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Sam Matheny and his team were honored to attend the 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards, to accept The Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award on behalf of NAB. The award is officially considered a Primetime Emmy Award and is presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Here are the key points of the NPRM and an explanation of why broadcasters should retain their 13 GHz equipment and emphasize the importance of certifying license accuracy or correcting inaccuracies. Important: You must take action by November 29 or you may lose interference protection and, ultimately, your 13 GHz licenses.

Conference Committee Chair Ling Ling Sun is excited to share some thoughts on the call for papers for the upcoming 2024 NAB Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) Conference. In an era where technology is fundamentally reshaping content creation, distribution and consumption, it's crucial to recognize that people—their expertise and adaptability—remain the cornerstone of this transformation. To demonstrate the conference's dedication to staying at the forefront of industry trends and addressing emerging challenges and opportunities, we're introducing two new categories for the upcoming year: "Generative AI" and "Environmental, Social And Governance (ESG) In Broadcasting."

An HD Radio in-band/on-channel (IBOC) hybrid radio signal includes both analog and digital signal components (see figure). One important aspect of the signal design is how well the digital portion of the signal replicates the coverage of the legacy, analog portion.

The Global Digital Terrestrial Transmission Workshop was held July 19-21 in Busan, Korea. It featured expert speakers from Korea, India, Brazil, Japan, U.S., Canada, Europe, China and the greater APAC region. The workshop featured two and a half days of presentations on a wide range of issues related to the next generation of broadcasting.

Both Detroit and AM radio have been hot news topics lately as the broadcasting industry and others respond to the automotive industry’s decisions on removing AM radio from some vehicles, electric vehicles (EVs) in particular. David Layer had the opportunity to visit Detroit in early June for AutoTech: Detroit 2023 and decided to rent an EV and see what the radio listener and EV rental customer experience would be like in Motor City.