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NJBA shall provide timely information and quality support services, and strive to promote the well-being and public policy interests of New Jersey Broadcasters and Associates.                                                                                               

Friday, September 26, 2003

Register Now For EEO1Source

Go to the NJBA web site, www.njbroadcasters.org and click on list a job. That will take you to the EEO1Source log in page. Groups should log in first. The log in procedure will generate a user name and password. You can change it later. After you have received your password, distribute it to all of your employment units. You need to then use the above procedure to log in and get each units individual user name and password. After your participation is approved by NJBA you can change your password to something meaningful to you. It is very important that all the information you enter be correct. Your reports, down the road, depend on getting the log in information absolutely right. If you have any problems, please contact Debbie for help. You will see an icon on the page for a fax service. You are free to use it, or to select your own service. We will be asking the FCC to allow e-mail notification to our prong 2 groups, at this time, e-mail is not legal. The cheapest alternative is faxing. Remember, EEO1Source is free to all members in good standing. When you post a job, it will automatically send a blast fax to any or all of the sources you select.

 BMI Contracts In Your Mailbox This Next Month

The agreement between BMI and the Radio Music Licensing Committee is a done deal and BMI is wasting no time in getting the agreements out to all of the stations. No longer will stations have to keep track of what they play. Stations will be billed one fee regardless of format changes annually. There is a separate fee for Internet streaming. Remember this is in addition to the fee from RIAA.

FCC Extends Filing Fees Deadline

The deadline for filing has been moved one day, from September 24^th to September 25^th at 11:59 pm. The FCC cites the hurricane for the delayed deadline. The FCC is encouraging stations to file using the fee filer automated process at www.fcc.gov/fee.

 NJ Army National Guard Wants To Help

If your station is considering doing an independent job fair, the NJ Army National Guard wants to help you. They will make available to you any of the armories they have throughout the state at no charge. For more information, contact Lt. Col Dennis Devery at the NJANG at Fort Dix.

NJN Wins More Emmys

New Jersey Network Public Television has won Emmys for Outstanding Single News Broadcast large market, Outstanding Health and Science Program and for State of the Arts, in the Outstanding Magazine Format category. Congrats Tz.

Sellers and Sales Manager Registration Open

The seminars scheduled for Oct 16-17 with Sean Luce are now opened for registration. The meetings will be held at the Trenton Marriott and are free to member stations.

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