Dianne Paris lost her valiant fight again cancer on Saturday, August 21 in Amarillo, one day after her wedding anniversary. Dianne was a vital part of the NMBA organization. She served on the board throughout the 1990’s and always made new broadcasters feel welcome and a part of our association.

Managing KQAY and KTNM out of Tucumcari, Dianne's favorite years were her years in radio. “Radio filled Dianne's passion of being a `people person`,” said Duel Paris, Dianne’s husband of 24 years.

Services will be held on Friday, September 3 at the First Baptist Church in Logan at 10:30am. Interment will follow in San Jon. Click here for obituary

By JOSEPH PLAMBECK
New York Times, August 23, 2010

For more than 70 years, over-the-air radio stations have played music without paying the performers who recorded the songs.

That could be changing.

This month, the National Association of Broadcasters released what it described as a framework of a deal in which stations would pay a total of about $100 million a year in performance fees.

“It’s a crack in the dam,” said David Kaut, a regulatory analyst for the research firm Stifel Nicolaus. READ MORE