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5 Questions on the FCC’s EEO Obligations
By David Oxenford, IBA's FCC Attorney Beyond the general requirement that all broadcasters (and all other businesses) avoid discrimination in hiring, promotion, and all other employment practices, the FCC imposes additional obligations on radio and TV stations that...

2023 RMT Schedule Posted for Emergency Alert Testing
The Emergency Alert System Required Monthly Tests (RMTs) are scheduled for the third Thursday of every month at 2:50PM on odd-numbered months and at 4:50AM on even-numbered months. Each month, a required test of the Emergency Alert System takes place statewide. The...

NOTICE OF ANNUAL IBA MEMBER MEETING, OCT. 3
Members of the Indiana Broadcasters Association are invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the Association, scheduled for Monday, October 3 beginning with lunch at 11:30 a.m. The IBA will consider the 2023 Board of Directors Slate, the Association budget for next...

2022 Spectrum Award Finalists
Indiana broadcasters have done incredible work over the past year and the IBA will, again, recognize the Best in Broadcasting during the 2022 Spectrum Awards. This year’s finalists are announced below. The IBA will announce the winners October 4 at the annual Indiana Broadcasters Conference at the 502 East Event Centre in Carmel.

Broadcast Champion Rep. Jackie Walorski Killed in Tragic Accident
(Rep. Walorski (middle) at a Mishawaka event last summer, with broadcast industry representatives J Chapman, Nicole Gustafson, Dave Arland, Aaron Ramey, John O’Brien, and Merry Ewing.) The Indiana Broadcasters Association is stunned to learn of the death of Second...