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Some things you might want to know about:

6/18 - Sinclair Broadcast buying Dielectric
6/17 - The FCC announces the 2013 LPFM Window
6/17 - WYFR to shutter shortwave site operations
6/15 - Taking the mugs to new heights
6/14 - ABIP: Grading Stations and Locating Zombie Transmitters - Mike Langner
6/14 - Florida Man gets 10 years for copper theft
6/13 - What's Wrong with This Picture?: The Tale of the Unexpected Tenant
6/13 - BMI joins ASCAP in going after Pandora in court
6/13 - Sprint iDEN to shut down on June 30th
6/13 - Gannett to purchase Belo
6/12 - Omnia.11 software updates to Version 1.4
6/11 - WRDN Comes Calling on Commissioner Pai
6/11 - Pandora buys a radio station in SD - ASCAP is not amused
6/6 - EAS Q&A: Secure EAS Codecs Prevent Zombie Attacks - with Ed Czarnecki
6/5 - Tornado Alley Report: In Disaster Time, How Will You Fare?
6/5 - ABR202 reaching end of sale/end of life

News, current events, and comments, etc can be found here.

Radio History is at:
oldradio.com

6/4 - Chairwoman Clyburn names new EB Acting Chief
6/4 - The FCC releases a new set of RFR Rules and an NPRM
6/3 - Clear Channel refinance again successful.
5/31 - A gift from the FCC, a wavier so you can promote cell phone alerts
5/30 - Electrical Safety in the Transmitter Shack - Richard Garrett
5/30 - NAL Watch: A pair of LA stations rack up $37.5k in fines
5/29 - Sage releases a software update for the digital EAS receiver
5/29 - CBC gets radio renewal and permission to run some spots on non-comms
5/28 - Brisbane Analog TV signs off
5/23 - The Real Story: The NEMO - Donna Halper
5/23 - Radio History: Remote Broadcasts - Audio from "Out There"
5/22 - The FCC advances Auction 83 again - a window to fix MX apps

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5/16 - On the Road with an ABIP Inspector - Mike Langner
5/15 - Think Tank Alert: McDowell to Hudson Institute, Genachowski to Aspen
5/13 - NAL Watch: A major gift from the FCC to student-run stations
5/8 - Ten Things You Do Not Want the FCC to See - Scott Cason
5/2 - My View - The New Boss: Same as the Old Boss?
5/1 - DA Q&A: Dealing with Water Damage - Kurt Gorman
5/1 - NAL Watch: Two $10k Forfeiture Orders reject watery excuse
4/25 - Toward Safer Tower Lighting Systems - Richard Rudman
4/18 - Circular Fencing in the field - Clay Freinwald
4/10 - Philadelphia man gets jail for shining a laser at news chopper

News Items:

Transmitter Site Operations:

5/1/13 - Tom Wheeler nominated to be new FCC Chairman
4/23/13 - Fisher shareholders sue to stop $373+ million sale
2/27/13 - Historic KHJ towers dropped in LA
2/26/13 - NPR studies getting EAS alerts to deaf people
1/28/13 - Broadcasting Yearbook returns ... more or less
1/2/13 - FCC Commissioner Clyburn gets another five years
1/2/13 - Pirate transmitter locks car owners out for months
12/6/13 - Harris Broadcast has been sold
.. see all of the news items

1/24/13 - Going on Up - Curt "Cowboy" Flick
12/12/12 - DA Q&A: Fixing the Problems - Kurt Gorman
11/28/12 - Critter Control - Jeff Welton
11/22/12 - Secure Fences - Michael Golchert
8/31/13 - Inspecting Your Towers - Who? When? How?
... more transmitter site articles

Studio Operations:	Checking it Out:
1/31/13 - An iOS Microphone Pre-amp - Mark Shander 9/28/13 - Quality Audio Anywhere - Mark Shander 8/27/13 - RDL's HR-MCP2 Dual Microphone Compressor - Mark Shander ... and more station operations articles	4/3/13 - The DEVA Band Scanner GPS - Alan Alsobrook 1/16/13 - The DEVA DB4004 - Richard Rudman 1/3/13 - The Telos Z/IP ONE - Dave Barnett 12/20/12- The Marathon Emergency Task Force Radio - Kevin Raper 9/20/12 - ExpressPCB makes great small project PCBs 8/9/12 - The CCrane Solar Observer ... More User Reports and Reviews

FCC Rules and EAS Issues:

Enforcement Watch

5/2/13 - FCC PSHSB wants SECCs to review and update plans
5/2/13 - Premiere Networks to distribute CAP messages
4/12/13 - FCC releases report on the National EAS Test
4/9/13 - A practical note about cell phone jammers
4/1/13 - FCC drops over a million indecency complaints
3/26/13 - Station Identification - Mike Langner
1/31/13 - Understanding NRSC Measurements - James Boyd
12/27/12 - Why Broadcasters Should Not Underrate EAS
12/4/12 - The Public Inspection File
10/1/12 - The FEMA CAP Server down again
.... See all FCC issues

1/30/13 - Station at 561% of power; antenna 5 meters low
1/24/13 - Station unable to air EAS when unmanned = $8k
1/9/13 - The first NOV regarding the CAP EAS monitoring
12/4/12 - Public File = $20k; Deleted station $18k; FM xmtr $18k
9/20/12 - $31k in fines for tower lights, missing PIF files
... The Complete Enforcement Watch Page

The Maintenance Shift:

IT issues:

4/25/13 - Unobtainium: where to look when you are stumped
10/25/12 - Giving Attention to Coax Switches - Dennis Heymans
10/15/12 - The Right Way to Cool the Transmitter - David Rose
10/10/12- Turning Off the Sidelights - Hal Kneller
9/28/12 - A Very Inexpensive Temperature Alarm - Richard Rudman
8/9/12 - The Well-Equipped Engineer's Truck - Richard Rudman
... more Maintenance Shift articles

1/8/13 - Do not let your password die with you & 5 other good IT practices.
10/16/12 - Checking it Out - The ZAGGfolio for the iPad
9/10/12 - The Radio Coverage Toolkit from Nautel - Chuck Kelly
... and more IT articles

Pure Tech:

War Stories and The Funny Side:

4/3/13 - How Radio Works - Ron Nott
4/12/8 - How Wires Work - Curt "Cowboy" Flick
,,, more Pure Tech

4/10/13 - The Poor Man's Arbitron
4/1/13 - Telos Lunar Zephyr for the long haul - Clark Novak
4/2/13 - April Fools' joke makes two DJ April Fools for a day
2/21/13 - The Tower Leg that Melted
2/20/13 - White-out in Tucson
10/30/13- The Worst I've Ever Seen! - Finding VSWR in all the wrong places
10/11/13 - The Worst I've Ever Seen! - When the Lock on the Gate Isn't
... more War Stories and The Funny Side

People and History:	Trade Show Reports:
1/13 - Bob Groome moves to RF Specialties 12/3 - Angelo Ditty passes away at 87 11/13 - Jules Cohen passes away at 95 10/14- Praise Network's Lloyd Mintzmyer killed in car accident 9/28 - Steve Church passes away at 57 8/28 - John Battison Passes Away 8/16 - Adventures of Mossman, Daven, & Weston - Bob Mayben ... More Obits and other history	4/18 - NAB 2013 - Still more reports from the Show 4/18 - Richard Rudman's take on NAB2013 4/18 - Alan Alsobrook's week at the Show. 1/16/13 - CES 2013 makes news of interest to broadcasters 9/19/12 - IBC 2012 in Amsterdam; Nautel debuts LPTV Transmitter ... More Trade Show Reports

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