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Game Changer for Video Streaming of High School Sports

By ssundholm | 04/26/2021 |

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 that have been enforcing exclusive media contracts that deny equal access.

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State Basketball Championships Phone Line Reservations

By ssundholm | 02/28/2021 |

The OAB will again arrange for radio broadcast lines and space reservations at the sites of the State High School Basketball Championships.

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Call for Entries: 2020 OAB Awards

By Nancy Struby | 12/04/2020 |

It’s contest time again! Entry packets for the 2020 OAB Outstanding Achievement Awards were emailed to member stations on December 4.

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Preparing for Radio License Renewal: Link to Webinar Recording

By ssundholm | 11/23/2020 |

The 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.

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KidVid Reports

By ssundholm | 10/01/2020 |

For 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…

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Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists

By ssundholm | 10/01/2020 |

On 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…

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C-band Earth Station Lump Sum Reimbursement

By Nancy Struby | 08/27/2020 |

C-band earth station licensees can elect lump sum reimbursement payments for repacking costs by September 14.

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Radio Broadcasters and SESAC Sign a New Music License Agreement

By ssundholm | 08/26/2020 |

The 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…

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by Vance Harrison

OAB Annual Convention

02/09/2024

Thursday, April 4thRiver Spirit Casino in Tulsa Oklahoma is proud that we have the second-most-attended Broadcasters Convention (after Texas) amongst…

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Why the OAB is Financially a Valuable Resource

03/08/2023

Since 1990, all broadcasters have benefitted from the “Manufacturers Exemption on Sales Tax” for items used to produce their signals.…

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Vance Harrison, OAB President

Vance Harrison has been President of the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters since 2007. He has been in the broadcasting business since 1978.

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.

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