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On July 27, 2015 the Lower Power FM Advocacy Group (LPFM-AG) filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the FCC, asking the Commission to institute a number of changes that would fundamentally alter the nature of the LPFM service. On September 2nd, the State Associations... Read More.

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2015 – The Federal Communications Commission today adopted rules that allow broadcasters to disclose contest rules online as an alternative to broadcasting them over the air. Adopted in 1976, the Contest Rule requires broadcasters to disclose important contest information fully and accurately, and to... Read More.

Bonneville International, announced that it has entered into an exchange agreement with Entercom Communications Corp. Entercom will exchange four stations in Denver, Colorado for Bonneville’s Los Angeles Classic Rock station KSWD-FM (“The Sound”). The stations Bonneville will acquire as part of the agreement are:... Read More.

With Peter Maroney's retirement and Brad LaRock's departure from the CBA’s Board of Directors two openings were created for a new Metro Market Television and Major Market Radio Board Director. CBA members elected KCDO-TV/Denver's Greg Armstrong and Cumulus/Colorado Springs' Bobby Irwin, appointed by the CBA’s Board of... Read More.

The FCC has released its Notice of Proposed Rule Making in the Radio Online Public File proceeding, which can be found at the link below.  The main takeaways with regard to radio are that the FCC is proposing to initially apply the requirement only... Read More.

The CBA joined with other state broadcast associations in expressing concern that certain aspects of the US Forest Service’s current and proposed permitting process violate the First Amendment by imposing a “prior restraint” on the freedom of speech and freedom of the press that... Read More.

With the recent departure of Byron Grandy from the CBA’s Board of Directors an opening was created for a new Metro Market Television Board Director. The CBA has appointed KDEN-TV Station Manager, Andrés Chaparro, to the CBA’s Board of Directors. Andrés Chaparro has been Station Manager... Read More.

If you recently missed or would like to watch a CBA webinar again, you can access our CBA Webinar Archives. Webinars are free to CBA Members.  Simply register on the CBA's website and you'll have access to all of the CBA's archived webinars. Contact the CBA office,... Read More.

On September 8th, the CBA jointly filed, with all the state broadcast associations, a letter to the FCC regarding EAS and the national test. In summary,  the following arguments were made: (1)          The State Associations support the NAB’s position that “000000” should be used as the National EAS Location Code; (2)          The... Read More.

Thanks to the many television and radio stations that aired the NAB's "Keep My TV" campaign, as well as the in-state meetings between our CBA members and Congressional leaders, "Local Choice" has been removed from the Satellite Television Acccess and Viewer Rights Act (STAVRA). Once... Read More.