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November 10, 2021
NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith Delivers His Final State Of The Industry Address
GORDON SMITH has delivered his final State of the Industry address TODAY (11/10) as President/CEO of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (NAB), after having served in that role since NOVEMBER of 2009. Following are his remarks: “While this is … more »
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May 21, 2020
Copyright Office Review Of DMCA Safe Harbors Says System Is 'Unbalanced,' While Music Industry, Artists Groups Say Big Tech Should Fix It
The U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE has released the results of its multiyear study of the DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT, Section 512 of the Copyright Act, concluding that the law's safe harbor system today is "unbalanced" and calling on CONGRESS … more »
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October 11, 2017
NAB, RTDNA Criticize Trump's Tweet Threatening NBC With License Challenge
Both the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS and the RADIO TELEVISION DIGITAL NEWS ASSOCIATION have issued statements condemning President DONALD TRUMP's veiled threat to NBC's licenses over criticism of his administration that he has labeled … more »
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January 20, 2016
FCC Rejects Challenge To WBMP (92.3 Amp Radio)/New York License Renewal
Neither HOWARD STERN nor OPIE AND ANTHONY have worked for CBS RADIO in years, but an objection to the license renewal of CBS' Top 40 WBMP (92.3 AMP RADIO)/NEW YORK attempting to incorporate another objection based on the content of those shows has … more »
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May 29, 2015
Report: American Family Association Raising Funds To Buy Washington Station
The AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION is soliciting funds so it can buy a broadcast radio station in WASHINGTON, DC, reports PINK NEWS. The fundraising effort notes that the AFA has spent over $1 million already on the effort to buy a station to air AMERICAN … more »
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June 21, 2013
Major Players Weigh In On FCC Indecency Enforcement
The FCC's indecency rule review docket has drawn some comments from major industry players, including the major television networks, the NAB, and the RTDNA. The NAB's comments stressed the changes in technology and media consumption that have … more »
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January 11, 2012
Innovation, Regulation On CES Agenda Today
WEDNESDAY's schedule at the 2012 International CES in LAS VEGAS kicked off with FORD President/CEO ALAN MULLALY, XEROX Chairman/CEO URSULA BURNS, and VERIZON EVP and President-VERIZON Enterprise JOHN STRATTON discussing corporate innovation with CONSUMER … more »
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June 2, 2010
Groups Ask FCC To Look At 'Hate Speech'
The FCC doesn't regulate content beyond indecency, political equal time, and TV children's educational/informational requirements, but the NATIONAL HISPANIC MEDIA COALITION and a group of over 30 other mostly liberal groups is asking the Commission to … more »
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August 18, 2009
AFA Founder Wildmon Takes Ill
AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION founder Rev. DONALD WILDMON is in critical condition in a TUPELO, MS hospital battling meningitis, reports the ASSOCIATED PRESS. WILDMON, 71, founded the AFA in 1977 as the NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR DECENCY; the organization … more »
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January 22, 2008
Keaton Quip Creates Thousands Of Indecency Complaints
The indecency complaint e-mail machine has been turned on again -- this time over DIANE KEATON's use of profanity on ABC-TV's GOOD MORNING AMERICA. A website run by THE AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION (AFA) reported that it sent out an alert to its … more »







