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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 830, Volume 16, #50 for July 9, 2025

FCC TO MAKE MOVES ON BROADCAST ISSUES
This month’s FCC Open Meeting plans to have some substantial action on matters of interest to broadcasters. The Meeting, scheduled for July 24th, will include a several aspects of the Delete, Delete, Delete initiative. “The Commission will consider a Direct Final Rule that would repeal certain rules identified as outdated and obsolete via a direct final rule procedure and clarify the potential use of the direct final rule procedure in other circumstances in the future.” There should be more deregulation to come.Also note: an “accelerating upgrade away from old copper line networks,” something that most of us know about all too well over the past few years, with emphasis on high-speed infrastructure, wireless.

AUCTIONS TO RETURN
In the recent large Bill signed by the President, the FCC has received authority to hold more auctions of spectrum. Nothing specific has been announced, but was there not a comment a few weeks back suggesting the upper satellite C Band might be an area the Commission would like to sell off?

GETTING THE BEST FROM YOUR AUDIO PROCESSING
Whether it is your console, transmitter, antenna, or audio processor, our goal always is to get the best from each part of our program and transmission system.

One of the simpler – but complex at the same time – parts of the system is the audio processing. Paul Kreigler from The Telos Alliance is our guest this week to talk about audio processing. Whether you are comfortable with the presets or want to know what you can – or should – do with the GUI, Paul has some special answers that ought to help you get the best out of your Omnia processors.

At our regular time/place: Thursday at 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific. You can get the link at www.theBDR.net/TLG/ or www.youtube.com/thebdrnet

Also, you might be interested to know we are now booked until September, with one open week, with some great presentations. Check the same page for the list of upcoming presentations: www.theBDR.net/TLG/