Radio World NewsBytes: Hard Facts to Whimsical Fancy; MMTC Incubates Owners

Best of Show Deadline Extended The nominations window has been extended to April 8 for the NewBay Media "Best of Show" Awards at the NAB Show. Top Stories - 4/4/16 AM Revitalization: From Hard Facts to Whimsical Fantasy Larry Langford takes a look at some of the late AM revitalization comments and finds some thoughtful and some … less thoughtful. MMTC Incubates New Minority Radio Owners Marcella Gadson, communications director for the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council, tells the story of the group's station brokerage operation via interviews with three clients. News & Technology PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Bear Takes Over Radio Station BUSINESS: Radio Posts Lowest Quarterly Deal Volume Since 2012 PEOPLE: iHeartMedia Picks Cruz, Wellsandt and Marcotte OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Kits for Kids of All Ages NAB: 2016 Board Election Results Announced NAB SNEAK PEEK: Tieline Aims Big Around the Industry SAG/AFTRA, Advertisers Reach Contract Agreement (B&C) Actors in TV and radio commercials have reached agreement with advertisers on a new contract they say positions them to share in the wealth in the multiplatform world as it evolves. Has Spotify Won the Music Streaming Wars? (USA Today) It has a lot of subscribers and its competitors aren't making significant gains against it. N.C. Public Radio Station Hit by Ransomware (Current) WHQR(FM), Wilmington, N.C., looks to have survived. Mike Kronforst Passes Away (Pavek Museum of Broadcasting) A Twin Cities lifer on radio (KEEY-FM) and television (KMSP), Kronforst was also involved in area broadcast education at Brown College (now Sanford-Brown College). Calendar of Events ABA Engineering Academy Understanding Digital Audio/Video Seminar April 7 Hoover, Ala. COPEAM Annual Conference and General Assembly April 7–9 Ajaccio, Corsica International Radio Festival April 7–10 Milan FT Digital Media 2016 April 12–13 London Public Radio Engineering Conference April 14–15 Las Vegas SBE Certification Exam Application Deadline For local chapters exams June 3–13 April 15 For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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