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Godvik will sit on the 2024 Council along with 19 other members: twelve Film/TV/Streaming members, five Online Media members and three Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News members, plus five officers — President, Secretary-Treasurer and three Vice Presidents, one from each work sector.

Tailored for female radio and digital sellers or managers with a minimum of three years of sales experience, the selected mentee will receive monthly coaching from an experienced mentor and guidance from digital subject matter experts.

"The ACE & TJ Show" has come to its end, and a new incarnation is already in the works. In a post to the show's Facebook page made on Friday morning, the program confirmed that "Ace is no longer associated with the show," which is self-syndicated and airs on stations across the South.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications has formally inducted its previously announced eight new inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame for 2024. The individuals were honored Thursday evening at an in-person induction ceremony held at the Omni Nashville Hotel.

The Chief Legal Officer and EVP of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at the NAB has shared his thoughts in a new blog post about the FCC’s proposed rulemaking that would require disclaimers on political ads that use AI. In short, Rick Kaplan has told Jessica Rosenworcel that the Commission shouldn't be ones to set the rules.

With the legal assistance of veteran communications law attorney John C. Trent, a private not-for-profit educational institution located in Muscle Shoals, Ala., has agreed to purchase an AM radio station with a FM translator serving a Southern Alabama city adjacent to Fort Rucker. 

Many people who stutter as children become outstanding speakers as adults. After reading the obituary of James Earl Jones, Rosemary Ravinal learned that controlling his stutter led to his extraordinary career. "Stuttering helped to shape my public speaking career," says Ravinal, who offers a few coping mechanisms in this column.

Jessica Rosenworcel will be spending a part of September 27 with a virtual trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she will address the Berkeley Law AI Institute. She plans share how the Commission is considering new transparency standards that would require disclosure when AI technology is used in political advertising on radio and TV.

The commission says its new requirements support transparency and democratic values

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The broadcast television station ownership group led by Chris Ripley has increased its advertising guidance for the third quarter 2024 to account for what it labels "stronger-than-expected" political revenues.