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Colorado has a new Presidential Primary which starts the 45 day Lowest Unit Rate (LUR) window on January 18, 2020 (45 days, plus 2020 is a leap year).

The Colorado Broadcasters Association assembled a Pro-Broadcasting Message Committee to craft promotional messages that highlight Colorado radio and television. Coloradans continue to tune to local broadcasters for weather, news, information and entertainment. We are also a first choice when news is... Read More.

The CBA has teamed with the Radio Advertising Bureau to offer our members free RAB Professional Development Courses. Member stations will have access to three free courses, per ownership, per market during the CBA's fiscal year (July-June). After a member's three courses have been... Read More.

RTDNA has developed a series of coverage guidelines to assist journalists, newsroom managers and station management with both common and uncommon ethical and operational situations which may arise. The guidelines have been prepared by journalists, managers and subject-area experts, and have been vetted by... Read More.

The CBA commissioned this 6-part series focusing on attracting, recruiting & retaining Millennial professionals and suggestions for healthy cross-generational management.  The series was a collaboration with University of Colorado Colorado Springs Office of Professional & Economic Development.  Scott Van Ness developed and facilitated this... Read More.

With the March 1, 2018 Online Public Inspection File deadline for mid-sized and smaller market (and non-commercial) radio stations approaching, Fletcher, Heald, & Hildreth’s Frank Montero and Steve Lovelady recently presented a webinar to help industry professionals navigate through the online filing process. In... Read More.

The last two seminars in the CBA's 6-part series focusing on attracting, recruiting & retaining Millennial professionals will be at KMGH-TV on November 9th from 10am to 2:15pm.  The presentations are a collaboration with University of Colorado Colorado Springs instructor Scott Van Ness.  Scott... Read More.

The IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers will award scholarships of up to $10,000 to promising undergraduate and graduate students at accredited U.S. universities interested in a career in broadcast engineering. Applications for Spring 2018 semester will be accepted... Read More.

The Bureau announces the release of a revised EAS Operating Handbook. A copy of the Handbook must be located at normal duty positions or EAS equipment locations when an operator is required to be on duty and be immediately available to staff responsible for... Read More.

from Dan Kirkpatrick of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth As Egon said in Ghosbusters, “print is dead.” Okay, that may be a bit of an overstatement.  But at least as to many broadcast stations’ local public inspection files, it is essentially true as of today.  Back in January,... Read More.