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5/16 - NAL Watch: $13k NAL for former broadcast tower without lights/paint
5/16 - FCC holds Public Forum on LPFM and Translator proceeding
5/16 - The Cheap Channel - two great Class T amplifiers - cheap
5/15 - NAL Watch: A fourth $10k fine this week via self-reporting
5/15 - Security Watch: Several special broadcast thefts in KY - a site to report
5/14 - Lightsquared files for bankruptcy
5/14 - FCC schedules LPFM/Translator Public Forum
5/9 - Who's on First? - A look at which station started broadcasting
5/8 - FCC at full strength - new Commissioners confirmed
5/7 - High Powered History: - KSL at 90 - Still Serving the Community
5/3 - Last Call for EAS Clock - First Call for New State Plans - Richard Rudman
5/3 - My view: Is Harris' selling the Broadcast Division the End of the World?
5/3 - Former Head of National Archives A/V unit caught selling donations on eBay
5/2 - Radio on the Road - Part 5 - Quality Audio at Budget Pricing - Mark Shander
5/3 - NAB Show - Days 0-4 ... More pictures and info!
5/2 - Digital Alert Systems released CAP update, firmware bug alert
5/1 - Albany NY University station kill all-night programs after pot bust
5/1 - Harris announces plans to leave broadcast business
4/30 - Copper theft takes down a DoD site, two sherrif's station, 10 million phones
4/30 - FCC wants TV stations to share a channel, auction one
4/30 - Townsquare to grow to 244 stations in 51 markets
4/27 - High Powered History: Earle C. Anthony Drives KFI to Fame
4/27 - The FCC votes to force TV stations to put Political File on the Internet
4/27 - NAL Watch: College tapped for $6.5k for late renewal, long silence
4/27 - An antenna upgrade goes awry
4/26 - The FCC launches the Connect America Fund for Broadband
4/24 - Still unclear on what to do about the National EAS Test? Go here
4/24 - NAL Watch: 1,2,3: No Issues & Programs lists; check box; pay $20k
4/23 - NAL Watch: Translator over power, wrong antenna = $11k
4/19 - FCC Backpedals and drops ban on Text-to-Speech
4/17 - Security Watch: Man electrocuted while stealing copper
4/16 - Longtime San Francisco engineer killed by a train
4/13 - Checking it Out: Commotion harnesses social media - Mark Shander
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4/13 - Two areas where broadcasting is growning
4/13 - The FCC has put up an LPFM Channel Finder
4/11 - Operations warning. The FCC is getting more aggressive on tower lights
4/11 - The Public Inspection File: - Citizen Agreements, Contours, Ownership
4/10 - Tools You Can Use: PowerSquid tames the power cord jungle
4/10 - Green is Not So Good for Capacitors - Alan Alsobrook
4/7 - Security Watch - Arrests in KINT-TV theft; $30k Copper theft in So. FL
4/6 - Comments open on LPFM/LRCA - Link to the ECFS.
4/6 - NAB Preview - Some manufacturers are already showing their new gear!
4/5 - Consultant arrested for ripping off Navajo Nation
4/5 - Cumulus employee indicted for $137k theft from employer
4/5 - NAL Watch: $32k fine for tower light violations; $4k for not powering down
4/4 - CBC announces huge cutback, major layoffs
4/2 - Big Fire breaks out in Moscow tower
4/2 - ERI and Indiana reach tentative settlement on tower deaths
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3/29 - A new NTIA report shows great interest in government taking the ENG band
3/27 - The Listening Post - The Grundig G8 - Kevin Raper
3/26 - The FCC says "absolutely no!" to attempts to restore two deleted stations
3/22 - CSRIC working group makes TTS and CAP EAS recommendations to FCC
3/22 - The FCC published the Part 11 (EAS) Fifth Report and Order
3/21 - How Wires Work- Part 4, Balance and Shields
3/21 - 40% of stations still need to file report on National EAS Test
3/21 - The NAB renews Gordon Smith's contract as President
3/19 - The FCC releases Report and Orders for the Local Community Radio Act
3/15 - High Powered History: WSB Wins a Race in the South
3/14 - Plans for antenna on One World Trade Center Advance
3/10 - Firesign Theatre's Peter Bergman dead at 72
3/9 - NAL Watch: No PIF, no EAS, broken fence = $25k
3/9 - NASBA and NAB to hold dialogue with the FEMA and the FCC
3/8 - How Wires Work - Part 3, Balance and Ground - Curt "Cowboy" Flick
3/8 - NAL Watch: $8k for wrong FM location; $52k for TV station Children's reports
3/8 - NAB files Comments with FCC against putting political files on line
3/2 - The Tallest Broadcast Tower in the World
3/1 - The Public Inspection File - How to Get it Right
2/29 - Fanfare Receivers Work Where Others Do Not
2/27 - ABIP - A Practical Way to Avoid Inspections and Fines
2/22 - Hawaiian Colocation - A Story About Making Everyone Happy - Michael Hayden
2/22 - Senate group urges FCC to put Public File materials online
2/20 - 90 Years Later: WGY
2/17 - 2012 FCC EEO Audits: filing information and chosen stations
2/16 - A Modern Look Back at the Edison Wax Cylinder
2/15 - FCC Pulls Wavier for LightSquared Operations
2/14 - Do Six Minor Changes Equal A Major Change?
2/10 - Copper thieves hit IA station hard
2/8 - On Time Renewals Make the FCC Happy - Brendan Holland
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2/7 - NAL Watch: IA station gets $32k reduction on a laundry list
2/6 - A young woman jumps from an LA area tower and dies
2/6 - NAL Watch: WLS/Citadel pulls a $44k NAL on sponsorship ID
2/3 - A New Study shows HD not yet gaining solid public acceptance
2/1 - Does the FCC Know Where Your Station Is?
2/1 - The Listening Post - Emerson RP6251 - Kevin Raper
1/31 - Understanding EEO and the FCC's handling of the issue
1/26 - The FCC publishes its Order on Remand regarding tower structures
1/25 - Patent Trolls vs Automation Systems - Tom Taggart
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
1/12 - If not GMC, then What? - Richard Rudman
1/11 - Genachowski tells CES "bandwidth is the key ... the focus" of the FCC
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 - The Cheap Channel: Great Earbuds and Phone Service - Dana Puopolo
1/5 - Reaching Beyond Traditional Remote Gear - Mark Shander
1/5 - FCC report concludes LPFM no threat to full power stations
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
12/16 - Alabama Broadcasters to start broadcast engineering courses
12/15 - Ooma - The Almost Free Phone System - Dana Puopolo
12/12 - EAS error at Verizon alarms many in New Jersey
12/8 - How Wires Work - Part 2 - Curt "Cowboy" Flick
12/7 - The FEMA Announces Weekly CAP/EAS Tests: Monday at 11 AM
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
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.
10/13 - 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
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
9/21 - 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
And still more!
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
3/29 - 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
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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