1/14/2018 Phildelphia Inquirer Stepping Up PHL17, TV home to the Mummers, is part of a mega deal by the conservative Sinclair group. By Bob Fernandez STAFF WRITER It’s the Rocky Balboa of Philly television stations. PHL17, based in a fenced-in, former A&P supermarket beside train tracks in West Philadelphia, punches above its…
Read MoreInside Radio January 10, 2018 In what would be the most aggressive attack on requirements that broadcasters submit paper copies of certain documents to the Federal Communications Commission, agency chief Ajit Pai is proposing it do away the dictate. He says the demand is “unnecessary” now that the FCC has imposed online public file…
Read MoreJanuary 8, 2018 Inside Radio: In colorful and direct language, the Radio Music License Committee is pushing back against an effort to derail its Philadelphia lawsuit against Global Music Rights. RMLC has in effect accused the performance rights organization of lying to Judge Darnell Jones who must decide whether or not to accept a…
Read MoreTeam PAB filmed and produced our first video outreach message this week! Based on the behind the scenes photographs below, it is clear that while the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters HQ is lacking cutting edge technology in our broadcast studio, our razor sharp editing hid our cardboard box teleprompter and PC stick webcam quite well!…
Read MoreFrom Inside Radio, December 4, 2017 Nat’l Guard Pumps $15 Mil Into State Broadcast Associations. In a major financial boost to state broadcaster associations, the Army National Guard has committed $15 million in funding under a “Non-Commercial Sustaining Announcements” (NCSA) program. The renewed partnership ends a three-year radio and television hiatus for the Guard, which…
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