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Getting Ready For A Change In Seasons - The Unofficial End Of Summer And The Start Of Back To School - We Wish You All A Wonderful Weekend; Get Plenty Of Rest & Relaxation [more...]

Are You Ready To Take The Next Step In Your Career?
Things to consider about becoming a member of TDGA (Membership is just a few computer keystrokes away)… [more...]

MIKE ROFONNI - Should We Change The Date For Traffic Director’s Day? Our Weekly Column For Friday, August 27th. [more...]

Ad Council; Dept. of State Release New TV PSA's for Pakistan Flood Relief
We're happy to team up with the Ad Council to provide direct access to the latest releases on current Public Service campaigns for both Radio and Television Stations. It's another new service from TDGA for Traffic, Continuity and Operations personnel. [more...]

HARRY COLE: Contest Faux Pas: A Day Early, $4K Short; Attention to "detail de rigueur" when it comes to contests [more...]

Remember that Political Ads By State and Local Candidates Need to Have Candidate's Recognizable Voice or Picture to Be a Use
You may want to print a copy of this and share it with the personnel selling political advertising for your broadcast stations and internet sites. [more...]

TRAFFIC-101: Political Issue Ads (based on a series of articles by David Oxenford, Broadcast Law Blog)
Another Chapter in the continuing education publication being released by TDGA [more...]

Q&A: Paperless Control For Continuity & Copy Revisions
Our panel of experts go in search of a paperless solution to tracking copy instructions and revisions. [more...]

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

Attn.Traffic: Are You Logging Spots To Publicize Location of Children's TV Program Reports? [more...]

MIKE FIGLUOLO: Are You Being "Mean" Enough? 4 Ways Leaders Can Overcome the Fear of Conflict - Let me ask you this - do you want to follow a "leader" who doesn't speak his or her mind? Me? I'll choose option B.

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GREGG SKALL: Political Ads Ad Libel Claims - When To "Pull The Spot?" [more...]

JERRY DEL COLLIANO: The FM Chip Is On the NAB’s Shoulder; Consumers don’t want their phone to be an FM receiver. Radio does. [more...]

JOAN LLOYD: The End Of Management?
I don’t think we can brush off these changes as just another dot bomb moment in time. Something big is happening here. [more...]

KELLEY ROBERTSON: 10 Networking Blunders That Cost You Sales
Networking is a critical skill sales; Here are ten blunders and mistakes you need to avoid. [more...]

FRED JACOBS: The S Curve; TV Is Under Constant Pressure To Innovate, Try Nrew Ideas, Change Cast - In Contrast, Radio Is Reluctant To Change. Hey, “If it ain’t broke…” [more...]

Here are the Radio-TV Headlines For Thursday, September 2, 2010 - Updated Weekdays By Noon (Pacific Time)

• News Channels Gear Up For A “Possible” Second Oil Calamity With Explosion In Gulf
• Hostage Situation At Discovery Communications Building Ends In Gunman's Death
• As Labor Day Approaches; East Coast Stations Say “Go Away Earl”
• Law Firm 'Investigates' HD Radio
• AP Announces Editorial Guidelines For Credit And Attribution
• FCC Gets Earful On Net Neutrality
• Grammer Wants To Bring 'Frasier' Back For Reunion
• BP spent $93 million on ads after Deepwater Horizon spill
• Mediator Appointed For Tribune Company Bankruptcy
• NYMRAD Hosts 'Rated R' For Radio

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AP Announces Editorial Guidelines For Credit And Attribution; Pass This Along To Your News Department From TDGA [more...]

SBE (Society of Broadcast Engineers) National Election Results for 2010 [more...]

CMA Announces 2010 Broadcast Awards Finalists; TDGA Has The Full List! [more...]

Maybe Media Is "Liberal" After All - Democrats Got 88% of Contributions Last Year by Executives, Writers and Reporters of ABC, CBS and NBC [more...]

"From The Trades" Articles Are Viewable Only From The TDGA Member's Website
If you are a current TDGA member, you will see the listings in this area upon entering your correct Member ID and/or Password, in the LogIn area at the top of this website page. [more...]

From The Corner of "Advertiser & Agency" - Lead Stories For The Month of September

• Xerox gets down to business with new campaign 
• Facebook Credits gift cards to go on sale at Target
• Scholastic revises book on marketing with new-media tools

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Approximately 50 More Traffic & Business Articles Are Available On The Member's Website
The articles are not provided to the general public or non-members of TDGA. If you are a current TDGA member, you will see the listings in this area upon entering your correct Member ID and/or Password, in the LogIn area at the top of this website page. [more...]