2007 Outstanding Achievement Awards Results

The results are in! Congratulations to all our winning stations. 2007 was an oustanding year for Oklahoma broadcasting.

 

OAB Convention — 60th Anniversary

Thursday, 3/27/08 – Friday, 3/28/08

Renaissance Hotel / Cox Convention Center

Oklahoma City

Join us for our 60th Anniversary. We'll have sessions and workshops for all broadcasters, including:

• Television News & Promotion
• Radio & Television Sales and Marketing
• Sports
• SBE Engineering Conference
• Sales Management
• Presentation Skills

We have assembled the best in a convention of "news you can use." Speakers include Graeme Newell, Al Tompkins, Michael Guld, Tim Daniel, and Joel Hochberger.

Evening festivities include Thursday's Hall of Fame Reunion and Friday's Awards Banquet. Go here for details and scheduling.

 

Four Added to OAB Hall of Fame

The Board of Directors has selected four outstanding individuals to be inducted into the OAB Hall of Fame. Jan Stratton, Chuck Edwards, Dale Wehba, and Jerry Park will be honored on Thursday, March 27, at the Hall of Fame banquet in Oklahoma City. Go here for more information.

 

Political Broadcasting Advisory

Our legal friends at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP are making their Political Broadcasting Advisory available on-line for OAB members. The Advisory provides a review of the FCC’s political broadcasting regulations. For instructions on how to access the on-line document, contact Nancy Struby at OAB. Please include your station's call letters in your request.

 

Digital Television Transition

The countdown has begun. February 17, 2009, is the deadline for transition to Digital Television. The National Association of Broadcasters and the FCC have tips to make the process easier for consumers. Go here for the NAB's page, or go here to see the FCC's information.

 

Broadcasting Issues Update

Click the links below for a summary of some of the issues facing broadcasters today. For more information, contact the OAB office.

DTV Transition: Consumer Education Awareness

Performance Tax: Oppose Implementation of a Performance Tax on Broadcasters

Unlicensed Devices: Oppose Portable Unlicensed Devices in the Television Band

XM-Sirius Merger: Request for Government-Sanctioned Monopoly

 

Lowest Unit Rate Windows for 2008 Political Advertising

Primary Election
Tuesday, Jul. 29, 2008
LUR Window: Jun. 15 through Jul. 29, 2008

Runoff Primary Election
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
LUR Window continues through Aug. 26

General Election
Tuesday, Nov. 4
LUR Window: Sep. 6 through Nov. 4, 2008

As a reminder....political broadcasting rules, including lowest unit rate, apply to Federal, State, and Local candidates. Issue advertising is not included. For more information about political advertising rules, go here.

 

Alternative Broadcast Inspections

Check your ABI certificate! Is it time to renew? Protect your station from random FCC inspections by scheduling or renewing an alternative broadcast inspection. Click here for request forms.