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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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