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It’s contest time again! Entry packets for the 2020 OAB Outstanding Achievement Awards were emailed to member stations on December 4.
Read MoreThe eight year license term is coming around again. By February 1, 2021, radio stations in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska will need to file their license renewal applications. With the public file online, a broadcaster’s activities will be subject to much more scrutiny than in the past.
Read MoreFor TV stations looking to stay on top of their KidVid reporting, the updated form to be used for the 2020 Children’s Television Programming Report is now available and can be accessed through the FCC’s Licensing and Management System (LMS). Stations can begin to prepare the form, update it during the remainder of the year, saving the information…
Read MoreOn or before October 10, all TV and radio stations must upload to their public file their Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists for the 3rd quarter (July, August, and September). The Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists are a station’s evidence of how it operated in the public interest, demonstrating its treatment of its community’s most significant issues. If you need a refresher on…
Read MoreC-band earth station licensees can elect lump sum reimbursement payments for repacking costs by September 14.
Read MoreThe Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) yesterday announced an agreement with SESAC to extend until the end of 2022 the current rates for the public performance of SESAC music by commercial radio stations. This long and protracted agreement will significantly lower your SESAC music licensing fees, which is great news for broadcasters. For more about…
Read MoreUpcoming Events
January 19, 2021--OAB Awards Entry Deadline
January 10, 2021--Quarterly FCC Reports Due
February 1, 2021--Radio License Renewal Application Deadline
2nd Quarter 2021--OAB Virtual Convention, date tba
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
- Reminder – 2021 Will Include Some Off-Year Elections for State and Local Office – and FCC Political Broadcasting Rules Do Apply 01/12/2021
- Dates Set for Comments on FCC’s Zonecasting Rulemaking Proposal for FM Boosters 01/11/2021
- This Week in Broadcast Regulation: January 2, 2021 to January 8, 2021 01/10/2021
- Copyright Royalty Board Announces SoundExchange Audits of Royalty Payments for Webcasters (Including Broadcast Simulcasts) and Other Digital Music Services 01/08/2021
- Copyright Office Begins Review of Changes in Satellite Television Statutory License for Carriage of Local Television Stations 01/06/2021
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