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WASHINGTON, DC — Six Members of the House of Representatives and one Senator have added their cosponsorship to a resolution opposing “any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge” on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA), which signals Members of Congress’s opposition to any potential legislation that imposes new performance royalties on broadcast radio stations for music airplay, now has 181 cosponsors in the House and 23 in the Senate. …

PILOT, an innovation initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), announced the 12 finalists of its second annual PILOT Innovation Challenge. The PILOT Innovation Challenge recognizes creative ideas that leverage technological advances in the production, distribution and display of engaging content. …

Co-anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America” Robin Roberts will receive the NAB Distinguished Service Award (DSA) during the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Roberts will accept her award at the NAB Show Opening on Monday, April 9….

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to yesterday’s announcement by the FCC that it will consider a report and order to modernize children’s television programming rules at the July Open Commission Meeting, the following statement can be attributed to NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton:…

The Streaming Summit, a two-day event that focuses on the business and technology of OTT video, will once again join the NAB Show New York conference. …

WASHINGTON — The deadline for submission of proposals to the 2018 NAB Show’s Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology Conference (BEITC) has been extended to October 31, 2017….

WASHINGTON — In response to the FCC’s elimination of the main studio rule, the following statement can be attributed to NAB Executive Vice Presidentof Communications Dennis Wharton: …

WASHINGTON — In response to the FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal to modernize broadcast media ownership rules, the following statement can be attributed to NAB Executive Vice Presidentof Communications Dennis Wharton: …

WASHINGTON — In response to President Donald Trump declaring the nationwide opioid epidemic a “public health emergency,” the following statement can be attributed to NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton: …

WASHINGTON — In response to the inclusion of an FCC order approving the use of a Next Gen TV standard on the November agenda, the following statement can be attributed to NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith: …