Greetings all, see below from our friend Barry at the BDR.net
Subject: [BDR] Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024

 

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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert...
This is the BDR Newsletter 750, Volume 15, #22 for December 27, 2023

Here are some things you might want to know about:

BRRRRRRR
Oh my goodness! Someone let the white stuff down this week! (Welcome to the official start of Winter 2023 - it was on 12/21).

We hope that it has neither disrupted your travel plans nor caused transmission interruptions. This is definitely the season you do not want an emergency trip to the transmitter. Just a suggestion: when you have the time and no pressure, visit the transmitters as you can, and ensure all looks well. As you know, for some reason a lonely transmitter finds a way to "call out."

LPFM
The FCC is working its way through the LPFM applications. Appplicants now are awaiting the lists of stand-alones and the mutually exclusives to see how this next phase turns out.

GETTING READY FOR 2024
Meanwhile, all of us are in the final week of 2023. It is a good time to reflect on any paperwork that should be concluded for this year - and start setting goals and deadlines for 2024.

Do you have a checklist of action items? 

GOODBYE 2023, HELLO 2024
Our final virtual get-together will center on the what we want to remember from 2023, what we want to forget, and an opportunity to think about the possibilities for 2024. What was the biggest story in broadcasting this year? The worse thing that happened? What do you want to accomplish in the new year? Join us and share your thoughts. Who knows? Maybe you will get some good ideas and some new ways to get projects underway.

MORE NIPRB LETTERS
Some further NIPRB (Noitce of illegal Priate Broadcasting) letters have gone out from the FCC to landowners in places like Sweet Home, OR, Lake Forest, CA, and Guaynabo, PR. 

NO CHANGE
One of the most anticipated things from the FCC this year is the network and TV station ownership limits - a fair part of the long overdue 2018 quadrennial review the FCC has been slow to conclude. The upshot: no real major changes, albeit some tightening of existing rules, like the Top Four rule, which seeks to keep the TV industry from consolidating away from localism.

ONE APPLE THE TEACHER WILL NOT GET
A patent dispute has disrupted the sale of Apple 9 and Ultra 2 watches. No telling how many are in the supply chain, but this is going to be an annoyance for a lot of folks. Apple is appealing the ruling.

FOR SALE
A retiring contractor has listed several items, including test gear and a couple of Optimods, this week. These and other items are available, as always, here. Of course, as we hit the end of the year, you might find some bargaining points on some items.

Also, now that the big holiday is over, Dana's Deals will certainly have some special buys listed.
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Some recent articles of interest:

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Angry Audio
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MANUFACTURERS' NEWS

Are you having trouble getting through to customer support this week? While it is not always easy to relax when you are off the air, most manufacturers are watching the phone lines and will respond as quickly as they can during a holiday week. On the other hand, this might be the time to suggest having an "auxiliary transmitter" to the boss!

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Getting Ready for NAB? One of the best attended events is the Nautel User Group (NUG) on Sunday. Not only can you sign up for a seat, but Nautel has noted that with NS9564, you can get a free floor pass for NAB.

Registration is now open for the 2024 NAB Show, in Las Vegas, April 13-17. Visit here for more information and to register.

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Broadcast Depot will hold an "open house" on January 11, 2024 at their Miami location: 7782 NW 46th Street in Doral, FL. Featuring representatives and gear from Nautel, Telos, ERI, Comrex, Enco, and many others, it is a chance see the products and check them out. For more information, check with Tim Jobe at [email protected].

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Do You Remember? This week in history:
Broadcast related items:

... and some more generally newsy-type items:

... and 133 years ago (12/29/1890), in the final chapter of America's long, unfortunate Indian wars, the U.S. Cavalry killed 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.

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*** He was killed less than six months later in a crime unsolved to this day.

WEEKEND BONUS

Have we gone too far with everyone reviewing everything? (No, I'm not asking you to review the BDR - at least not here!) Our current culture, with its nose in their cellphones, may have reached a nadir. Take a look at these reviews of national parks - it is almost as though taking their eyes away from the cellphones was a big imposition. Has modern Society reached its end?  Outdoor Magazine offers up a few of the worst reviews they have seen.

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We sure do appreciate you spending time with our Newsletter. And even more so when you recommend us to your colleagues and friends.

barry

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