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Potentially More Political Ads for Radio

March 10

As Congress prepares to act on health care reform, advocacy groups are stepping up their spending. The group Americans for Responsible Health Care is launching ads targeting Democrats in seven states: Arizona, Indiana, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The group notes it was a big spender in Massachusetts...

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NFL-League Puts Game Coverage on Mobile Phones

March 10

The National Football League has struck a four-year deal with Verizon Wireless to distribute audio play-by-play as well as video of select games on mobile phones. NFL SVP of media strategy Brian Rolapp says, "Our fans have an insatiable appetite for football, and we will be able to keep them connected wherever they are on...

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TAB Broadcasters Call on Congress

March 01

Our delegation of almost 30 Tennessee radio and television attendees to the NAB's State Leadership Conference and TAB's Call-on-Congress met with our elected delegation on the issues on March 3rd. To view the most pressing issues our broadcasters took up with our D.C. Delegation click ...

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Four More Lawmakers Sign on to Anti-Royalties Resolution

February 24

The Local Radio Freedom Act gets the support of four more members of the House as Reps. Travis Childers (D-MI), Mike McMahon (D-NY), Bill Owens (D-NY, and Mark Schauer (D-MI) sign on as co-sponsors. The resolution opposing performance royalties for broadcast radio now has 256 co-sponsors in the House, while an identical resolution...

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