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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS AT 2:00AM THIS SUNDAY MORNING! MOVE CLOCKS FOWARD AN HOUR [more...]

Welcome To Our Newest TDGA Members
Is your name among this very impressive list of VIP Traffic Professionals? [more...]

March Arrives! Can Spring Be Far Behind?
The NAB is heading into it's final pre-roll for the annual mid-April Convention; Later this month another "Daylight/Standard" Time Change,and a quick look at the March Legal Calendar, including Political windows. [more...]

FCC Licensed Broadcast Station Totals As of December 31, 2009 [more...]

TDGA Makes The Membership Joining Process Easier Than Ever [more...]

Attn: Continuity, Copywriting & Production: Using Music in Advertising or In a Video Production? Secure the Necessary Rights [more...]

Political Broadcasting Advisory & Member Download - 03/2010
by Richard Zaragoza & Cliffrd Harrington, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP [more...]

Installing A New Traffic Software System (Part Two of a Four-Part Series) [more...]

Installing A New Traffic Software System (Part One of a Four-Part Series) [more...]

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY – Even With Limited Staff, What You Need To Be Prepared [more...]

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY - The Checklists [more...]

JOAN LLOYD: 360 Degree Peer Reviews; Pros and Cons
If the manager is mature and seasoned and recognizes the pitfalls, peer reviews can add a lot of value. [more...]

PAUL WEYLAND: How to Help “Special Occasion” Clients
Pass this along to your Sales Department. Let them know Traffic was thinking of them as you read it. [more...]

GARY FRIES: Commentary On The RAB - Where Are We Today? (Part 1 of 4 Guest Commentaries) [more...]

DEAN SORENSON: Commentary On The RAB - Where Are We Today? (Part 2 of 4 Guest Commentaries) [more...]

ROGER UTNEHMER: Commentary On The RAB - Where Are We Today? (Part 3 of 4 Guest Commentaries) [more...]

LINDSAY WOOD DAVIS: Commentary On The RAB - Where are we today? (Part 4 of 4 Guest Commentaries) [more...]

Here are the Radio-TV Headlines For Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Updated Daily

• Digital Spending (Websites) Will Overtake Print In 2010
• Three Cable Operators Petition FCC; Urge Change To Local Station Rules
• NAB: Pay TV Is "Just Plain Wrong" To Ask For Government Help
• Nexstar Chief Open To Networks Sharing Retransmission Pie – But There’s An If?
• Texas TV & Newspaper Team To Cover Breaking News
• Rick Dees Joins TKO’s Classic Top 40 Network With Oldies Reprise Format
• Alabama Non-Commercial AM Draws $5,500 NAL From FCC
• Katzenberg Sees "Huge" Potential For 3-D TV
• Obituary - Indianapolis' WTHR Mourns Death of President Jim Tellus

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VCI Solutions is Sponsoring Habitat For Humanity House Building Project at the NAB Show [more...]

Moonves Tells Media Conference: CBS Would Yank Affilliate Signal If Retransmission Fees Are Not Shared [more...]

RAB Chair Kramer Says The Organization Is Viable and Focused [more...]

Cable operators file petition with FCC; DirecTV, Dish, Verizon urge changes to local station rule
Broadcasters are sure to fight hard against the push for a retrans revamp. [more...]

Advertising Age: McDonald's Tests Oatmeal in Washington Area [more...]

From The Corner of Advertiser and Agency - Here Are Trade Paper Headlines For March

• Major beverage marketers tout school effort 
• "Idol" tops list of prime time's ad earners 
• Pfizer hands media buying for Wyeth DTC to Carat 
• Barbie, Ken enter realm of "Mad Men"  

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BROADCASTER MAGAZINE: 'Foreign Ownership A Threat to Canadian Culture' Says Friends [more...]

TDGA's "From The Corner of Advertiser & Agency" - February, 2010 Headlines, Summaries & Links [more...]

CNN: Internet TV Won't Always Be Free
In December, more than 178 million Americans watched TV online, streaming 33 billion shows [more...]

TDGA Business Bref Headlines For March, 2010 [more...]

Univision Realigns News and Entertainment with New Management Structure
Alina Falcón Named To New Position of President of News; Fernández Named President of Entertainment for the Univision Network [more...]

Nexstar Broadcasting Reports Fourth Quarter Net Revenue of $74.0 Million
Net Revenue Excluding Political Rises 11.1%. [more...]

Astral Radio Partners with Emmis Interactive
Astral renews emphasis on building out its Interactive business [more...]

Entravision Radio Revenues Drop 9% In Fourth Quarter [more...]