APRIL 2008 ISSUE #1

NEWSLETTER

Rhode Island Broadcasters Association invites you to recieve our monthly newsletter highlighting broadcasting issues and updates.  We look forward to bringing our members information from NAB, EMAC, DTV updates, Congressional issues affecting broadcasters, Board of Director updates, member news and much more.

 Rhode Island Broadcasters Association (RIBA) has just signed an agreement with the Center for Council Drunk Driving Campaign for a NCSA to air on our member radio stations.  Information will be sent within the next month to our member stations.  We thank and appreciate our members participation in the NCSA program.  NCSA's are the revenue keeping the Rhode Island Broadcasters Association strong.

The Rhode Island Broadcasters Association Scholarship 2008 applications are available to download for distribution to station interns.  Each year RIBA awards 10 - $1000 scholarships to students working toward a career in Broadcasting.  To be eligible - students must be interning within a RIBA member station.  Click here to download your application. 

DTV UPDATE

By law, all American television stations must switch their broadcasting from analog to digital by February 17, 2009. Television sets connected to cable or satellite will not be affected, and will continue to receive programming after that date. But those analog television sets not connected to cable or satellite, or without a DTV converter box, will not receive any television signal after the date of the switch.

What is a DTV Converter Box?

A DTV converter box is an easy-to-install electronic device that hooks up to your analog television set and over-the-air antenna and converts the digital television signal into analog, making it viewable on your analog TV. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will issue up to two converter box coupons valued at $40 each to households to help defray the cost of the converter box.  w.dtv2009.gov.

CAREER FAIRS

RIBA sponsored a Career Fair at URI this past October. Citadel Broadcasting, WJAR & WPRI attended and as always, can post this onto the Public File report. Rhode Island Broadcasters Association will host a booth at the Gateway to Success Career Fair scheduled for Thursday, April 3, 2008 from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm in Rodgers Recreation Center at Salve Regina in Newport Rhode Island. If interested in having your station participate, please contact Lori Needham at lneedham@ribroadcasters.com

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

The RIBA Golf Event for 2008 has been scheduled for September 15 at the Rhode Island Country Club ~ mark your calendars!

 

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