Sashkin

It’s that time of year again! Claims for cable retransmission copyright royalties and/or satellite copyright royalties earned during 2008 must be submitted to the Copyright Royalty Board of the Library of Congress by Friday, July 31, 2009. Davina Sashkin provides details to TDGA Members by clicking on the headline above. 

(Washington DC) – As June drew to a close, recruiting for openings and FCC procedures for notifying sources, has produced increased Traffic within the TDGA Resource Library. Three significant fines, and FCC “reporting conditions,” were linked by the FCC to how, where and how extensive effort were undertaken to (what the FCC termed) “properly recruit.”  TDGA Members were sent scurrying to two sections of our library in search of guidance. TDGA Members can access articles, guides, etc. by clicking on the headline above.

(Lake Havasu City AZ - July 1, 2009) - Mad Dog Software has announced the release of SmartRateGold. It’s an online internet-based contract writer available on the web; and much to the delight of cost-conscious broadcasters- the Contract Writer software is free. TDGA Members can click on the headline above to access the website and read more about the new product.

(De Moines IA – June 30, 2009) - Iowa Public Radio today announced it is realigning its staff to complete a reorganization that began with the merger of three separate public radio station groups into a statewide network and to reduce Iowa Public Radio's reliance upon state universities to fund its ongoing operations. Mary Grace Herrington, the network's CEO, says the realignment will include eliminating nine staff positions, representing 14% of its workforce. TDGA Members can get more details by clicking on the headline above.

Pellegrini

(Chicago IL – July 2, 2009) - Norman Pellegrini, longtime program director of WFMT-FM (98.7) in Chicago, died today. He was 79. A native of Chicago, Pellegrini attended the University of Chicago and received a degree from Columbia College. He first joined WFMT founders Bernie and Rita Jacobs at radio station WOAK and continued to work with them after they launched WFMT in 1951. He became WFMT's program director in 1953, a post he held until 1996. "No one in WFMT's 58 year history had more influence on WFMT's sound, style and programming than Norm Pellegrini, and he shaped that sound every day for the nearly 45 years he worked as our program director," said Steve Robinson, WFMT's general manager. TDGA Members can read more by clicking on the headline above.