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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert...
This is the BDR Newsletter Volume 13, #35 for March 30, 2022
Here are some things you might want to know about:
COMING UP REAL SHORTLY
If you are in Delaware or Pennsylvania, Friday - April 1st - is the deadline for license renewal applications. And 10 days later, (April 10th) the Issues & Programs filing for the First Quarter is due.
NO PRANK FRIDAY
It is worth noting the FCC gets more and more "grouchy" each year about April Fools pranks. A warning to air staff can prevent a lot of annoying correspondence, or worse, a fine.
WORLD BACKUP DAY
Tomorrow is World Backup Day, poised to remind folks of the need to have backups of anything you value. IT professionals urge us not to be procrastinators, only to find "something happened" and we are at a loss. If you want some more details,
take a look here.)
Meanwhile, the White House issued a Fact Sheet to make your company more secure from cyber attacks. The eight points have been relayed by many of the state broadcast associations, but if you have not seen it,
it is here.
MORE NCEFM PICKS
The FCC has selected
19 more tentative winners from the recent NCEFM Window.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
This time, it is
Jampro that is in the BDR Spotlight.
THE SOLDERLESS STUDIO
With all the changes in technology, perhaps one of the more welcome ones is the ability to build and wire studios without a lot of solder and burnt fingers.
Ed Bukont, head of E2 Technical Services & Solutions is our guest for the BDR Lunch Gathering this week at 2 PM Eastern (11 AM Pacific), and will help us to see how new procedures can not only make site installations easier, but provide solid, reliable performance.
Information, questions, answers, and more.
For an invitation to the program, just reply to this email or visit
www.theBDR.net/TLG/ And, please feel free to invite colleagues to the Gathering. All I ask is that the URL not be published on the public Internet/Social Media.
DO YOU MISS IT?
Our discussion on how to set sound levels for podcasts and streaming on the Internet
is still available, as are our other videos.
GETTING READY FOR SPRING
If you are planning your NRSC measurement - or any other project this spring, this is a good time to contact some folks who can help.
NRSC or
Project Engineering. Give one of them a call and discuss your needs. It will save you time and money.
MORE FOR 100
March 1922 may have seen more licenses granted than almost any other month in the young broadcast industry. We have a few stories to tell, and some more are coming. They are
available here.
BUY/SELL
We have more than a few audio processors, codecs, consoles, transmitters, and someone wants some channel switches for an Arrakis 150SC. If you are a history buff, check out the assortment of Broadcasting Yearbooks from the 1980 to 2005.
Check them out here.
 May
we please recommend this fine company which supports the BDR - and you! 
https://www.indexcom.com/
Some recent articles of interest:
Key Takeaways from this Renewal Season
May
we please recommend this fine company which supports the BDR - and you!
https://www.jampro.com/
PRODUCT NEWS
NAB Bound? We continue our list of some of the manufacturers that have already announced they will be in Las Vegas for this year's NAB Spring Show, April 24-27. Several of them have confirmed (The "W" is for the new West Hall, so you can note their location.)
More to come!
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Inovonics - Booth W4622 Free Floor Pass: LV7926
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Davicom - Booth W6125
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Kintronics - Booth W6226 Free Floor Pass: LV2228
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Sennheiser - Booth C6715
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Nautel - Booth W7022 Free Floor Pass: LV7673 - Yes, there will be a NUG on April 24th at the Flamingo (see below).
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Dielectric - Booth W7107 Free Floor Pass: LV3985
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WorldCast - Booth W7413
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GatesAir - Booth W7426 Free Floor Pass: LV8746
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FEMA - Booth N7106
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WorldCast Systems has announced the release of the new
Audemat RDS Server. It is designed to collect data from automation software, satellite receivers, local web servers or even the Internet. It allows broadcasters to easily distribute advertising content, weather, breaking news. etc., enabling radio stations
to develop new sources of income and increase audience loyalty through rich, personalized content. WorldCast will showcase the new solution at NAB (booth #W7413).
More info and demo request here.
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There is more news from manufacturers (and links) at:
www.thebdr.net/manufacturers-news
May
we please recommend this fine company which supports the BDR - and you!
https://www.kintronic.com/
Do You Remember? This week in history:
Broadcast related items:
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36 years ago (4/1/84) Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his own father at the age of 44.
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38 years ago (3/31/84) Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" hit #1.
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41 years ago (3/28/81) Blondie's "Rapture" hit #1, the first song with a rap to do so.
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49 years ago (3/29/73) it was Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show that hit #1 with "The Cover of Rolling Stone."
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52 years ago (4/1/70) President Nixon signed legislation banning cigarette ads on radio and TV.
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54 years ago (4/2/68) "2001: A Space Odyssey" was released in theaters.
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56 years ago (4/2/66) Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass manage four albums in the Top 10 - a first.
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57 years ago (3/27/65) The Supremes had the fourth #1 hit in a row with "Stop! in The Name Of Love."
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73 years ago (3/31/49) the first 45 rpm record was released. *
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93 years ago (3/29/1929) Herbert Hoover had a telephone installed in The White House Oval Office.
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100 years ago (3/30/1922) and counting! In March 1922, the Department of Commerce really opened the spigot and issued a lot of radio licenses. Some of them included: WPE (later KMBZ-980), WDZ, KOB (now KKOB), WBAA,
WAAM (more recently WBBR-1130), KQP (more recently KUFO-970), and WAAF (later WNTD). However, the license date and the First Day of Broadcast were often not the same.
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123 years ago (3/27/1899) Marconi's experiments initiated transmission across the English Channel. **
and here are a couple of more newsy-type items:
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34 years ago (3/27/98) FDA Approved Viagra and restored Bob Dole's career.
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41 years ago (3/30/81) President Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
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43 years ago (3/28/79) Three Mile Island had a nuclear event.
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45 years ago (3/27/77) two 747's collided in the Canary Islands, killing hundreds.
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46 years ago (4/1/76) Steve J and Steve W started Apple.
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48 years ago (4/2/74) Intel introduced the 8080 microprocessor.
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49 years ago (3/29/73) The US withdrew from Vietnam.
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59 years ago (3/28/63) Alfred Hitchcock made folks afraid of "The Birds."
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71 years ago (3/30/51) the first commercial computer, UNIVAC, was received by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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110 years ago (3/27/1912) Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac.
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133 years ago (3/31/1889) The Eiffel Tower opened. It is now being renovated and repainted. ***
May we please recommend this fine company which supports the BDR - and you!
http://www.ptekpower.com/
* Eddy Arnold – PeeWee the Picolo was said to be the first pressed; the first commercially released also by Eddy Arnold: Texarkana Baby
** There is some debate whether Marconi's broadcast of "S" was heard or was assumed heard from a lightning bolt.
*** The renovation is to cost $60 Million and involve, among other things, removing 19 coats of paint (it is painted every 7 years).
EARLY WEEKEND BONUS
Remember the video? It is now 35 years old!
EIFFEL GROWS!
Not only is the Eiffel getting renovated,
it is getting taller!
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