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Acess.1 Paying $22 Million For Green Group

Acess.1 (formally Unity Broadcasting) headed by long time broadcast professional Sid Small has assumed an LMA with both the Radio and TV properties. The group also owns WWRL in New York City and a major cluster of stations in Shreveport, LA. The group has pledged to continue the legacy of community service established by former owner Howard L. Green. When Green past away, he left the stations to the Salvation Army, where his parents served as officers and the industry believed could not be sold. The industry was wrong and the stations were sold. Acess.1 as Unity Broadcasting has enjoyed a long history of community service in all of the markets where it has had ownership over the many years of its outstanding history. Sid, Welcome to New Jersey broadcasting.

 Announcing NJBA EEO+, A Major EEO Advance

NJBA along with 4 other state broadcasters associations and the law firm of Womble, Carlyle has come up with a major advance in EEO compliance. The program does it all, posting your opening, keeps track of all the FCC paperwork and, finally, by pressing a button on your computer, you get all of the FCC mandatory reports automatically. It’s a dream come true by organizing all of the necessary paperwork, without any paper. The program is all web based, secure, hacker proof, complies with all FCC reporting requirements and is offered as a free member benefit to all NJBA member stations. It works like this: Post your job, as you do now. When you decide whom you’re going to interview, enter that information on your private secure web site (provided by us) then when you hire a person, go back in and check off the name of the hire. That’s it. When it comes time to report to the FCC, press the button on the screen, and all the required paperwork is printed out for you on all of the proper forms, ready to file. Look for announcements for the training of personnel on the new programs shortly.  The program is owned by EEO1Source, Inc. and NJBA is a major partner in this company. This is a member’s only benefit.

 Ownership Rules Stayed

The Third Circuit Court has issued a stay of the new FCC ownership rules that were to become effective today. All deals relying on the new rules are placed on hold until the stay is lifted. The Court determined that the plaintiffs in the case would suffer damages if the court decided the rules were illegal, and therefore stayed them until it could hold hearings on the rules themselves. It plans to take the rules up soon.

 Career Day Soon

The NJBA, together with Montclair State University and the NJ Advertising Club are sponsoring this Job Fair event. The event is part of the NJBA EEO program and is one part of the FCC 3 prong requirements for compliance. Call Mary today to get your table at the event. 1-888-NJBA-Fone.

Remember to register now for the Sean Luce Seminar for sellers and sales manager. Go to www.njba.com and register on line now.

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