PAB Provides for Members

A little over a year ago, as the world was coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic, the PAB Board formed a special committee: the Talent Acquisition Committee. Along with meetings and discussions with our state’s premier media communications college programs, the committee also decided to engage high school students to consider broadcast careers.

In its second year, our BroadcastNowPa program has eight high school broadcast programs (doubled from the first year total) working with member stations in a year-long competition. The PAB has produced broadcast career spots for social media and online to drive those seeking jobs in PA broadcasting to the local listings on the PAB Job Page, with outstanding results. And the Paid Broadcast Intern Program is now available and highlighted in this issue of The Frequency.

That's three solid programs in a year to assist broadcast member stations tap into new and existing potential pipelines of talent and staff. PAB at your service.

2024 EXCELLENCE IN BROADCASTING AWARDS COMPETITION

PAB would like to invite you to participate in the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting competition. Deadline to enter is January 11, 2024 @ noon.

This competition encourages professional performance among radio and television stations in our state. All stations in the state are encouraged to submit entries. Separate competitive classifications. Stations compete only with others in the same color group.

Please click here to enter. This year’s awards will be judged by the Alaska Association of Broadcasters.

The deadline for entries is NOON, JANUARY 11, 2024. The site will close at 12:01pm so be sure to get your entries in on time! All entries must be submitted online and we ask that you do not wait until the last minute to enter.

Entry fee for ALL groups is $40.00 per entry.

Production and broadcast must have occurred between January 11, 2023 and January 4, 2024.

PLEASE BE SURE ENTRIES ARE NOT PASSWORD PROTECTED!

If you have any questions or need help with the awards entry site, please contact Gail Ponti gponti@pab.org 717-571-0376 (cell).

NEW MEMBER BENEFIT FOR 2024

INTERNSHIP REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM

The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters is pleased offer a new member benefit starting in 2024: reimbursement for radio and television interns for member stations. 

This wonderful opportunity provides for interns to gain knowledge and experience in many aspects of broadcasting. Internships enhance the possibility of future careers in radio and television broadcasting.

See more details about the program at the link below.

PAB Member Professional Development

P1 Learning’s Rising Above: A Virtual Sales & Management Summit

Register today!

It’s that time of year where we’re all thinking about our New Year’s Resolutions, and we know you’ve got some big goals for 2024.

Get a kick start on those goals by registering for the 2024 Rising Above: A Virtual Sales & Management Summit. 

Rising Above 5 schedule

• Wednesday, January 24 for Leaders and Managers
• Thursday, January 25 for sellers  

Unlock Expert Sales and Leadership Strategies: Gain insights from multiple perspectives to enhance your sales and leadership strategies and propel your success.

Interactive Q & A Sessions: Engage with expert trainers in real-time, and get your questions answered.

Virtual Convenience: Watch from anywhere with streaming services available on the Ten- Minute Trainer Network for your PC, Table, Apple & Android!

Click to view the full schedule of speakers and elevate your game in 2024.

Register your seat today!

Artificial intelligence is automating the creation of fake news, spurring an explosion of web content mimicking factual articles that instead disseminates false information about elections, wars and natural disasters.

Washington Post

FCC Considers Making Disaster Reporting Mandatory For Broadcasters

This month the FCC is expected to approve an order that would make reporting into DIRS mandatory for cable television, mobile phone, and internet service providers. It has tentatively concluded the same should be done for radio and TV broadcasters.

insideradio.com

2024 Broadcasters’ Calendar & January 2024 Regulatory Dates

Below is the 2024 Broadcasters’ Regulatory Calendar from David Oxenford:

 "This year, there is special emphasis on lowest unit charge periods. As you will see in the attached calendar, we include those dates not only in the relevant month, but also include attachments listing the dates by state and also chronologically. We have also highlighted many state and municipal elections – something that we have not done in the past. These days, as municipal and even school board elections are more frequently becoming political battlegrounds, we expect more political advertising for these races to be placed – particularly on stations that serve local communities. 

As I wrote on my blog last week, lowest unit charge and most other FCC political rules apply to these races, stations need to be prepared to offer LUC and take care of other political obligations (including the political file) when they run advertising for these races. A link to an article discussing the calendar is here."

We also published a look ahead at regulatory dates in January 2024. See that article here.

Carter Wyckoff

VP, Sales

cwyckoff@pab.org

Gail Ponti

VP, Member Services

gponti@pab.org

Bill Zeiders

Director, Marketing

wzeiders@pab.org