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Top of the News:
* MABF Career Fairs Support Our Need for More Young Talent
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Tell Congress to Vote NO on Ad Tax!
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Al Blinke Announces Retirement
* MAB Will Offer Two Free Webinars with David Oxenford in November
* Students Will Learn to Build and Boost their Resume at BCBC
All this and more below
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MABF Career Fairs Support Our Need for More Young Talent
As Michigan's unemployment rate hovers near 4 percent, finding your next great employee can be a challenge. Participating in one or more of the MAB Foundation's Career Fairs is a great way to find your next super star
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Read more here...
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ACTION ALERT:
Tell Congress to Vote NO on Ad Tax!
As Congress begins to work on tax reform in earnest, the MAB wants to reinforce our support for preserving advertising deductibility as an ordinary and necessary business expense in any forthcoming tax reform proposals
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Read more here...
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State/Legistlative Update
 Free Speech Amendment Debate in House Oversight Committee
According to a report in Gongwer, State Representative Jim Runestad (R-44) testified in Michigan House Oversight Committee last week that Michigan's public universities do not care about protecting free speech and allow for the suppressing of speech on campuses.
Read more here...
Federal/Congressional Update
 FCC to Consider Abolishing Main Studio Rule at its October 24 Meeting
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Al Blinke Announces Retirement
Al Blinke, Vice-President and General Manager of WNEM-TV (Saginaw) has announced that he will retire, following a 40-year career in television and radio broadcasting
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Read more here...
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CBS Radio's WWJ-AM (Detroit) now offers its listeners the ability to receive station newscasts via Amazon Echo products.
Read more here...
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WZZM-TV Presents it own "Battle of the Sexes"
In a light-hearted parody of the new movie "Battle of the Sexes," which tells the story of the 1973 Billie Jean King/Bobby Riggs tennis match, WZZM-TV (Grand Rapids) held its own battle with a ping-pong tournament between morning photojournalist Cheryl Barrigear and Meteorologist Aaron Ofseyer
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Read more here...
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The Next National News Network Could be Based in Michigan
First, they launched a 24/7 local news channel covering northern Michigan. Now, the team behind MI News 26 hopes to take their model national with the launch of LNN
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Read more here...
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 Webinar: The Changing Face of the FCC's EEO Rule in 2017 (October 18)
While the FCC's paperwork-intensive EEO Rule hasn't changed in more than a decade, the FCC's interpretation of what it requires continues to evolve. In this webinar, Pillsbury's
Lauren Lynch Flick
, part of the Pillsbury legal team that successfully challenged the two prior iterations of the FCC's EEO Rule on constitutional grounds, provides an overview of the current EEO Rule, including the increased flexibility broadcasters have recently been given in meeting their EEO obligations, the FCC's latest EEO enforcement actions and the prospects for streamlining the EEO Rule's paperwork burdens in a deregulatory FCC.
Wednesday, October, 18, 2017
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET
MAB Member cost: FREE!!!
Click here to register now.
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 Webinar: P1 Learning's MAB Fall Enrollment: Time Management with Speed (October 31)
In this 30-minute webinar, P1 Learning CEO, Speed Marriott, will provide you with a three tiered system for making the most of your time. We are all granted the same 24/7 week, but it's what you do with your time that counts.
In addition to registering for this webinar, we'll also update your information for the
MAB's free online on-demand training campus from P1 Learning. So congrats, you'll be accomplishing two tasks at once!
Tuesday, October, 31, 2017
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. ET
MAB Member cost: FREE!!!
Click here to register now.
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MAB Will Offer Two Free Webinars with David Oxenford in November
The Online Public File Is Coming for All Radio Stations March 1 - Will You Be Ready?
November 9, 2017
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
On March 1, 2018, all radio stations (both commercial and noncommercial) will be required to have fully activated their FCC-hosted online public inspection file. Do you know what is required to be in compliance with the FCC rules?
Click here to learn more.
Preparing for the 2018 Elections - Refresher on the FCC Rules on Political Broadcasting
November 30, 2017
1:00 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. ET
With all of the seats in the US House of Representatives up for grabs, and several likely battles for Senate seats, as well as many state and local elections, 2018 is bound to be a very active year for political broadcasting.
Click here to learn more.
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How to Win a Customer Before they Google
By: Duane Alverson, President
MacDonald Broadcasting Company (Saginaw & Lansing)
In today's world, consumers' path to purchase almost always goes by way of a search engine.
Read more here...
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 Are You Truly LIVE & LOCAL?
By: Gary Berkowitz
Berkowitz Broadcast Consulting
By now, everybody knows the pain and devastation that was caused by Hurricane Irma. Since the beginning, coverage of storms like this have been radio's strength. Radio people love emergency coverage and, if I must say so myself, nobody does it better.
Read more here...
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10 Pieces of Sales-Related Content That Should Be on Your Radio Station's Website
When I speak to radio broadcasters about pulling all of their different digital tools together into a coherent
Content Market Strategy, I am usually talking to people in the programming department who want to reach more listeners.
Read more here...
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Students Will Learn to Build and Boost their Resume at BCBC
When it comes time to apply for college or an internship, students need a resume. How can they ensure that they have developed the skills and experience needed to create a resume that will get them noticed?
Read more here...
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Broadcasting Career Builder Conference!
Become a BCBC '17 event sponsor.
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WGVU Presents its Fall Fund Raiser
WGVU Public Media (Grand Rapids) will hold their annual "Food, Wine and All that Jazz" fundraiser October 27
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Read more here...
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High school or college students interested in the broadcasting and media industry can now get a yearly membership for $15!
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October 18:
Webinar: The Changing Face of the FCC's EEO Rule in 2017
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(1 p.m.)
October 18: Career & Networking Fair,
Western Michigan University
October 19: Career & Networking Fair,
Central Michigan University
October 26: Career & Networking Fair,
Specs Howard School of Media Arts
October 31:
Webinar: P1 Learning: MAB Fall Enrollment
(10 a.m.)
Learn more.
November 10: Broadcasting Career Builder Conference (BCBC '17),
Lansing Community College - West Campus
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Online Awards
Entry Window
Opens November 10
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Mark your calendar now for the 2018 Advocacy Conference and Awards Banquet! Join us August 13-14 at Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel as we kickoff the MAB's 70th anniversary celebration.
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Thanks for the Support of Our Associate Members!
Bell Media Inc.
Michael Murphy
Robert Ridder Broadcasting Consultants
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