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From: BDR <[email protected]> On Behalf Of The BDR via BDR
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 11:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [BDR] FCC On NextGen / NCE Alert

 

Emacs!
Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert...
This is BDR Newsletter 846, Volume 17, #13 for October 29, 2025

SHUTDOWN CONTINUES - ALMOST
This week, although officially still closed, the FCC convened its regular Open Meeting. The main item of interest to broadcasters is the 5th NPRM regarding ATSC 3.0, with efforts to accelerate the move to NextGen - changing the currently required simulcasting with ATSC 1.0 to voluntary, so each station can decide when to make changes.

There was also some discussion on making caller ID more reliable.

NCE ALERT!
At this time of difficult financing, a few non-commercial stations have discovered a scam being played on GoFundMe. Apparently, more than a few. Non-profit Connect wrote: "Recently, GoFundMe, the crowdfunding platform, created donation pages for 1.4 million nonprofit organizations without their knowledge or consent." 

It may be worthwhile for your organization to check.

C-BAND 2.0
The arguments continue about how much of the upper C-Band the FCC will see to auction. Avation and cellular trade associations have told the FCC they are now comfortable with the the latest mobile/altimeter coexistence proposals, and would see 180 MHz auctioned off from satellite services.

Tomorrow (Thursday) we welcome Mark Johnson from Link Up Communications to clarify reports, let us know the current mood at the FCC, and answer any questions you have. Join us at 2 PM / 11 AM Pacific. Link requests are at www.theBDR.net/TLG/
We will also be on youtube live, as usual. (By subscribing, you can get an alert when we start and when the video is posted.)

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TURKEY DAY
It is true, November is just starting this week. But one of the most famous TV shows in history ran on October 30, 1978. It was the Turkey Drop on WKRP in Cincinnati. Remember?  Later in the month, we will take the day and tell our own favorite stories from broadcast.

NAB NYC
In one of last broadcast conventions for this year, 11,500 met in NY,  10% from abroad. The interesting stat is that 20% of  the exhibitors were there for the first time, as were 62% of the attendees. AI and content creator structures were among those reshaping the industry.

CHANGES AT NBC UNIVERSAL / DISNEY
NBCUniversal will soon split, with Versant taking MSNBC withit, re-labeling it as MS NOW. A partnership with Sky News will bring international news coverage to the operation. Meanwhile, Disney has brought Fubo into its Hulu + service.

IS IT REALLY EOL FOR WINDOWS 10?
Earlier this month, Microsoft declared the "End of Life" for Windows 10. However, in some ways, the reports of Windows 10’s death are a bit premature. However, linux and its derivatives are not the only alternative.

DEATH TO SPOTIFY?
Largely due to the proliferation of AI music on the platform, groups of musicians are organizing events and boycotts to demand Spotify clean up or die. The movement is urging all artists and fans to quit the app unless and until they stop it with the AI cuts.

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Some recent items of interest:

More newsy items here...

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MANUFACTURERS' NEWS

Just a brief note: Starting in a few weeks, you will find a number of manufacturers slowing down during the holiday season. If you are looking to buy something, this is probably a good time to get started, unless waiting for delivery is not a problem.


Lawo has installed Mike Wright as Vice President of Sales for North America, focusing on hardware, software, and SaaS solutions.

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Broadcast Depot is spotlighting the BigVoice by Sound4.

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

and ... 105 years ago (10/27/1920) 8ZZ was granted a license. This was the station that became KDKA.

Here are a few more newsy-type items:

and ... 513 years ago (11/1/1512) Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling was exhibited to public for first time.

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* Swift passed Drake, who claimed nine of the top 10 in September 2021.

** Yes, years before Prince changed his name to that unpronounceable icon, the lead singer for the Mysterians took the name "?"

*** UCLA student Charley Kline attempted to transmit the text “login” to a computer at the Stanford Research Institute over the first link on the ARPANET. Unfortunately, the system crashed after the letters “l” and “o” are sent, making "lo" the first message ever sent on the Internet.

**** London boasts the world's oldest underground train network (opened in 1863).

MIDWEEK BONUS

Where did M&Ms get their name? A lot of guesses ... what do you think?

For those of you who like lists, how about TIME's list of iconic inventions?

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