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AU & NZ

Top podcast advertisers for Q3, 2022

ARN’s iHeart has today shared new data from Magellan AI, which has revealed the top 15 brands advertising for Q3, 2022 across the national podcast landscape.Using artificial intelligence, the report is based on analysing thousands of episodes from 400+ of Australia’s most popular podcasts for Q3 2022 to determine which brands are advertising in the growing medium.  Overall, spending… Read More
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AU & NZ

Jodie and Hayesy are Nova 919’s new breakfast hosts

Nova Entertainment has announced broadcaster Jodie Oddy and sports journalist Andrew Hayes as Nova 919’s new breakfast show starting in January 2023. Jodie & Hayesy take the place of Ben and Liam, who are moving to Melbourne to host Nova 100 breakfast alongside new co-host Belle Jackson.Oddy spent 13 years as host of the breakfast show on Mix and has been a freelance presenter and journalist for Network 10 for over 20 years. In August… Read More
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US

FCC Report 11/6: WECU Fined $8000 For Multiple Violations

CTC Media Group’s “ESPN 1570” WECU Winterville NC has agreed to an $8,000 fine as part of a consent decree for operating at reduced daytime power without authorization, failing to maintain station logs, and originating programming on 107.5 W298BX Winterville while WECU was silent.

Genesee Community College’s 90.7 WGCC-FM Batavia NY has entered into a consent decree with the FCC and agreed to a $500 fine for failing to maintain its Online Public File and failing to timely file its license renewal. WGCC-FM was to file its renewal application by February 1, 2022 but did not do so until March 31.

Brentwood Union Free School District’s 88.1 WXBA Brentwood NY has entered into a consent decree with the FCC and agreed to a $500 fine for failing to maintain its Online Public File and failing to timely file its license renewal. WXBA was to file its renewal by February 1, but did not do so until May 31 just one day before its license would have expired on June 1.

The FCC has entered into a consent decrees with Capital Broadcasting, Inc.’s 1300 WGDJ Rensselaer NY for failing to maintain their Political Files:

The FCC has entered Consent Decrees with the following licensees for failing to maintain their Online Public Files:

Alfred University’s 89.7 WALF Alfred NY
Vision Multimedia Group LLC’s 1080 WUFO Amherst NY
WADV Radio, Inc.’s 940 WADV Lebanon PA

Pirate Actions
Raphael Soucie was issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Broadcasting after agents found transmissions on 107.3 and later 107.5 emanating from his property in Walsenburg CO.

Deletions
After being silent and then operating at reduced power for the past three years due to damaged transmitters and nighttime directional antenna system, Radio Broadcasting Services has turned in the license for 1390 WCAT Burlington VT. Its translator, 98.3 W252CJ Burlington is now rebroadcasting “Rock 103.3” WWMP Waterbury directly. WCAT had also been simulcasting WWMP.

WNTT Inc. has surrendered the license of Country “Wild 93.7” 1250 WNTT Tazewell TN stating that its broadcast equipment failed and the expense of replacement and repair was too much.

After being deleted in July for being off the air for over one calendar year, Grinnell College’s 88.5 KDIC Grinnell IA has been restored after the station successfully petitioned the FCC stating that because it was an educational license allowed to cease operation while its campus was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Silent Notifications

Advance Ministries’ 88.7 KFHM Big Bear City CA (sale of property/tower removed)
Southern Media Interactive’s 790 WSFN Brunswick GA (loss of tower site)
Joy Christian Ministries’s 91.5 WJGS Norwood GA (loss of tower site)
South Central Oklahoma Christian Broadcasting, Inc.’s 88.7 KOKN Oketo KS (loss of site lease)
Tulane Educational Fund’s 91.5 WTUL New Orleans LA (damaged tower and implementation of new CP)
Word Radio Educational Foundation’s 88.1 WMEK Kennebunkport ME (preparing new modification application)
Joy Christian Ministries Church’s 90.7 KOUI Louisville MS (loss of site/equipment lease)
South Central Oklahoma Christian Broadcasting, Inc.’s 90.1 KNEF Franklin NE (loss of site lease)
Hope Christian Church of Marlton’s 88.1 WZBL Barnegat Light NJ (equipment failure)
Hope Christian Church of Marlton’s 90.5 WWFP Brigantine NJ (equipment failure)
Opus Broadcasting Systems’ 730 KEZX Medford OR (financial reasons)
Alpha Media’s 1600 KTUB Centerville UT (loss of site least/towers dismantled)

AM Changes
Sacred Heart University’s Public News/Talk 1260 WSHU Westport CT applies […]

ASIA

NBC-PNG looks to Indonesia for broadcasting expertise

Papua New Guinea’s National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC-PNG) is looking to Indonesia to advance its broadcasting capabilities.Its Managing Director, Kora Nou, met executives of Indonesian government television and radio stations to start the process towards a Memorandum of Understanding, NBC News reports.The move to look towards Indonesia is in line with the government’s intention to look to PNG’s closest neighbour for economic opportunities.

Nou said PNG and Indonesia shared a land border and it was only fitting for NBC to engage with Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economy to engage and share expertise.The MoU, in its draft stage, looks at five key areas including capacity building, an exchange program, content gathering and sharing, and transmission and studio equipment procurement and supply. […]

ASIA

Comrex announces new addition to BRIC-Link IP audio codec family

Comrex has officially announced BRIC-Link III, the newest addition to the popular BRIC-Link family of codecs. This new codec debuted at NAB 2022. There are over 10,000 BRIC-Link codecs circulating world-wide, and BRIC-Link III is an updated version that takes advantage of the latest improvements in IP audio transmission technology.BRIC-Link III is a true codec, offering a full-duplex stereo encoder and decoder in each box. A jitter buffer manager is incorporated that automatically balances delay and stability, dynamically increasing and decreasing delay based on network performance. BRIC-link III offers a wide range of encoding algorithms including stereo and mono linear mode, FLAC modes, AAC/HE-AAC modes, Opus, G.722 and G.711.BRIC-Link III features a new, more powerful processor for improved reliability. BRIC-Link III also features enhanced front panel indicators, including four buttons which will trigger contact closures by default and configurable for auto-connections to other Comrex IP audio codecs.

BRIC-Link III is compatible with all other Comrex IP audio codecs, including the ACCESS codec line as well as older BRIC-Link models. BRIC-Link III also works with Gagl, a new service now available for purchase for audio contribution. Gagl turns any Comrex IP audio codec into a hub for up to five remote participants.Like other BRIC-Link codecs, BRIC-Link III includes CrossLock VPN technology, Comrex’s proprietary suite of reliability tools. In addition to bonding technology, CrossLock also includes a Redundancy Mode for mission-critical applications. BRIC-Link III can take advantage of HotSwap, meaning that users can set a 4G/5G modem as a backup connection to only be engaged when the primary internet fails, providing an extra layer of reliability.Customers can also choose to purchase an optional one-time license per codec to utilize SwitchBoard, a private server that Comrex maintains which allows for easy connections between IP codecs.BRIC-Link III features a user-friendly HTML-5 based interface. BRIC-Link III is also built with a compact chassis, so it’s easy to fit into a studio set-up. A dual rack kit accessory for housing two BRIC-Link III codecs on a rack shelf side-by-side will be available for purchase.BRIC-Link III is built for multiple modes of operation, including BRIC-Link normal (UDP), HTTP (Streaming Server, Icecast/Shoutcast, Multistreaming), RTP, TCP, IP Multicast & EBU 3326/SIP mode for compatibility).As with all Comrex products, firmware updates are included at no additional cost. Free technical support in English and Spanish is available during business hours. Each unit comes with a one-year manufacturer’s warranty. […]