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TOP STORIES
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08-19-2004
DEADLINE PASSES FOR FY 2004 REGULATORY FEES
If you're paying your FY 2004 regulatory fees to the FCC on Friday,
they're late.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5698

08-19-2004
CLEAR CHANNEL CLUSTER IN FLORIDA PRAISED
The good deeds of radio people in Florida have been getting ink this
week.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5701

08-18-2004
EMMIS SIGNS VERIFICATION DEAL
The area of spot and song verification is hot.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5685


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08-17-2004
STUDY RENEWS DEBATE ON HEALTH HAZARDS OF AM TOWERS
The health effects of AM towers are getting new attention this week
thanks to a pending study, reported in Wired magazine.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5674

08-17-2004
EAS INVOKED FOR HURRICANE CHARLEY; STATIONS NOW FOCUSED ON RELIEF
EFFORTS
NAB President/CEO Eddie Fritts and Florida Association of
Broadcasters President Pat Roberts want the FCC to take note of
broadcasters role as first responders.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5678

08-17-2004
SBS TO SELL KZAB, KZBA TO STYLES FOR $120 MILLION
Spanish Broadcasting has agreed to sell its Southern California
stations, KZAB(FM) and KZBA(FM), to Styles Media Group for $120
million in cash.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5684


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08-16-2004
IMAS NAMES LECLAIR TECHNICAL EDITOR OF RADIO WORLD ENGINEERING EXTRA
Michael LeClair will serve as technical editor of the new Radio World
Engineering Extra, produced by IMAS Publishing Co. LeClair is chief
engineer of the four-station non-commercial WBUR Group based in
Boston and performs contract engineering for other stations.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5673


BUSINESS
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08-18-2004
A.U. RESPONDS TO CLAMPITT LAWSUIT
American University has answered the wrongful-termination lawsuit
recently filed in the District of Columbia's Circuit Court by former
station general manager Susan Clampitt.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5693

08-18-2004
INFINITY AND ARBITRON RENEW VOWS AFTER ALL
Infinity is back with Arbitron.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5694


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08-18-2004
SALEM CLOSES HONOLULU PURCHASE
Salem Communications has completed the acquisition of FM stations
KPOI and KHUI in Honolulu from Visionary Related Entertainment.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5695

08-16-2004
BUSTOS MEDIA BUYS 8 STATIONS FOR $6.7 MILLION
Sacramento, California-based Bustos Media Corp. has purchased eight
stations from Butterfield in Washington for about $6.7 million.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5666

08-16-2004
ARBITRON DOES EDI DEAL
Arbitron wants a piece of the market in providing media software that
is compatible with developing e-commerce standards.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5667

08-13-2004
SUSQUEHANNA RADIO REVENUE UP 3% IN QUARTER
Susquehanna Media Co. said its overall revenues were up 12% in the
second quarter, to $111.3 million, compared to the same period last
year.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5664


FCC/REGULATORY
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08-19-2004
WTRI FINED $18,000
The FCC doesn't like to be ignored.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5700

08-18-2004
REGISTRATION OPENS FOR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE
Registration has opened for the 13th Annual Meeting and Leadership
Conference of the National Association of Black Telecommunications
Professionals to be held in Washington, Sept. 16-18.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5696

08-17-2004
FORMER TEXAS UTILITY OFFICIAL COULD HEAD FCC
Administration officials say in the event Bush serves a second term
as president, a former chairwoman of the Texas Public Utility
Commission could be his top choice for chairman of the FCC.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5676

08-16-2004
FIVE FCC ECONOMISTS HONORED
The FCC has named five employees as recipients of the third annual
commission "Excellence in Economic Analysis" awards.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5672


TECHNOLOGY
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08-19-2004
GEN 2 XM DELPHI SKYFI FEATURES 'PAUSE' AND 'REPLAY'
Quite the buffering time in this newest satellite receiver.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5699

08-19-2004
RFA IMPLEMENTS AUTOMATED DXER RECEPTION REPORTS
Radio Free Asia is using a new automated reception report system that
will be of interest to those who like to collect proof of distance
listening.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5702

08-19-2004
ENGINEERS CATCH FUNNEL CLOUD IN ACTION
"Dorothy?! Dorothy!!" Don't look now, but that's a funnel in the
photo, dropping out of the clouds behind radio engineer Aaron Winski.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5706

08-18-2004
SAN DIEGO LOOKS AT BPL
San Diego Gas & Electric Company is considering conducting broadband
over power line trials to see if it can use the technology.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5691

08-17-2004
WESTWOOD ONE SNAGS WASHINGTON POST FOR 'PERSONALIZED TRAFFIC REPORTS'
Westwood One and one of its business partners has licensed the
washingtonpost.com Web site to the RealTraffic Web service.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5679

08-17-2004
MULTIPLE ANTENNAS INCREASE WLAN DATA RATE
Although many new technologies fail shortly after reaching the press
release phase, TV Technology columnist Doug Lung is intrigued by a
consortium that's working with the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N efforts
to develop a wireless networking standard that increases reliability
and throughput using MIMO (multiple input, multiple output)
technology.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5683

08-16-2004
SIRIUS INTRODUCES 'SPORTSTER' PLUG & PLAY
Sirius Satellite Radio has introduced a transportable "Plug & Play"
Sirius Sportster, designed to complement Sirius' relationship with
the National Football League, and highlight the satcaster's coverage
of live NFL games.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5669

08-16-2004
SIRIUSCONNECT RECEIVER COMES IN SEPTEMBER
Sirius Satellite Radio is eliminating multiple black boxes in the
vehicle.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5670

08-13-2004
AGENDA SET FOR FALL IEEE BROADCAST SYMPOSIUM
Audio and video distribution via wireless broadband is among the
topics of this fall's annual IEEE Broadcast Symposium, which is in
its 54th year.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5662


PROGRAMMING
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08-19-2004
STUDY: ADS ARE PART OF THE RADIO EXPERIENCE TOO
Broadcasters who create ads for clients need to be careful about the
context.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5705

08-18-2004
BEASLEY HELPS FORM HURRICANE FUND
Beasley Broadcast Group and several other companies have formed a
fund to help victims of Hurricane Charley.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5687

08-18-2004
ZEO RADIO NETWORKS DEBUTS 'QUALITY' LOCAL NEWS SERVICE
Denver-based Zeo Radio Networks launched the Zeo News Network to
offer what it calls "quality" news services to broadcast-radio
stations across the country.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5689

08-18-2004
LAB HONORS BROADCASTING 'GIANTS' AT ANNUAL LUNCHEON
The Library of American Broadcasting, located in College Park, Md. at
the University of Maryland, will honor 17 radio and television
pioneers at its second annual "Giants of Broadcasting" luncheon on
Sept. 15 in New York's Grand Hyatt Hotel.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5697

08-17-2004
BIA: SPANISH-LANGUAGE STATIONS GROW BY 86%
Over the last five years, the total Hispanic population in this
country has grown by 27%, from about 30 million to more than 38
million.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5675

08-17-2004
RADIO HALL OF FAME WILL INDUCT FIVE
It has to make Bob Edwards feel pretty good.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5682

08-16-2004
YAMAHA HAS DM1000
Yamaha Commercial Audio is offering the DM1000 19-inch rack-mountable
digital production console, which the company says boils down the
features of its DM2000 console into a more compact package.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5668

08-16-2004
MICROSPACE SIGNS WITH CHRISTIAN RADIO FOR SATELLITE PROGRAM DELIVERY
The Christian Radio Consortium has chosen Microspace Communications
Corporation to deliver programming to more than 1,000 radio stations
nationwide via the Microspace Velocity satellite system.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5671

08-13-2004
CHUCK LEONARD OF WABC FAME DIES
New York radio buffs have learned that Chuck Leonard passed away
Thursday (Aug. 13) of lung cancer, according to an announcement by
former ABC colleagues.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5663


PRODUCTS
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08-19-2004
BIRD ELECTRONIC OFFERS POWER MONITOR
Bird Electronics is offering site management products for IBOC and
analog power measurement, for power levels between 250 watts and 150
kW, at frequencies between 50 MHz and 470 MHz.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5703

08-19-2004
HENRY ENGINEERING OFFERS MULTI-PURPOSE SWITCHER/SILENCER
Henry Engineering debuted its AutoSwitch automatic audio switcher and
silence sensor, which it says can be used to manually or
automatically select between two stereo audio sources, anywhere an
A/B audio switcher is needed.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5704

08-18-2004
CSS OFFERS DOCUMENTATION SERVICE
Creative Studio Solutions hopes engineers will call them when a
station's wiring is a mess.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5686

08-18-2004
BE APPOINTS HD RADIO PRODUCT MANAGER
Ted Lantz is now a product specialist for HD Radio at Broadcast
Electronics.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5690

08-18-2004
BUCK LEAVES JONES MEDIAAMERICA
Jones MediaAmerica President Jed Buck is leaving, effective Sept. 10;
he will continue as a consultant.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5692

08-17-2004
APT, MOSELEY EXTEND ALGORITHM DEAL
APT signed a three-year licensing agreement with Moseley Associates
for the latter to use APT's Standard and Enhanced apt-X algorithms.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5677

08-17-2004
GE SPACEMAKER TELEPHONE INCLUDES AMFM RADIO
The new GE Spacemaker Cordless Phone includes an AM/FM radio to free
up counter space.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5680

08-17-2004
PIKE & FISCHER ADDS ONLINE LEGAL REFERENCE SERVICE
Publisher Pike & Fischer Inc. has launched legal reference services
on the Web for people working in broadcast, cable and wireless.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5681

08-13-2004
SIRIUS, XACT RELEASE PLUG & PLAY SATELLITE RECEIVER
The newest plug and play Sirius Satellite Radio is out.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5665



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