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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert...
This is the BDR Newsletter Volume 14, #27 for February 1, 2023
Here are some things you might want to know about:
AND FCC SERVERS ARE STILL AN ISSUE
We are hearing reports that server access is improving, but the FCC has again adjusted the deadline for the Q4 I&P upload to February 28th. Best access seems to be early in the morning and later at night.
RAY TOPP PASSES AWAY
We are saddened to report Ray Topp passed away suddenly early in January. Ray was a station owner from Minnesota who transitioned to print for the past 40 years, starting with the Rochester Radio Guide and leading to the Radio Shopper. Ray asked me to be
his Editor in 2002, and we had a good time revamping Radio Guide Magazine together, even eventually sponsoring the Radio Guide AM Transmission Seminar as a way to extend the format of bringing needed information to the folks in the field. The BDR is an outgrowth
of our years at Radio Guide, and is a constant "tip of the hat" to Ray's pioneering. Ray's passing will be noticed by many, as Radio Guide has ceased publication.
OJT
The mission at Radio Guide, to help folks "learn things" to help them better their work capabilities and experience. In this vein, our Thursday Virtual Gathering will discuss on the job education on the various options for learning things. Jeff Welton will
be along and share some of the things he's learned, and we'll see what you think. Our Zoom and YouTube gathering is tomorrow (Thursday) at 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific. The link, as well as a list of previous videos is available at
www.theBDR.net/TLG/. And, for those of you who can, would you help us hit a goal of 1000 subscribers to
the channel? You do not have to sign up for the auto-notifications, unless you wish to get them, but subscribing will help us all.
HELP!
As you can imagine, with the end of Radio Guide, it is more important than ever for us to reach out to folks who do not currently get the BDR - and this especially applies to those who are new to the industry or IT folk who need to know more about broadcast
operations. Can you help us by recommending the BDR to your colleagues and friends? As you know, the BDR Newsletter comes out each week, but we are constantly adding articles and other information. Similarly, the professional mailing lists at
www.radiolists.net is a good place to get answers and learn about what is going on.
WHAT SHOULD NOT GO ON
The FCC is pretty clear: Section 11.45 says that EAS tones should not be used for anything but emergencies and system tests. Using it in a promotional piece is definitely going to get
a pretty strong negative response from the Commission. In this latest case, Fox Corporation will be paying $504k into the US Treasury. Does your staff know not to do anything like this?
CHICKEN AND EGG?
No, this is not about the price of eggs. According to industry analysts ATSC3 is suffering from insufficient broadcasts - and - not enough receivers as yet. Data indicates only 8% of new TVs are ATSC3 ready.
DO YOU STREAM?
It is not just a matter of setting up and feeding a stream.
David Bialik talks about things to which you need to pay attention.
END OF AN ERA
For those in the air transport industry, the final Boeing 747 - a cargo version - is being delivered to Atlas Air today. First built in 1968 it carried its first passengers for Pan American Airlines on January 22, 1970, hence a 55 year production schedule
comes to a conclusion. The 777X is the next generation to take to the air, but those of us who remember the humpbacked 747, and the comfort if brought to passengers with its two aisle configuration will miss seeing them.
FOR SALE
As usual we have some new items for sale this week, including some Bird elements for sale, and someone needs a PA module for a Harris Z3.5, someone else wants a McMartin FM transmitter 3-5kW. Catch these and other items on
the Buy/Sell/Trade page.
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Some recent articles of interest:
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MANUFACTURERS' NEWS
Comrex has begun shipping the BRIClink III - including a more powerful processor, crosslock, and 4 contact closures - plus, of course, compatibility with older Comrex models.
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Worldcast is offering a web seminar on how technology can help FM broadcasters face rising electricity costs.
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More news items are on the BDR web site....
https://www.thebdr.net/manufacturers-news/
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Do You Remember? This week in history:
Broadcast related items:
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19 years ago (2/1/04) Janet Jackson's famous wardrobe malfunction. The FCC's $550k fine was voided by a court.
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30 years ago (2/2/93) Bill Murray keeps waking up to *
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34 years ago (2/3/89) "Wild Thing" version by Tone Loc is first rap single certified as Platinum.
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38 years ago (2/1/85) Glenn Frey had his acting debut with his song
“Smuggler's Blues" on Miami Vice.
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44 years ago (2/3/79) The Village People's "Y.M.C.A." spends three weeks at #2, never makes it to #1
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45 years ago (2/4/78) The Bee Gee's "Stayin Alive" hit #1 for four weeks.
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58 years ago (1/23/65) Petula Clark topped the US Charts with "Downtown."
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49 years ago (2/2/74) Barbra Steisand got her first #1 with "The Way We Were."
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50 years ago (2/3/73) Elton John's first #1 in the US: "Crocodile Rock."
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59 years ago (1/25/64) the USA launched Echo 2, its second communications satellite.
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59 years ago (2/1/64) Before they even got here, the Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" hit #1.
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59 years ago (2/1/64) The Governor of Indiana banned the Kingsmen's version of "Louie Louie" as pornographic. It eventually ended up in federal court.
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64 years ago (2/3/59) was "the day the Music died." **
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65 years ago (1/31/58) The US launched its first satellite: Explorer
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90 years ago (1/30/33) "The Lone Ranger" debuted on Detroit radio.
and 97 years ago (1/26/1926) John Logie Baird demonstrated TV transmission.
... and here are some other parts of history:
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20 years ago (2/1/03) the Space Shuttle Columbia burned up during re-entry, killing all aboard.
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37 years ago (1/28/86) the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing all aboard.
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40 years ago (1/26/83) Lotus 1-2-3 debuted as the spreadsheet to have.
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41 years ago (2/1/82) Intel debuted the 80286 microprocessor.
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49 years ago (2/4/74) Patty Hearst kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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50 years ago (1/27/73) The Paris Peace Talks brought an end to the Vietnam war.
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53 years ago (1/22/70) The first 747 service began on Pan Am airlines: NY to London.
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57 years ago (2/3/66) the Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to make soft landing on the moon.
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59 years ago (1/29/64) "Dr. Strangelove" debuted in theaters.
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65 years ago (1/31/58) the USA launched its first satellite: Explorer I.
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73 years ago (1/31/50) President Truman announced the invention of the H-Bomb. ***
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75 years ago (1/30/48) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist.
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136 years ago (2/2/1887) Groundhog Day is celebrated for the first time in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
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139 years ago (2/1/1884) The "Oxford English Dictionary" debuted.
... and all the way back 367 years ago (2/2/1655) New Amsterdam (present-day New York) became a city.
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* "I Got You Babe."
** Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and "The Big Bopper" died in a plane crash.
*** The Japanese already knew....
WEEKEND BONUS
It is called
the Wonders of Street View. Google stitched together images from their surveys, and this site has an amazing number of interesting sights, mostly on the streets of the world.
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when you recommend us to your colleagues and friends.
barry
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