Tuesday from Las Vegas includes the kickoff of the Society of Broadcast Engineers' Ennes Workshops at the NAB Show, and Bert Goldman was honored with the NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award.
Here's my latest check in for @radio-world.bsky.social!
Just wrapped day two on the NAB Show Floor with a short recap for @radio-world.bsky.social. The theme I kept hearing was that "the rules of yesterday no longer apply."
The rapid increase of U.S. noncommercial educational FM stations may be exciting for public radio, religious broadcasters and community activists.
But as Randy Stine reports, the financial landscape may not be what they expected when they launched their plans.
My Sunday NAB Show recap for @radio-world.bsky.social, taking you inside the newly renovated TV + Radio Headquarters inside the central hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. We look ahead to a full day tomorrow!
John Casey and Paul McLane present Andy Gladding of @hofstrau.bsky.social with Radio World's Engineering Excellence Award at the NAB Show.
On the scene for @radio-world.bsky.social at this year's NAB Show in Las Vegas as I highlight several themes to watch: ⬇️
I am heading to Las Vegas for the NAB Show!
But first — what made our Radio World top 5 this week?
Our most viewed stories including our remembrance of New York City engineer Richard Ross, a visualization of the latest FCC station totals, and our Buyer's Guide feature on
@capetalk.bsky.social.
Vinylthon 2026, happening this weekend, is a fundraising event presented by the College Radio Foundation and designed to provide scholarships for future broadcasters.
Approximately 230 stations, from terrestrial to streaming, many at colleges and universities, are participating.
Xperi has announced a new premium tier of features for DTS AutoStage Broadcaster Portal.
The portal generates around 34 million hours of listening data per month in the U.S. across approximately 302 markets.
It looks like it will be a swift trip through bankruptcy for Cumulus Media now that a judge has certified the company’s restructuring plan.
Cumulus now only needs to secure Federal Communications Commission approval to emerge from bankruptcy.
The FCC has activated its Disaster Information Reporting System in response to Super Typhoon Sinlaku’s landfall in the Northern Mariana Islands.
In coordination with FEMA, the reporting system has been activated for its islands of Rota, Saipan and Tinian.
The Maryland attorney general and the state’s Department of the Environment have announced a settlement with the owner of the Baltimore “candelabra” and its contractor over the spread of lead paint and chips debris from the broadcast tower into area neighborhoods.
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The latest In-Vehicle Visuals Report published by Quu found that 68% of the 100 top new models sold in America now display information on not one but multiple screens.
Read our story to learn how many of those top 100 no longer have AM or FM radio. You might be surprised.
In a time-series plot, let’s take a look at the latest station total report from the FCC, which reflects recent trends: Commercial AM and FM radio facilities are seeing gradual declines, while noncommercial FM totals continue to climb.
We have a little ongoing debate with regard to the need for stations to identify using their call letters.
With so many forms of competition, that kind of identification is no longer feasible, writes K.M. Richards.
Our most popular stories this week included our feature on the nifty new Echo SDR app for iOS, the FCC hinting at a window for FM construction permits in the U.S. next year, and a fire at a radio transmitter site on Virginia's Delmarva peninsula.
It's my latest Radio World top 5!
Nautel will be expanding its NX series of AM transmitters into the low-power market, with two models that support both analog and digital broadcasting.
The additions are the 1 kW NX1 and the 2.5 kW NX2.5. Scheduled to ship in the fall, the transmitters will be exhibited at Nautel’s NAB Show booth.
A fire early Tuesday morning destroyed the transmission building for a 50,000-watt FM station and its colocated AM signal on the Delmarva peninsula.
103.3 WESR(FM), “The Shore,” is licensed to Onley-Onancock, Va., and serves Virginia’s Eastern Shore region.
I am really excited to use the new Echo iOS app to aid my software-defined radio listening.
It was designed by Mark Garrison Jr., and it links together the KiwiSDR, WebSDR, OpenWebRX and FMDX.org platforms.
I profiled the thoughtfully designed app in my latest @radio-world.bsky.social Signal Spot.
The FCC has sent a notice of unlicensed operation in the 11 GHz band to an internet service provider in the Sierra Nevada foothill region of California.
Conifer Communications is an ISP based in Groveland. The FCC said it was transmitting on 10.915 GHz for over a year after its license had expired.
Bauer Media has released a new Android Automotive version of its Rayo app, available within connected car systems of BMW and Mini vehicles in the United Kingdom and Portugal.
In sending its budget request for fiscal 2027 to Congress, the FCC hinted that it may consider an auction of FM broadcast construction permits soon.
It also may consider an auction of commercial FM translator stations in 2027.
In this excerpt from our ebook on studio buildouts, @kutnews.bsky.social Technology Coordinator Rojith Thomas said the mid-2025 upgrade had one objective: “This was all about breathing new life into our studios.”
Our most viewed stories this week included our feature on the @archive.org's amateur radio collection, the FCC's modification of 13 broadcast rules, and @pewresearch.org's study on the prominence in the U.S. of religious radio stations.
What were you checking out most @radio-world.bsky.social?
As James Careless explains with the help of an expert from @noaa.gov's Space Weather Prediction Center, the number of sunspots on the solar surface rises and falls during what is known as a solar cycle.
Right now is a good time for amateur radio enthusiasts coming off the peak of Solar Cycle 25.
Howard and Ryan Robertson of Spotset Media Network believe marketers are suffering from a multi-billion-dollar blind spot.
"If radio were a person, it would not be the one being eulogized. It would be the one running the room."
Mark Lapidus still hears it on his local radio stations. Hosts that tease listeners to tune in at specific times.
In his latest Promo Power, Lapidus says radio must start meeting its listeners where they are. He offers advice and says that many big stations are trying, but execution is lacking.
In response to the trivia question we ran on legal IDs a couple of weeks ago, and K.M. Richards' subsequent anecdote, reader and DXer Carl Dabelstein finds the use of slogans, as opposed to calls, all too commonplace.
While it will not restore since rescinded funding dollars, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s executive order barring funding for NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.
Judge Randolph Moss said that the order was issued without regard to nationwide interconnection systems.
