Sound Bites 2012 – NOVEMBER 1!
The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association is very proud to bring not one but TWO great seminars to this year’s Sound Bites Annual Meeting and Mingling Event. Each... Read More.
News/Events
Webinar on Radio Music Licensing Agreements 10/31
The radio industry pays significant license fees to ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. The Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) represents the interests of the commercial radio industry on music licensing issues, and works to achieve... Read More.
MBA Broadcasting Awards Deadline EXTENDED!
After fielding requests from some Massachusetts broadcasters, we have decided that entries for the 2012 MBA Broadcasting Awards will now be due WEDNESDAY, August 29th. Don't let your competition hog all of the glory. Submit your best commercials, news stories or PSA! Read below... Read More.
NAB to host webinar on spectrum incentive auctions
As you know, in the coming months the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to release one or more notices seeking comment on rules for conducting the spectrum incentive auctions and the... Read More.
Online Public File for TV Launches and Stations Need to Adapt
By Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski
On Thursday, the much anticipated Online Public Inspection File for television stations launched more or less successfully. To complete the task in the short time given them, the FCC staff put... Read More.
FCC schedules demonstration of online inspection file interface
From an FCC press release - 7/6/12
On July 17, 2012, the FCC will conduct a public demonstration of the database it has developed to host the online public inspection file for television... Read More.
New Public/Political Files rules for TV effective August 2
Posted July 3, 2012
By Paul A. Cicelski - Pillsbury Law
Earlier today, the FCC announced in the Federal Register that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the FCC's new rules requiring television stations to replace the... Read More.
MBA joins other State Associations to challenge online public file ruling
The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association and forty-five other State Broadcasters Associations joined in Comments challenging, before the FCC and the Office of Management and Budget, the Commission's new requirement that television stations... Read More.
Sound Bites Awards beta is now open!
This year’s Sound Bites Annual Meeting & Mingling Event is back and better than ever – because we’re bringing back the awards, baby! Now’s the time to gather up your best work... Read More.
You're invited: A visit to the Museum of Broadcast Technology
You're invited to the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers New England Section meeting FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012... A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY
SMPTE New England meetings are free to members and nonmembers!
A Joint Event with:
SMPTE New... Read More.
Conclave offers free webinar studying radio listeners
On Wednesday, May 23 at 3PM, The Conclave presents Fred Jacobs with the results of Jacobs Media’s industry-wide research study on North America’s usage of digital technology and social media with Techsurvey... Read More.
