NJBA Weekly Newsletter Friday, June 08, 2007

Convention WOW!

The 2007 edition of the New Jersey Broadcasters Association Annual Mid-Atlantic States Conference was a wild success in the opinion of the more than 300 attendees from the States of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia. The meeting honored Senator Robert Menendez as “Citizen of The Year and was treated to the result of the survey conducted by Edison Research for the NJBA.  Dr. David K. Rehr, President and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, talked to the attendees about the future of the Broadcasting business, and new technologies broadcasters can take advantage of today and in the immediate future.

The Event started Monday Evening with a fantastic party at Game On Nightclub on the Pier at Caesars and concluded with a John Mozes produced extravaganza, “Club Boombox”, where Delaware National Guard Sgt. Kevin Dagg won the all expense paid Royal Caribbean Cruise to the Eastern Caribbean out of Baltimore for 10 days.

In between, attendees went to engineering sessions, sales training, local programming conferences and management sessions. The noon luncheon presented five scholarship winners, the winner of the Howard L. Green Humanitarian Award and the Best of The Best in New Jersey Radio and TV.

The conference’s End Note was delivered by the President and CEO of the Radio Advertising Bureau, Jeff Haley. The attendees universally agreed this Conference was the best ever. See you next year at Caesars on June 2 & 3, 2008. 

Court Rules Against FCC

The District Court for Washington, DC threw out the FCC’s indecency decisions against the networks for among other items as the Janet Jackson’s Wardrobe malfunction. The Court called the FCC’s decisions arbitrary and capricious. The FCC has not decided yet whether it will appeal the court’s decision to the Supreme Court. Commissioner Copps did warn broadcasters not to take this decision as open season on indecency broadcasting. He warned broadcasters to take care in their broadcasts.  

Research Results Meeting Being Planned

The Board of Directors has directed that the NJBA set up a meeting of General Managers and programmers to go over the results of the Edison Researched Survey for the NJBA. Although the survey was previewed at the Mid-Atlantic States Expo, those were merely highlights. The survey went into considerable detail developing information which is actionable by programmers from all parts of the state. The meeting being planned will delve into the details of the survey and will parse the results to achieve better programming to serve the audience of listeners in New Jersey, who do not leave the state on a regular basis for either work or entertainment. These listeners say they intend to live in this state for many years. The number one reason respondents give for considering leaving the /state is high taxes.

Double check your ABIP status.  Don’t let your insurance run out!

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