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Overview of available non-profit resources, most are free!

Did you know that Google is going to start forcing websites to have SSL certificates this summer? Google is trying to get every site safe for visitors to visit and fill out information forms, contact or otherwise (their immediate focus is on sites that have password and credit card fields).

This article, designed for those stations which own their own broadcast tower, is part of a comprehensive book on broadcast towers. For more information on this book, contact us.

It is with great pleasure to share that Mary’s Touch received notice from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada that we have been awarded a First Place Gabriel Award – Category: Religious National Release for the “The Mully Story”.  This is our fourth Gabriel Award, and three years in a row!

May 2018: This is a special Video Blog for the Catholic Radio Association, May 2018. This Video Blog deals with Streaming Metadata for your Catholic Radio Station. This demonstration utilizes the BSI Simian Automation System and the Securenetsystems Streaming Services.

It is so important to get your programming to where your audience is. As of the end of 2017 only 88% of homes have radios. This number is expected to decline with the invention of the smart speaker. Millennials don’t even own radios. They have their phone, laptop, tablet, smart speaker, and Bluetooth/Sirius/Pandora/iHeartRadio enabled car stereos.

Many thanks to Bob Kernen, COO of Jacapps, for contributing this content. According to the recent Jacobs Media Techsurvey, smart speaker ownership has doubled in the last year.

I was able to attend the Nautel User’s Group as well as the afternoon AUI (Advanced User Interface) session at this year’s NAB. During the AUI session, Nautel’s Matt Herdon talked about how the current AUI uses Flash technology (referred to as the “F-word”) and that big changes will be out sometime next year. But on the way back to the hotel I started thinking about something.

Wed, May 16, 2018 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT Maintenance, troubleshooting, lightning protection, grounding and keeping an AM antenna system happy, directional and non-D.