters Engineering Academy Radio Advanced Class March 9–11 ABA Training Center Hoover, Alabama For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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