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In order to evaluate how the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) can best serve its membership and Community Radio as a whole, we will be conducting a review of our membership services during the summer and fall of 2005, including the annual awards program. Given the time and effort required to receive program submissions, recruit enough independent judges, as well as evaluate and score the programs for both finalists and winners, we have made the very difficult decision to suspend the awards program for 2006.

We will be sending additional information to our members about this review in the near future, but given that this is the typical time to begin soliciting programs for submission we feel it is important to make this announcement now.

We anticipate that this will be disappointing news to many of you working in Community Radio, and we want to emphasize that this decision was not made lightly but in the spirit of aligning the purpose and execution of the awards with the mission and role of NFCB. The awards have long been an important aspect of NFCB’s service to Community Radio, and we have been hearing comments from many of you that led us to many thoughtful discussions about the awards.

We will review the recommendations we receive from our members and hope to develop a revised program to recognize great work in Community Radio.

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DEI-NFCB Collaboration
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Digital Audio Craft Available Now
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NFCB has filed comments with the FCC on Ownership Reports.
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DEI and NFCB Collaborate
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Keynote speech and other select materials from the 2009 NFCB Community Radio Conference is now available.
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John Crigler Wins
2009 Bader Award
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Results of the WMMT Audience Research Study
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Candace McKenna Wins 2009 Volunteer of the Year Award
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International Journalists’ Resolution
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New Technologies,
New Music
If you missed NFCB's seminar series on independent music and digital platforms, we have all the content available now on demand.
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NFCB Participant Members covered by CPB Sound Exchange Agreement
CPB has reached an agreement with Sound Exchange around royalties for webcasters which covers NFCB participant members.
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Letter to President-elect Obama
On December 18th, NFCB joined a coalition of groups and individuals in signing a letter to President-elect Obama reminding him of his campaign promises to shift communications policy toward the public interest.
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NFCB’s Strategic Plan
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The FCC has issued a new version of The Public and Broadcasting, revised April 2008.
[Click here to view and print this document for your station’s public file.]

Basic Radio Station Website Strategies
See the PowerPoint presentation on listeners’ use of station websites and tips for designing yours.
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Music Licensing Information
Includes fee schedules and links to licensing applications.

Check Your Indecency IQ
Attorney John Crigler of Garvey Schubert Barer has an indecency quiz. Take the quiz and see how much you know about current FCC indecency rulings. John has also written an indecency primer. Download and read the Primer.