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FM Radio Protest Airs in Beijing Prior to Olympics Opening
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8.19.2008
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Members of Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) launched Radio Without Borders right before the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, calling upon the Chinese government to respect free speech.
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Europe Allocates Single Radio Frequency to Roadside Safety
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8.19.2008
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The system is based on a wireless communication technology and allows cars to "talk" to each other, to warn of slippery conditions or accidents. The decision is also to encourage public funding for roadside assistance and overall infrastructure
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Is Cuba Interfering With U.S. Broadcasts?
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8.19.2008
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WOR's Tom Ray says a Cuban station on 710 kHz is shooting a powerful nighttime signal up the eastern seaboard and interfering with his New York AM station and possibly others.
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Congress Probes Radio, TV Martí Broadcasts
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7.22.2008
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The General Accounting Office said the contracts marked a major change in government practice.
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Beijing Olympic Press Center Opens
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7.08.2008
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The 62,000-square-meter facility is expected to be the home-away-from-home for some 6,000 accredited journalists during the Games.
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NRJ Adds to Frequency Assets
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7.08.2008
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New license awards have boosted the presence of NRJ International in Belgium and Norway.
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Satellite Interference Grows, Intelsat Exec Says
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6.24.2008
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"Interference is coming in all shapes and sizes," he said, and the problem is becoming more critical because of global demand for the Internet, including services for ships and aircraft.
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Pirate Radio Reconsidered
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6.10.2008
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Pirate broadcasting has long held a place in the popular imagination, but the impact of the stories British offshore stations of the 1960s are being revisited.
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Radio Vaticana Acquittal Annulled
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05.20.2008
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The Italian Court of Cassation has overturned last year's acquittal of Radio Vaticana staffers in an "electro-smog" pollution case that began in 2001.
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Qatar Looks to Boost FM
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5.20.2008
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The small Persian Gulf nation, already home to Al Jazeera television, is seeking to establish some 54 new commercial FM channels.
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NAB Attendance Estimated at 105,000+
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4.22.2008
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Of those, 28,310 attendees came from outside of the United States, which is a record for international attendance at the show.
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2008 Radio World Cool Stuff Awards
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4.22.2008
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The Cool Stuff Awards were determined by a panel of engineering judges to be notable for their design, features, cost efficiency and performance in serving radio broadcast users.
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More From the NAB Show
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4.22.2008
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The NAB Show Daily News offers a day-to-day summary of the convention including developments in radio, TV and other media.
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Radio Growing Throughout Arab Region
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4.08.2008
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A new report from the Jordan-based Arab Advisors Group finds that the number of FM radio stations in the 18 Arab countries has risen to 316, up from 211 stations in February 2007.
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Latvijas Radio Earns ISAS BC Certification
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4.08.2008
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Based on the ISO 9001 certification, the ISAS BC is a quality-management standard specially developed for electronic media by Media and Society Foundation with the aim of setting benchmarks for best practices in terms of public service.
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Euranet Launches at Month's End
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3.11.2008
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Euranet programming will target 20- to 45-year-olds with news and information programming in all 23 official E.U. languages.
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NRJ Plans Trademark Boost
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3.11.2008
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Marc Pallain, board chairman of the French group recently announced the start of a long-term development program for its radio stations in Germany, Finland and Austria.
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India Plans for Third-Wave FM
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2.26.2008
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The authority identified three major barriers to growth of the FM sector — the prohibition of news programming, group operations and networking, and city-based licenses — and recommended changes.
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Newsbytes in Español
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2.26.2008
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The Latin American edition of Radio World newspaper is introducing a new, twice-monthly Spanish- and Portuguese-language e-mail service that provides radio broadcasting news and headlines from around the world directly to your inbox — Noticiero de Radio World América Latina.
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Ofcom Backs Local Radio, Audio Quality
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2.12.2008
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While the local programming changes do not go as far as many operators wanted, they do represent a significant level of deregulation. Ofcom stated in its report that the mandate for local content on radio has be "shown by research to be important to listeners."
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