http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback Just another Penton Media weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The NAB Show is about one month away now. For the exhibitors and for us covering the industry, our planning began some time ago. In January we began gathering information on new products that will be unveiled. We also started gathering information about the sessions and assembling the data for ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/03/09/countdown-to-vegas/ I saw an item in the New York Daily News discussing MTV's recent admission that it is not a music channel. Thanks for letting us know, MTV. It's been this way since at least 1990. MTV went on the wire (it's a cable channel, so saying "on the air" sounds wrong) ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/02/25/the-buggles-were-wrong/ It seems the promos the NAB has provided to radio stations about eliminating terrestrial radio's exemption from paying the music performance fee are being heard. My non-broadcast coworkers and friends are all asking me about the tax (as the NAB calls it) being proposed for radio stations. First, I clarify the ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/02/19/opposing-the-performance-fee/ I have received several inquiries about the Chapter 11 filing made by Penton Media, the company that owns Radio magazine. For a company to file Chapter 11 raises thoughts of doom and gloom to most people. In this case, Chapter 11 is only part of the story. What was filed ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/02/16/a-pre-packaged-chapter-11/ I just finished a long weekend trip. I had a rental car this time, so I had the fun of setting up the radio so it was listenable before I left the lot. (Who turns the bass all the way down and the treble all the way up?) This radio ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/02/08/pushing-radio-to-consumers/ When ISDN was introduced, it was believed it would be the next common wired communications service. I remember looking at an office phone system and being told that POTS lines would go away and ISDN would be the norm. 20 years later, ISDN is fading away. It's unavailable in many areas ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/02/02/the-end-of-pots-lines/ The next Radio Show -- a joint effort of the NAB and the RAB -- will be held in Washington, DC, Sep 29 - Oct 1. It was recently announced at an NAB board meeting that the Grand Hyatt will be the host site. At the 2009 NAB Radio Show, it ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/01/28/venue-set-for-2010-radio-show/ AT&T released data saying that usage at its 20,000 Wi-fi hotspots reached 85.5 million in 2009. This is more than 4 times the use in 2008. It was also noted that most of this access was via some form of smartphone. We already know the world is connected. As cell ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/01/27/wi-fi-use-on-the-rise/ I received a product release today for a stand-alone radio that includes 1GB of storage and a timer interface to record up to 70 hours of radio programming. I wasn't sure what to make of the idea. The idea is that the unit can be set to record favorite programs for ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/01/25/recording-the-radio/ The FCC's notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the rules and establisha method for an national EAS test has been issued. Do we need a national test? If we are going to keep the EAS as it is, a national test is a good idea. Such a test has ... http://blog.radiomagonline.com/talkback/2010/01/19/a-national-eas-test/