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EAS in Software? The FCC Prepares to Take a Closer Look
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (580+ words) The commission wants to explore more changes to EAS and WEA As we're reporting elsewhere, the FCC this month is likely to require cybersecurity improvements to help protect the EAS system against hijacking. (Read that story.) But the commission also…...
Text Now Adds i Heart Radio to Its Ecosystem
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (241+ words) Stream music and radio without paying for data" App-based mobile phone service Text Now is adding i Heart Radio as an app in its Free Flex Plan. It says its customers now will have 5 G data access to stream music…...
Best of Show: 2wcom MPX-2c Codec
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (272+ words) Home " Awards"Best of Show Awards - NAB Combines synch, transport and protection to enable modern IP-based distribution We are featuring the products that won the Radio World Best of Show Award at the 2026 NAB Show. Winners were chosen by a…...
Letter: Sometimes an Antenna That Hears All Directions Is Best
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (347+ words) Home " Columns and Views"Reader's Forum Karl Zuk reflects on using omnidirectional models By Karl Zuk " In this letter to the editor, Karl Zuk" responds to the Signal Spot column, "The 10 Ways to Maximize Your FM DX in 2026. Radio World…...
Outdated Records Leave Microwave Links at Risk
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (1171+ words) Home " News and Business"News Makers Howard Fine documents errors on Part 74 licenses traced to an FCC database transition Many radio and TV stations have, or once had, fixed-link microwave stations that relay audio from a studio to a transmitter…...
LPFM Advocate Calls for a Power Boost
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (599+ words) Worries about a "declining, paper-local service trapped by a 100-watt ceiling" The Low Power FM Advocacy Group believes that without some changes in FCC rules, the entire LPFM service is at risk. In comments filed by its Executive Director David…...
FCC Sets Restrictions for NCE FM Translator Window
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (689+ words) There will be a 10-application cap and the primary station must be commonly owned There will be a 10-application cap for most filings and a requirement that each applicant be the licensee or permittee of either an existing noncom FM…...
FCC Issues Violation Notices to Two Co-Owned Illinois Stations
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (599+ words) The pair had tower structure infractions The Federal Communication Commission's Enforcement Bureau has issued notices of violation related to the antenna towers for two Stratemeyer Media stations in southern Illinois. Benjamin Stratemeyer's company is the licensee of 102. 1 WIBV(FM), a…...
Best of Show: Dielectric Ring Master Antenna System
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (230+ words) Home " Awards"Best of Show Awards - NAB Reduces complexity and tower load thanks to streamlined builds that use fewer components We are featuring the products that won the Radio World Best of Show Award at the 2026 NAB Show. Winners were…...
A Quu Case Study in Hampton Roads
1+ week, 1+ day ago (673+ words) Home " Tech and Gear"Tech Tips "I've rarely seen anything that has impacted radio the way Quu has" This is one in a series about how technology solutions can support expanded revenue for radio broadcasters." Quu's"platform gives stations the…...