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TOP STORIES
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06-10-2004
PTC CALLS CLEAR CHANNEL DEAL UNACCEPTABLE
The Parents Television Council opposes the deal between Clear Channel
and the FCC that settles all indecency claims against the company in
exchange for $1.75 million and the broadcaster's continued use of its
zero-tolerance policy, which includes the use of profanity delay
equipment at stations.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5347

06-10-2004
BI-PARTISAN LAWMAKERS PRAISE CLEAR CHANNEL
Several members of Congress find this week's Clear Channel-FCC
agreement on indecency not only acceptable, but they hope other
broadcasters will take note.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5348

06-09-2004
CLEAR CHANNEL, FCC SETTLE INDECENCY CASES
Clear Channel Communications and the FCC have reached a settlement
that encompasses all indecency cases involving the radio group.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5339


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06-09-2004
INDECENCY SETTLEMENT VOTE PARALLELS PARTY LINES
The FCC commissioners voted along party lines for the agreement with
Clear Channel (see story above) breaking down along party lines.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5340

06-09-2004
CLEAR CHANNEL CALLS SETTLEMENT 'TOUGH, BUT FAIR'
Of the $1.75 million it will pay the U.S. Treasury to settle all
indecency complaints and fines against the company, Clear Channel
executive vice president and chief legal officer Andy Levin said, "It
was a tough negotiation, but a fair resolution.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5341

06-07-2004
HARRIS COST REDUCTIONS INCLUDE JOB CUTS
Harris said it is cutting 100 jobs in its Broadcast Communications
Division in the United States and other countries, part of corporate
cost reductions.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5322


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06-07-2004
HARRIS BUYS GOVERNMENT INFO. FIRM
As it begins to make additional cost reductions in its commercial
divisions, Harris Corp. is expanding in other areas.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5323

06-04-2004
MCCAIN, LEAHY INTRODUCE LOW POWER FM BILL
Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said soon
after the FCC's Mitre report on LPFM was released last year that he
would introduce a bill to allow more low-power stations to be
authorized.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5317


BUSINESS
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06-10-2004
FRITTS REPORTEDLY TO REMAIN NAB'S CHIEF
NAB President/CEO Eddie Fritts and the association's board members
have reportedly agreed on a two-year contract extension that would
keep Fritts at the helm until at least September, 2005.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5349


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Here's a peek at next week's June 16 print edition of Radio World:

+ Gigi Sohn urges readers to say no to a radio broadcast 'flag.'

+ Modern bounty hunters? A Florida company hunts broadcast pirates.

+ Ham and antenna advocacy groups ratchet up their fight against
broadband over power lines.

+ Paul McLane noses through several radio books that may be on your
summer reading list: "The Road to Digital in the United States,"
"Charles Herrold, Inventor of Radio Broadcasting" and a workbook for
beginner broadcast newswriters.

Plus: Steve Church of Telos on 5.1 Surround Sound for Radio; saving
money through rebuilt tubes; HD Radio at Entercom in Boston; the new
trend toward l-o-o-o-ong broadcast audio delays; and our big summer
product coverage, featuring the latest gear that was introduced at
NAB. All in your mailbox next week.

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06-10-2004
CHANGES AT THE TOP FOR ABC STATIONS IN CHICAGO
A management restructuring at ABC-owned radio stations in the Windy
City. Jim Pastor is named president and GM of WZZN(FM) "94.7 ZONE"
and WMVP(AM) "ESPN1000." Mitch Dolan, head of the ABC Radio Station
Group, is overseeing a management restructuring at the four ABC
stations in the city.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5350

06-10-2004
PERSONNEL NEWS AT TC ELECTRONIC, DIELECTRIC, YELLOWTEC
In personnel news from industry suppliers: Dielectric Communications
promoted Jay Martin to VP of sales and marketing.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5353

06-09-2004
TRUE MEASURE TO REP ZEO
Zeo Radio Networks signed a long-term advertising agreement with New
York-based True Measure, Inc. Effective immediately, True Measure
will represent the national advertising space available in Zeo
Radio's line of syndicated radio shows.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5344

06-07-2004
FORMER NETTEST CEO TAPPED AS DIELECTRIC GM
Dielectric appointed John Chapman to broadcast general manager.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5331


FCC/REGULATORY
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06-10-2004
FCC CLOSED JUNE 11
The President has declared June 11 a National Day of Mourning for
federal employees.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5356

06-09-2004
FREEZE BEGUN FOR FM MODIFICATIONS
The FCC has frozen applications for major mods for commercial and
noncom FMs, pending the outcome of Auction 37 this fall.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5343

06-09-2004
DIGITAL RECORDING ISSUE SIMMERS
Comments to the FCC are due next Wednesday, June 16, in the Notice of
Inquiry regarding digital copyright protection for digital radio.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5345

06-08-2004
STEPHEN KING CALLS INDECENCY CRACKDOWN 'NONSENSE'
The indecency crackdown by the FCC and Congress has author and radio
station owner Stephen King peeved.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5334

06-08-2004
FCC: HIGH-SPEED 'NET CONNECTIONS GROWING
High-speed connections to the Internet increased 20% during the
second half of 2003 for a total of 28 million lines in service.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5336

06-07-2004
CEA OPPOSES NAB'S SDARS PETITION
The Consumer Electronics Association called on the FCC to support
innovative new services being offered by digital satellite radio
providers and reject a request from the NAB to ban satellite radio
providers from offering localized weather and traffic information.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5325

06-07-2004
XM SAYS SUBSCRIBERS CAME THROUGH
XM says more than 22,000 of its subscribers filed comments with the
FCC to oppose NAB's petition (see previous story.) "This overwhelming
groundswell of support for satellite radio clearly will have an
impact on policymakers," stated XM.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5326

06-04-2004
HOW MANY PEOPLE FILED COMMENTS ON DIGITAL RADIO?
FCC staffers must now sort through about 20,000 comments from the
public about whether satellite radio should be allowed to air local
programming.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5319

06-04-2004
EMMIS' SMULYAN GOES AFTER THE 'OVERSERVED'
With lawmakers closing in on the analog TV spectrum, broadcasters are
gravitating toward the over-the-air, multichannel pay service
proposed by Emmis Chairman Jeff Smulyan at NAB2004.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5321


TECHNOLOGY
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06-10-2004
FCC INTRODUCES INTERNET HISTORY EXHIBIT
The FCC introduced the third in a series of exhibits on the history
of various communications technologies.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5354

06-10-2004
NEW TECHNOLOGY REDUCES ANTENNA SIZE
Rob Vincent, a technician working in the University of Rhode Island's
Physics Department, has filed for a patent on an antenna design he
developed that he claims allows antennas to be made physically
smaller without significantly reducing efficiency or bandwidth.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5355

06-08-2004
WAMU TESTS LIVE SAC BROADCAST
American-University-owned WAMU(FM), Washington threw the switch on
its second digital channel and broadcast the ceremony live.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5337

06-07-2004
RCS VENTURE MUSICPOINT LAUNCHES IN U.K.
Musicpoint, a Web venture co-owned by U.S.-based RCS, said it has
launched in the United Kingdom, offering new music provided by major
record labels to radio stations there.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5324

06-04-2004
SIGALERTS INVENTOR DEAD AT 95
SigAlerts inventor Loyd Sigmon has died.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5318


PROGRAMMING
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06-10-2004
BAGHDAD TALK STATION 'FILLS A YAWNING GAP'
How would you like to get 18,000 calls from listeners in a day? Sound
far-fetched? If you were the only talk radio station in your entire
country, you just might get that kind of response.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5351

06-09-2004
AP ENHANCES COVERAGE RESOURCES FOR WIRE SERVICES
Associated Press has improved members' access to international
content.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5346

06-08-2004
SIRIUS AIRS REAGAN LUX EPISODE
We may get a taste of how satellite radio will fare at covering major
news events this week, as the services air coverage of the funeral
and related services for former President Ronald Reagan.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5338

06-07-2004
40TH PRESIDENT STARTED IN RADIO
Ronald Reagan was "practically laughed out the door" after he
hitchhiked to Chicago in 1932 and starting asking around for work as
a radio announcer.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5327

06-07-2004
REAGAN, IN HIS OWN VOICE
Ronald Reagan, more than his successors, knew and understood the
medium of radio.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5328

06-07-2004
SIRIUS GOES TO THE MAXIM
Sirius has added the Maxim brand to its offerings.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5329

06-07-2004
RADIO WORLD APPEARS ON WAMU'S KOJO NNAMDI SHOW
Radio World News Editor/Washington Bureau Chief Leslie Stimson
participated in an on-air panel discussion about digital radio on The
Kojo Nnamdi Show's "Tech Tuesday" edition this week.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5333

06-04-2004
BELMONT STAKES AIRS VIA PREMIERE
"There they go ...
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5320


PRODUCTS
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06-10-2004
LARCAN HAS LOW-POWER FM GEAR
Larcan is promoting compact FM transmitters and exciters, part of its
line of exciters and transmitters from 25 watts to 50 kW.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5352

06-09-2004
AUDEMAT AND BURK ENTER AGREEMENT ON RDS ENCODER
Audemat-Aztec and Burk Technology plan to jointly debut the RDS
Master, an RDS encoder powered by Audemat's FMB80 encoder, which
features an embedded web server and supports HTTP, TELNET, UDP and
TCP protocols for streamlined communication between automation
software and configuration.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5342

06-08-2004
CIRCUITWERKES MAKES CONTACT
CircuitWerkes has introduced several new products including pREX, a
tool for accepting simple contact closure inputs and managing or
multiplying them throughout a facility.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5335

06-07-2004
INTELIX ADDS REP FOR NORTHWEST
Intelix has added GP Marketing to their North American sales
representation network, handling the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and
Hawaii.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5330

06-07-2004
LOGITEK INKS LARGE N.Y. PROJECT
Without naming the client, Logitek says it has sold a $700,000 order
consisting of 26 Audio Engines, 30 Remora and Numix consoles,
hundreds of audio cards and router control panels, and accessory
items to a systems integrator in the Washington, D.C., area.
http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=5332



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