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Thanks to all who attended our Virtual Conference. If you couldn’t make it on the 16th or you’d like to review some of the sessions, links to recordings will be sent to all registered participants by June 30th. See you next March at the River Spirit Casino in Tulsa!
Read MoreRegistration is open for the OAB Virtual Conference and Achievement Awards Presentation on Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am-1:30pm. Even though we can’t convene in person this year, we are pleased to offer a line-up of excellent and topical sessions to keep you informed and up-to-date. The presentation of our 2020 Outstanding Achievement Awards will follow. Check…
Read MoreOAB Past Chairman Will Payne, Payne Media Group, Senator Bill Coleman, Ponca City and OAB President Vance Harrison react to the passage of SB302. The State Legislature has passed SB302 which allows visiting teams equal access to video stream high school sports. This law levels the playing field for all school districts and eliminates out-of-state companies…
Read MoreThe OAB will again arrange for radio broadcast lines and space reservations at the sites of the State High School Basketball Championships.
Read MoreThe 2020 Outstanding Achievement Awards have been judged. Congratulations to this year’s winners,
Read MoreIt’s contest time again! Entry packets for the 2020 OAB Outstanding Achievement Awards were emailed to member stations on December 4.
Read MoreUpcoming Events
June 16, 2021--OAB Virtual Convention and Awards Presentation
March 24-25, 2022--OAB Convention, River Spirit Casino Resort, Tulsa
News You Can Use
by Vance Harrison
2019 OAB Annual Convention Overview Thursday-Friday, April 4-5 at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City. 1. Attendance was 711 different…
Read MoreWhy Local Broadcasting Is Still the Most Dominant Medium By Will Payne, OAB Chairman, Payne Radio Group As Broadcasters…
Read MoreThe following advisory from our FCC attorney David Oxenford relates to the FCC’s use of the C Band earth stations.…
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Vance Harrison has been President of the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters since 2007. He has been in the broadcasting business since 1978.
Broadcast Law Blog Updates
- This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 12, 2021 to June 18, 2021 06/20/2021
- Nationwide EAS Test Scheduled for August 11, 2021 – Verification of EAS Information Due by July 6 in ETRS 06/15/2021
- Webcasting Royalties Going Up – Copyright Royalty Board Releases Rates and Terms for 2021-2025 06/14/2021
- This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 5, 2021 to June 11, 2021 06/13/2021
- Celebrating 15 Years of the Broadcast Law Blog 06/09/2021
David Oxenford has been the OAB’s “man in Washington,” answering the association’s FCC hotline for over 20 years, and regularly speaking at OAB events on DC legal issues.
Alternative Broadcast Inspections
Check your ABI certificate! Is it time to renew? Protect your station from random FCC inspections by scheduling or renewing an alternative broadcast inspection.
National Association of Broadcasters
- NAB Statement on Signing Into Law of Fallen Journalists Memorial Act 12/24/2020Statement in response to the signing of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Act into Law.
- NAB and RJI Research Provides Guidance for Journalists on Trusted Messengers and Effective Messaging for COVID-19 Vaccine Education 12/22/2020Washington, D.C. – A new nationwide survey finds a strong majority of Americans are eager for a COVID-19 vaccine and interested in news coverage that provides expert testimony on the safety and efficacy of vaccination, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) announced today. The survey also finds […]
- NAB Applauds Provisions in Omnibus Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2021 12/21/2020WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate introduced omnibus appropriations legislation, which includes provisions important to broadcasters and for which NAB supports swift passage. The statements below can be attributed to NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith.
Radio Advertising Bureau
- Radio on Main Street Podcast Featuring Three of Radio’s Top Leaders with Insights on Managing Through Change 06/29/2020The one thing we all have in common, no matter what our job title is, what market we work in or who we work for – we all experience change. How we deal with change can determine our success. In this episode of Radio on Main Street, Erica Farber, President and CEO of the Radio Advertising […]Radio Advertising Bureau
- BONUS – Radio on Main Street Podcast Featuring More From Our Panel of Research Experts 05/26/2020The responses from our panel of research experts was so good we just had to probe further! In this bonus episode of Radio on Main Street Erica Farber, President and CEO of the Radio Advertising Bureau, posed one last question – “Under the current circumstances, what type of impact do you think research and measurement surveys will have […]Radio Advertising Bureau