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“NAB appreciates the court’s careful review of the important issues in this case,” said NAB president and CEO Curtis LeGeyt. “Today’s decision ensures
that the rules rightly continue requiring the handful of stations airing foreign government-sponsored programming to identify it as such, but
removes the burden on the overwhelming majority of stations that never air foreign government-sponsored content.”

FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said following the decision: “The principle that the public has a right to know the identity of those who
solicit their support is a fundamental and longstanding tenet of
broadcasting. It’s about transparency. Consumers deserve to trust that
public airwaves aren’t being leased without their knowledge to private foreign actors.”

The Biden administration can appeal the three-judge decision to the full
court, though such en banc reviews are not routinely granted.

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Australia Demonstrates DRM on AM, FM

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 07:02 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/global/australia-demonstrates-drm-on-am-fm


The public-service Australian Broadcasting Corp. and its transmission contractor BAI Communications Transmission Network hosted a public demonstration of Digital Radio Mondiale broadcasts on June 29, 2022. ABC highlighted the use of DRM on both AM and FM in Wagaratta, Victoria.
The DRM signals were decoded on a tablet for the in-car listening trials.

According to the DRM Consortium, the demonstration was the culmination of almost two years of COVID-impacted work to assess the performance of DRM services in Australia’s VHF and medium-wave bands.

Previously, the Australian Amateur Radio Experimenters Group reported that
AREG member Steve Adler (VK5SFA) had been monitoring “a very un-publicized Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) trial” on 747 kHz from Wangaratta in August 2021.

[Read more Radio World coverage of Australian radio.]

The Australian Communications and Media Authority provided ABC with a
license variation to conduct the DRM 30 trials from September 1, 2020, to August 31, 2022.

At the public demonstration, senior representatives from the public,
commercial and community radio sectors, along with regulators and other interested parties, were able to hear and see the capabilities of DRM broadcasting on AM from Dockers Plains and on FM from Mount Baranduda. They were also able to review the transmission equipment at Wagaratta.

The demonstration focused on the audio quality offered by DRM, as well as value-added services like station logos, text messages and Journaline.

In the parking lot of the Wangaratta Rovers Football Netball Club, two
vehicles were set up with receivers for stationary listening and
demonstrations of the DRM Emergency Warning Functionality, which can “wake up” radios in the event of an emergency alert.

The third part of the demonstration was an driving test, allowing attendees
to switch between the analog and digital signals on both AM and FM to
compare audio quality while on the road.

According to the DRM Consortium, feedback from the attendees was positive.

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