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Local News Stories That Made A Difference
May 15, 2012
TVNewsCheck is occasionally featuring examples of exceptional TV station reporting from across the country. Here are the first four, taking on everything from fraud, wasteful spending and public safety to a parking lot owner with a penchant for driving other people’s cars.
By Diana Marszalek
TVNewsCheck, May 15, 2012 8:37 AM EDT
From time to time, I'll be showcasing recent TV news stories that I think exemplify the first-rate journalism that is regularly produced at stations around the country.
Today, I have a story that could save your life — really — and three good investigative pieces on tax fraud, wasteful government spending and a parking lot owner with a penchant for taking customers' cars for joy rides. READ MORE | RMLC AND BMI SIGN DEAL. GIVE NO DETAILS
May 15, 2012
The new deal with BMI was posted to the Radio Music License Committee website yesterday. An agreement in a new industry wide license has been announced, settling a multi-year litigation between the parties. The agreement covers the performance of more than 7.5 million musical works in the BMI repertoire from 2010 through 2016 but no details were disclosed.
If approved by the court, the agreement will end a Federal Rate Court litigation over the fees that radio stations pay BMI on behalf of the songwriters and music publishers it represents for the public performance of their works by radio stations. The proposed deal covers January 2010 through December 2016. Details of the agreement have not been released pending review by the Court. |
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Coffee, Tea or FCC with Frank Jazzo, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth and Chris Ornelas, NAB
 The important issues of the day - spectrum management, retransmission consent and FM chips in cell phones - along with others,
will be reviewed, analyzed and discussed by Chris Orneles of the NAB and Frank Jazzo of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth.
Spectrum Management - Congress approved legislation allowing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct spectrum incentive auctions. Such an auction would allow TV stations that voluntarily give up spectrum to share in part of the auction proceeds. Since the FCC proposed the incentive auction concept in its March 2010 National Broadband Plan, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has supported incentive auctions provided they are truly voluntary and do not harm broadcasters that choose not to participate or the tens of millions of Americans who rely on free, over-the-air broadcasting.
Retransmission Consent Negotiations - In 1992, Congress established a process to provide local television stations the opportunity to negotiate with and seek compensation from pay-television providers (such as cable and satellite) for retransmission of stations’ valuable signals to subscribers. Under the current system, broadcasters and pay-TV providers must work together to reach mutually beneficial agreements.
FM Chips - For little cost, manufacturers can include a radio receiver in mobile phones that would give consumers convenient access to the free entertainment and lifeline services provided by America’s local radio broadcasters. |
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