Friday, April 21, 2006

NJBA Conference To Be Podcast

The NJBA Board of Directors has approved a program whereby most of the Conference sessions will be available immediately after the conference by podcast download from the NJBA web site. The conference will have outstanding speakers discussing the future of the Radio and TV over the air business and will emphasize future technology. Featured will be several sessions in the major broadcast disciplines and how HD Radio, Audio Streaming and Podcasting will affect those disciplines. By being the first in the nation state association to podcast its conference, it will permit attendees to hear the discussions in meeting they could not attend because they were attending another meeting being held at the same time. Further, it will permit anyone who is interested to log on to the NJBA web site and hear the conference discussions. The conference is a joint effort of the NJBA and the broadcasters of Maryland, DC and Delaware. The meeting kicks off on Monday June 5^th with a gala opening reception, followed on Tuesday by sessions tailored for sellers, program directors, engineers and managers. Registration is open now, on line only, at www.njbroadcasters.org. If you don’t remember your password, you will need to call the office to get it. If you never had a password, you can get one when you log in to register. Please write your password down for future reference.  Registration is brisk, so register now and reserve your seat at the Best of the Best awards. 

Legislative Language Being Drafted

The latest update on the NJBA effort to protect the present audiences of FM stations is moving forward in Washington. The Senate Commerce Committee staff is drafting language for legislation that will protect and expand the existing contours of New Jersey FM stations. Several staffers met several weeks ago with the FCC and the Commission could not come up with any reasons why this legislation would be a problem. We are very optimistic that we will have a bill this year. 

Fritts and Company

QuickNews has learned that Eddie Fritts has joined with several other people to form a new lobbying firm, concentrating of communications issues. The Company will officially launch in June. Kathy Ramsey will be joining Fritts and Company and her last day at NAB is today. Everyone who has ever worked with Kathy will really miss her. She does a super job. 

E-Mail Opt-In

All Stations will be receiving an e-mail requesting they alert their personnel of the opportunity to supply the NJBA with their company e-mail, so that they can receive their very own copy of QuickNews every week. In addition, once the e-mail address is in the association’s database, it will allow us to communicate with station personnel to keep them up to date on the latest happenings in their particular departments. Further, they will receive Conference Confirmations and other important information directly from NJBA. All e-mail addresses are confidential and never shared by NJBA with anyone.  

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