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1/25 - Patent Trolls vs Automation Systems - Tom Taggart
1/24 - NAL Watch: $3.2k for an STL on 956.65; NOV for missing NRSC reports
1/23 - Deleted station in Alabama destroyed by tornado
1/21 - 100 kW Nevada station listed to see on eBay
1/20 - NAL Watch: Clear Channel gets a $22k NAL - and a warning
1/19 - IPv6: Understanding the Coming Changes - Dana Puopolo
1/19 - Walking the floor at the 2012 CES: full of people, interesting items
1/19 - NAL Watch: No Public File and 25% power for ten years: $17k
1/18 - NAL Watch: one fine reduced, two tower paint NALs at $10k each
1/17 - A station loses power to gnawing animal, another fights wind damage
1/12 - If not GMC, then What? - Richard Rudman
1/12 - Clear Channel Radio is now Clear Channel Media and Entertainment
1/11 - Genachowski tells CES "bandwidth is the key ... the focus" of the FCC
1/10 - FCC Releases 5th Report and Order - EAS Part 11 action!
1/6 - Tower fight in Wisconsin pits broadcaster against city/county
1/6 - Site Security: West Virginia starts 2012 with a good idea
1/6 - Florida station knocked off air by copper theft
1/6 - The Cheap Channel: Great Earbuds and Phone Service - Dana Puopolo
1/6 - FCC Chairman names Zachary Katz new Chief of Staff
1/6 - Bill Meola passes away
1/5 - Reaching Beyond Traditional Remote Gear - Mark Shander
1/5 - FCC report concludes LPFM no threat to full power stations
1/5 - NAL Watch: $8k for missing Issues & Programs lists affirmed
1/4 - Auction 93 gets underway; applications due by next Thursday (12th)
1/2 - Carlisle, PA station studio burns
12/26 - Man dies on tower in Bonita Springs (Naples), FL
12/22 - The Art of Broadcasting from Anywhere - Mark Shander
12/22 - The FEMA IPAWS certification materials are online now
12/22 - DC BASE jumper tries again - and injures himselfi
12/21 - Microsoft announces this will be their last CES appearance
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12/16 - Alabama Broadcasters to start broadcast engineering courses
12/16 - DC Base Jumpers arrested for trespassing on tower
12/15 - Ooma - The Almost Free Phone System - Dana Puopolo
12/13 - NAL Watch: Renewal three months late = $1.5k
12/12 - EAS error at Verizon alarms many in New Jersey
12/12 - Inovonics begins shipping DAVID IV
12/8 - How Wires Work - Part 2 - Curt "Cowboy" Flick
12/7 - The FEMA Announces Weekly CAP/EAS Tests: Monday at 11 AM
12/7 - NAL Watch: Non-Operational EAS Receiver = $8k
12/6 - Checking It Out: Station Playlist - Tom Spencer
12/6 - NAB Argues at SCOTUS for Loosened Ownership Rules
12/6 - NAL Watch: Contest Violation = $4k; Late filing = $13k
12/5 - AP to End Some Satellite Delivery of Text and Pre-recorded material
12/1 - High Winds in So. California cause havoc
12/1 - NAL Watch: a Double Late Renewal Nets a $10k NAL
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11/23 - NAL Watch: 1000 foot discrepancy catches FCC attention
11/22 - The FEMA IPAWS-OPEN CAP Server goes on line
11/16 - How Wires Work - Part 1 - Curt "Cowboy" Flick
11/15 - Bridging the Distance with Bridge-IT
11/14 - EAS test answers are appearing..
11/11 - Moving Day 1928 - The First Great Frequency Move
11/10 - First Person: FM Stereo on a Shoestring - Bob Carpenter
11/10 - Do Not Neglect Password Security
11/9 - Feds indict man who stole copper. knocking station off the air
11/9 - Nautel has been sold
11/1 - Checking it Out: Telos Z/IP ONE - Dana Puopolo
10/31 - Two are nominated as new FCC Commissioners
10/27 - Checking it Out: Klipsch s4 headphones; audio nirvana, cheap price
10/24 - NAL Watch: 12-Watt station racks up $22k in fines
10/21 - Greek State Broadcasters suffers theft of transmitters
10/21 - Dial Global completes takeover of Westwood One
10/21 - NAL Watch: AM/FM combo tagged for $26k on expired license
10/20 - US Patent Office dismisses broadcast music automation claims
10/18 - FCC shuts down translator for causing interference.
10/14 - No quartery Issues & Programs lists for six years? Ka-Ching: $10k
10/13 - The Axia iQ - Goran Tomas
10/12 - Tools You Can Use: Dymo Rhino 6000 - a great label maker
10/12 - Tower fatality in Newton (Boston) MA.
10/11 - Indiana OSHA raps ERI
10/7 - New technologies help reduce AM power consumption
10/4 - Buying a new EAS encoder/decoder for the long haul - Curt Teigen
10/4 - Petition for Rulemaking seeks to "fix" 73.215 - Dana Puopolo comments
10/3 - NAL Watch: Changing mail address no excuse for late filing
10/4 - Accusations of towers being bird killers may just be for the birds
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9/29 - Using an RFR Quick Chart to Solve Local Problems
9/29 - Checking it Out: C. Crane's CCRadio2 - Kevin Raper
9/28 - Nevada's state EAS test deemed a success
9/26 - Citigroup study says wireless companies are not using spectrum they have
9/26 - NAL Watch: Late filings bring $8k in fines, down from $39k
9/21 - Maintenance Shift: Repairing a JBL 4301B speaker cone - Alan Alsobrook
9/20 - Checking it Out: musik Speakers from Palo Alto Audio
9/15 - WBZ - 90 Years and Counting - Donna Halper and Barry Mishkind
9/14 - Checking it Out: GloBible software - Roger Moyer
9/13 - The Media Bureau to permit AM transmitter energy-saving technology
9/13 - The Worst I've Ever Seen! - Stretching Things a Bit Too Much
9/13 - NAL Watch: No Tower lights, no Public File: $10k; no EAS, PF: $17.5k
9/10 - WEBO reaches out during floor, even without a studio
9/9 - Copper thieves knock two stations off in Kansas
9/8 - Checking it Out: Vonage VoIP
9/8 - NAL Watch: Daytimer on at night, Public File issues. $14k
9/8 - FCC''s Copps leaning toward FM chips in cell phones
9/7 - NAL Watch: Use wrong transmitter, refuse FCC request, pay $12k
9/2 - Media Bureau OK's tranlator move without the "hops"
9/1 - Investigating second-adjacent waviers on LPFM - Jim Pollock
8/31 - Some thoughts on disaster preparation
8/25 - Heathkit returns to the ... kit business
8/31 - WVOW returns to air after disruption from copper theft
8/23 - FCC drops Fairness Doctrine
8/19 - Peter Dahl passes away at 71
8/18 - Nautel Ampfet - Still Loved, Still Supported - Fiona Ferguson
8/12 - DC to AC Power Inverters - James Pollock
8/12 - A MudGuard for Microphones - Mark Shander
8/5 - Tower Worker rescued from 760-foot tower in Texas heat
8/4 - Saving Serious Cash Repairing Comtech Dish Mounts - Alan Alsobrook
8/3 - WCRB and the Classical Music Wars - Grady Moates
8/3 - Watts to Save - Rolin Lintag
8/3 - NAL Watch: Bargain day? $43k in fines reduced to $32k
7/29 - Flood aftermath - revisting Memphis as it dries out
7/25 - NAL Watch: Emmis pays $12k to settle payola charges
7/21 - The Audio Prism Story - Glen Clark
7/15 - A Major antenna disaster in the Netherlands
7/7 - Staying Alive When Working Alone - Jerry Mathis
7/7 - The Worst I've Ever Seen! - Hold the BBQ, we need the knife
7/7 - 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals tosses FCC a curve
7/5 - Finding a viable LPFM Channel - Jim Pollock
6/30 - Going beyond the old standbys - Mark Shander
6/30 - Determining FMeXtra Injectiom (updated) - Lyle Henry
6/25 - Boston Radio 1920-2011 - Donna Halper ... review by Rich Wood
6/23 - Part A into Part B - An Interesting Fit ... Revisited
6/20 - The Part 11 NASBA/NAB Town Hall - Richard Rudman
6/17 - Putting a month's EAS activity on one sheet - Mark Voris
6/14 - Checking it out: C. Crane's CCRadio-EP - Kevin Raper
6/9 - Avoiding the Pink Tower Syndrome - Ed Trombley
6/9 - The Worst I've Ever Seen! ... The EAS Logpile
6/7 - Clear Channel meets the challenge in Dickinson, ND
6/2 - LPFM - A Difficult Fight to Stay in the Game - James Pollock
6/2 - The View from the Client's side - Part 3 - Sam Wallington
6/2 - Is it a Generator Battery or an IED?
6/3 - After 86 years, WDOD sells land, goes silent in Chattanoogna
6/1 - Some Post Auction 91 Thoughts - Terry Cowan
6/1 - WDAY-AM suffers loss of three towers
5/26 - The Part 11 (EAS) NPRM is released - all 110 pages!
5/24 - FCC License Renewal - the 303-S Form Fun
5/18 - KRKO's rebuilt towers joined by two more for diplex
5/17 - What's Wrong with This Picture? - Good Grounding is an Art
5/12 - Here Comes the Sun - Rolin Lintag
5/12 - When the Listeners Call with Problems - Steven Lapinskas
5/11 - A tower drop you need to see
5/5 - Turning it up to 11 - The philosophy behind the Omnia.11
5/3 - Contract Engineering from the Client's Side - Part 2 - Sam Wallington
5/1 - WYTH tower whacked by storm, dropped, station returns on new site
5/1 - Another dead person "found" after trying to climb tower
4/26 - NAB study by former FCC official debunks frequency shortage
4/25 - Lightning kills a generator and then the station
4/20 - Company demands royalties for music on hard drive
4/20 - VOA gets new head
4/19 - Starguide platform to end for Citadel affiliates
4/16 - Raleigh tornado kills tower, taking two stations down.
4/13 - WSM tower added to National Registry
4/6 - Study shows interest in HD radio waning
4/2 - KUAR, Little Rock suffers transmitter fire - streaming only
4/1 - Stopping a New Threat: AM Radial Thefts - Richard Rudman
3/31 - Preparing for FCC License Renewal - Brendan Holland
3/31 - Thar's Copper in Them Thar Fields! - Kevin Kidd
3/31 - FCC announces EEO Audit information
3/29 - 70th anniversary of NARBA moving day
3/29 - KSL gets visited by copper thieves
3/24 - Tech Tip - Adjusting a Harris motor-driven contactor
3/24 - A History of Processing - Part 5 - Jim Somich
3/18 - The Folded Unipole - Ron Nott
3/23 - NAL Watch: EB cancels fine, but not quite so fast ...
3/22 - WEAU-TV tower fails, 2000 foot collapse
3/22 - NJ station's ground system saved by a neighbor
3/19 - High Powered History: A BBC World Service transmitter closes - video
3/15 - NAL Watch: $13k for overpowered translator
3/14 - FCC announces some changes in Renewal Procedures
And still more!
3/11 - Checking it out: BWB RBRX1 - Robert Reymont
3/4 - Static Dissipators - Black Magic or Real Protection? - Dave Rose
2/25 - High Powered History: VOA Bethany - Clyde Haehnle
1/31 - High Powered History - First of a series: Powel Crosley and WLW
2/21 - When Getting Back on the Air Trumps Neatness
2/17 - NAL watch: $25k for prank phone calls; another $25k for tower violations
2/15 - Factory Acceptance Testing - Rolin Lintag
2/9 - Limiting Static Voltages on AM towers - Phil Alexander
2/9 - A Very Low-Cost Monitor Mount - Jonathan Bowen
1/26 - It was mounted where?
1/13 - Checking it Out: BW Broadcast's DSPXmini-AM - Dana Puopolo
The Interesting Match Between Transmitter and Phasor - Ron Nott
When RFR Protection Runs Amok
Backhoe fade cuts 911, cell, Internet in Nevada
A Broadcast Engineer Discovers an Audio Wonderland - Kim Sacks
Modulation Index releases StreamS app for Apple gear
Making Radio Waves - Not Metal Waves
Combating Malware in the Studio - Kevin Trueblood
Checking it Out: DASDEC II - Kevin Raper
Visualizing Antenna Fields - Ron Nott
The station too busy to follow the Rules
The Jungle Within
3-Phase vs 1-Phase - a discussion
That Fine is How Much?
Silly Tech - Engineers contribute to broadcast follies
When Good Wiring Goes Really Bad
November 2 is NOT the anniversary of the start of broadcasting!
Do-it-yourself UPS battery evaluation - John Stortz
How to Save Your NCE-FM CP - Joe DiPietro
Staying Safe Around ENG Trucks - Tom May
Inside the Tower Fence - What's Wrong with This Picture?
When the Danger is Outside the Transmitter Shack - Ron Nott
Understanding the "New EAS" - a Q&A
Audio Pads Made Easy - Mike Callaghan
Safety Suggestions to Keep Everyone Alive - Richard Rudman
The FCC approves unlicensed "Super WiFi" transmitters
Personal Safety Must Be Your Priority
Using your MoM to Make Monitor Points Disappear - Ed Trombley
Saving Your Office from Being an Information Toxic Dump - Barbara Hemphill
KCBQ, San Diego monument unveiled
Frequency and Conductivity Effects on Coverage - Richard Fry
Helping Engineers and IT to Play Nice - Steven Martin
Keeping Track of Coax and other Lines - Clay Freinwald
Feng Shui for the Mind - Marty Stanley
Contending with Storm Damage
Fences that will keep your site Secure - Michael Golchert
Fixing printer and other EAS receiver common problems
Password policies to keep you secure - Curt "Cowboy" Flick
Modifying Air Filters for CLEAN xmtrs - Clay Freinwald
"Protecting America's Workers Act" - another OSHA production
Field Check: Dialight LED Beacons and Sidelights
Testing Solid-State Rectifiers - Gary Minker
Software Review: iolo System Mechanic - Dave Dunsmoor
Choosing a Networked Digital Audio Technology - Andy Calvanese and Scott Johnson
Field Check: The Vorsis M1 - John Lackness
Field Check: Broadcast Tools WVRC-8 - Jonathan Bowen
Understanding NRSC Measurements - James Boyd
How Detailed Logs Can Save the Day - Gary Peterson
Customer Service in a Broadcast Station - Kevin Trueblood
Quincy, IL - The Digital Capitol of the World - Tom Yingst
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