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The 2022 NAB Show has issued a call for technical papers and panel proposals for the Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) track of the NAB Show Conference, held at the 2022 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

BEIT, which runs from April 24 to 26, is designed for broadcast engineers and technicians, contract engineers, broadcast equipment manufacturers, distributors, engineering consultants, R&D engineers, IT professionals and related media technologists, the NAB said.

The program features technical papers addressing the latest opportunities, challenges and solutions facing broadcast engineering and media industry IT professionals around the world.

In issuing the call for proposals, the NAB Show organizers said they are looking for presenters with fresh ideas and unique perspectives on key trends and technologies driving the future of radio, television and general media creation and delivery.

All paper and panel proposals should be submitted online through the 2022 BEIT Call for Papers and Panels portal.

Proposals are subject to peer review, and those featuring original research or highly regarded speakers receive most favorable consideration, the organizers said.

They also noted that all content proposed should be presented in a tutorial, non-promotional form. Proposals overtly promoting company products or services will not be accepted, although proposals explaining the underlying technologies used in broadcast products or services may be considered.

The deadline for BEIT paper and panel proposals is Jan. 14, 2022. Proposals selected for inclusion in the 2022 BEIT program will be announced in February 2022.

Additional information and forms for submitting a proposal can be found here.

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In March 2019, iHeartMedia engaged in an experiment designed to expand the reach of several of its spoken-word podcasts by airing them as scheduled programming on a 5,000-watt AM radio station covering the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania.

Among the shows: The Daily Dive podcast from Los Angeles with Oscar Ramirez, and How to Money, and podcast stars Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick.

After several ratings periods with a 0.1 share of the audience, ranking last in a market that consumes Philadelphia radio stations and even the occasional New York City AM, iHeart has abandoned the all-podcast programming at WSAN-AM 1470 in Allentown.

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Dear RW: Thank you for the article in the Sept. 1 issue by James Careless, “Shortwave Radios Keep Up With Tech.”

When I worked for VOA — actually the International Broadcasting Bureau, later called the Broadcasting Board of Governors and then the U.S. Agency for Global Media — I believe upper management thought people in Djibouti had high-speed internet and laptop computers. In reality they lived largely in small huts made from corrugated roofing iron. They were lucky to have a radio.

When I was 12, my uncle had a TV shop as a second job. He fixed up a 1930s model radio with shortwave bands beside AM. It had the tubes with six or seven pins, shaped like a Coke bottle. I listened to VOA, the BBC, Radio Moscow and HCJB out of Quito, Ecuador.

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This experience led me to ham radio, a job at the local radio station to earn money for college, a role at 17 in helping to build KFTW in Fredericktown, Mo., a degree in electrical engineering and, at the end of my career, the job with IBB.

The first time I ever doubted what I heard on the radio was when Radio Moscow announced that the East German secret police had discovered a tunnel into East Berlin to smuggle spies into the German Workers Paradise. I thought “that was really people trying to get out of East Berlin.”

Decades years later, long after the collapse of the Soviet Union, I found out that the CIA had tunneled into East Berlin and tapped the phone lines of the secret police!

David R. DeSpain, P.E., W0BCG
Ft. Worth, Texas

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WJR-AM in Detroit afternoon host Mitch Albom, the veteran journalist and author of the wildly popular “Tuesdays with Morrie,” is known for dispensing life wisdom that resonates with audiences worldwide. At his talk at the Miami Book Fair in November, Albom served up valuable lessons about great presentations that caught “Zoom expert” and public relations veteran Rosemary Ravinal‘s attention. In her view, what Albom said provides key learning lessons on how to perfect the great presentation.

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It’s an all-too-common danger with live radio: A guest or caller gets a bit salty and drops a word (or several words) that could lead to an FCC fine or a suit for slander. Thankfully, a simple audio buffer can provide a seven-second delay — just enough time for the producer or jok to react and spare tender ears.

The latest installment in Eventide’s 50 Years of Gear flashbacks to important moments in the company’s history goes back to 1977 and the Eventide Clockworks BD955 with its big yellow DUMP button before moving forward through time to discuss the company’s advances in digital delay technologies.

Check out “Flashback # 9.2 Dump & Go — The Profanity Delay” to enjoy this celebration of a classic tool for keeping the airwaves clean.

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According to the just released Infinite Dial 2021 UK, 41% of UK residents over the age of 16 have listened to a podcast in the last month. That’s approximately 23 million people.

The Infinite Dial 2021 UK was conducted by Edison Research and sponsored by Bauer Media Group UK and Spotify. The study surveyed 1,000 UK residents age 16+ on a variety of measures including online digital audio platforms, radio, social media, smart speakers, and more.

The study revealed that 71% of those age 16+ are familiar with podcasts, and 59% of those age 16+ have ever listened to a podcast putting the UK on par with the United States in terms of monthly listening. .

The UK is slightly behind the U.S. regarding weekly podcast listening as 25% of the UK population age 16+ has listened to a podcast in the last week versus 29% in the U.S.

Weekly podcast listeners in the UK listen to an average of five podcast episodes per week.

Seventy-five percent of UK residents age 16+ listen to online audio each month, and 66% of UK residents age 16+ listen to online audio each week.

According to Larry Rosin, President of Edison Research, “It is exciting to analyze the findings from the UK Infinite Dial in the context of other countries. It is evident that the UK is on par regarding many measures of consumption, including monthly podcast listening, and actually outpaces the US in areas like weekly radio reach and weekly online audio reach.”

Download the full report HERE.

The NBC affiliate serving the Panama City Beach, Fla., area of the Sunshine State has become the latest television station to receive a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for failing to timely file its quarterly TV issues/programs lists.

How much is Gray Television paying to the FCC as a result of the transgression?

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The media company known for its conservative Talk radio programming and its non-secular media assets serving Christians will see its C-Suite leadership present at the upcoming Singular Research “Best of the Uncovered” Investor Conference.

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The town of Port Jervis, N.Y., lies at the heart of the “other” Tri-State Area within the vast New York City DMA — New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

It is situated along the bucolic Delaware River, a popular spot for canoeing and camping enthusiasts, and its proximity to fast-growing Sussex County, N.J., is likely why a low-powered TV station licensed to this municipality has just sold for nearly $2 million.

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From our interview this week with the part-owner, GM and News Director of a 1,000-watt AM serving Plattsburgh, N.Y., to exclusive conversations with SBS President/COO Albert Rodriguez, groupM’s Brian Wieser, AURN’s Chesley Maddox-Dorsey and musicFIRST’s Joe Crowley, the RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, offers more insight on the key topics of interest to broadcast media’s C-Suite leadership. As 2021 soon comes to a close, take a moment and enjoy one of nearly 170 audio reports hosted by Radio + Television Business Report Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson.  

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