NASB Annual Meeting on May 15-17 at Birmingham, Alabama

Jerome Hirigoyen, Head of Business Development and International Broadcasting at Telediffusion de France (TDF), will be one of the speakers at this year's annual meeting of the U.S. National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB) in Birmingham, Alabama May 15-17. Hirigoyen will give a presentation about TDF's large shortwave transmission facility in Issoudun, France that is used by many of the major international broadcasters, including Radio France International.

The meeting will take place at the headquarters of EWTN, the global Catholic television network which also operates shortwave station WEWN in the suburbs of Birmingham. Meeting participants will have the opportunity to tour the large shortwave station in a scenic mountain top area, where station personnel will serve a barbecue lunch as well.

Other speakers at the NASB annual meeting will include Dr. Dowell Chow, President of Adventist World Radio; A.J. Janitschek of Radio Free Asia; Mike Rosso and Dave Hultsman of shortwave transmitter manufacturer Continental Electronics; Mark Allen of Rohn Tower Company; and various representatives of EWTN/WEWN itself.

Shortwave listeners, broadcasters and anyone with an interest in shortwave broadcasting is welcome to attend the meeting in Birmingham, which is free of charge, including a welcome reception and lunches on Thursday and Friday. More information, an agenda and other details on nearby hotel accommodations can be found at http://shortwave.org/meeting/meeting.htm. The Holiday Inn Express in Irondale, Alabama will provide free transportation between the hotel and EWTN for the meeting.

Questions about the NASB meeting may be directed to nasbshortwave@gmail.com.

For those who are planning to attend the 2013 NASB Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama May 15-17, we want to inform you that the deadline for making hotel reservations at the Holiday Inn Express-Irondale is next Tuesday, April 16. After that date, our room block will be released by the hotel, and any other reservations will be on a space-available basis and subject to regular hotel rates. The special NASB hotel rate is $75.00 per night plus tax. The Holiday Inn Express will provide meeting attendees with free transportation between the hotel and EWTN Television Network, where the meetings will take place. The hotel will also host a welcome reception on the evening of May 15.

Also, we should note that the e-mail address for making hotel reservations has changed. The new address is: 

mcolon@kanahotelgroup.com. Please send the following information to that e-mail address:

Name of Guest(s):

Email/Phone Number:

Check-in/Check-out dates:

Estimated time of arrival:

Preference of room type (King or Two Queen Beds):

Number of People in Room:

Method of Payment: (Do not provide credit card number with e-mail. The

Holiday Inn Express will contact you later for that information.)

You can find the meeting agenda and list of speakers on the NASB website: http://www.shortwave.org/meeting/meeting.htm

Please direct any questions to:

Jeff White

NASB Secretary-Treasurer

c/o WRMI Radio Miami International

175 Fontainebleau Blvd., Suite 1N4

Miami, Florida 33172 USA

Tel +1-305-559-9764

Fax +1-305-559-8186

E-mail: radiomiami9@cs.com

www.shortwave.org

(NASB)

Shortwave Broadcasters Mull Their Opportunities

by Alexis Hauk
A large portion of presentations at the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters meeting, held in Washington in May, centered on the issue of how shortwave radio — dismissed by some as in its last throes, a relic of the Cold War era disappearing under the shadow of digital — can eke out a place in the 21st century.

More at :
http://www.radioworld.com/article/shortwave-broadcasters-mull-their-opportunities/213810

NASB-DRMUSA Annual Meeting 2012

Speakers to include Dr. Dowell Chow (President, Adventist World Radio); Dan Robinson (Chief White House Correspondent, Voice of America); David Baden (Chief Technical Officer, Radio Free Asia; Adil Mina (Continental Electronics), Charlie Jacobson (HCJB Global); Betsy Henderson (Audience Research Director, Radio Free Asia); Thomas Witherspoon (Ears to Our World); AJ Janitschek (Radio Free Asia); Mark Allen (Antenna Products); Dr. Jerry Plummer (WWCR). Special hotel rate and availability is guaranteed until April 9, 2012.

2012 NASB - DRM USA Annual Meeting at Radio Free Asia headquarters - Washington, DC

May 10-11, 2012

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, May 10

9:00 am - Opening remarks by NASB, DRM USA and RFA officials

9:15 am - Technical overview of Radio Free Asia by David Baden, RFA Chief Technical Officer

9:45 am - Tour of Radio Free Asia

10:30 am - Coffee Break

11:00 am - Radio Free Asia Audience Research, by Betsy Henderson, Director of Research for RFA

12:00-1:00 pm - Lunch break

1:00 pm - DRM USA Seminars - Speakers will include:

Adil Mina of Continental Electronics and the DRM Consortium Steering Board, who will have the latest news from the DRM General Assembly in London which takes place in late March and the NAB Convention in mid-April, as well as the latest information about DRM receivers.

Charles Jacobson from the HCJB Global Technology Center in Indiana, who will provide updates on DRM conversion of HCJB's HC100 shortwave transmitters, DRM tests and evaluation with which HCJB is helping in Ecuador, the DRM diversity receiver project at LeTourneau University.

5:00 pm - End of DRM USA meeting

Friday, May 11

9:00-9:15 am - Official opening of meeting

9:15-9:45 am - VOA Reporter's Journal - by Dan Robinson, Chief White House Correspondent for the Voice of America (subject to preemption due to breaking news or residential travel)

9:45-10:15 am - Media on the Move: Smartphone apps that help broadcasters and Engineers - by AJ Janitschek, Director of Program and Operation Support, RFA

10:15-10:45 am - Coffee Break

10:45-11:15 am - Dr. Dowell Chow, President of NASB member Adventist World Radio

11:15 am-12:00 pm - Shortwave for Good - Thomas Witherspoon explains his initiative for shortwave radio to support educational efforts worldwide

12:00-1:00 pm - Lunch break

1:00-1:15 pm - An Introduction to Antenna Products, NASB's newest associate member, by Mark Allen

1:15-1:30 pm - NASB Spanish Shortwave Listener Survey Results - presented by Dr. Jerry Plummer of NASB member station WWCR

1:30-4:00 pm - NASB Annual Business Meeting

4:00 pm - End of NASB meeting. (The newly-elected NASB Board members will have a brief meeting from approximately 4:00-4:30 pm.)

Conference Hotel - Although the meetings will be held at Radio Free Asia,the NASB has arranged a special hotel rate of $99.00 per night (plus tax) at the Country Inn & Suites in Camp Springs, Maryland - just outside of Washington, near Andrews Air Force Base. This rate is for a room with one king-size bed. Rooms with two double beds are available for $134.00 plus tax. These rates are guaranteed until May 9, 2012. Those who are flying to Reagan National Airport in Washington can take the DC Metro system direct from the airport to the Branch Avenue Metro station, where a free hotel shuttle will pick you up and take you to the hotel. The hotel also offers a free hot breakfast and free highspeed Internet access. The hotel address is: 4950 Mercedes Blvd., Camp Springs, MD 20746. Telephone +1-240-492-1070. Fax +1-240-492-1089. The hotel's reservations line, which is toll-free in the US and Canada, is +1-800-596-2375. To get the special NASB conference rate, call the hotel and ask for the NASB rate when you make your reservation. You must guarantee your reservation with a credit card. Reservations can be canceled until two days before arrival with no penalty. Most meeting participants will arrive on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 (since the meeting will begin at 9 am on May 10) and will depart on May 11 after the meeting ends in the afternoon, depending on flight arrangements. You can also make a reservation by e-mailing Ms. Ranak Patel, Director of Marketing at the hotel. Her e-mail is: ranak.patel@countryinns.com. If you have any problem making a reservation at the NASB rate, please contact Jeff White at radiomiami9@cs.com and we will help you make the reservation or make it for you. Transportation from the hotel to Radio Free Asia will be possible by a combination of the free hotel shuttle and a low-cost Metro ticket to a station near Radio Free Asia.

Sponsorship - Sponsors are being sought for the Thursday and Friday lunches at the Annual Meeting. If your company would like to sponsor a lunch, contact Jeff White at radiomiami9@cs.com.

(NASB Newsletter, March 2012)

NASB Participates in New DRM Broadcast

by National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 6:03am

Spaceline, a new HFCC member headquartered in Bulgaria, will begin a three-month series of DRM broadcasts on November 12. The three-hour program block will be called "DRM Mix" and will be aired each Saturday from 1800-2100 UTC on 7590 kHz using a 100-kilowatt transmitter in Armenia beamed to Europe. The AWR Wavescan DX program will be part of the DRM program lineup, as well programs from NASB member Trans World Radio and HCJB Global.
Wavescan is broadcast in analogue mode via the AWR worldwide network, as well as on NASB member stations WRMI in Miami and WWCR in Tennessee. DRM Mix will be broadcast at least through January, 2012.

(Source : NASB)
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NASB Set to Host First-Ever HFCC Conference in United States

The NASB and our associate member Continental Electronics Corporation are welcoming around 100 delegates from more than 40 international broadcasting organizations around the world to the HFCC/ASBU B11 Seasonal Coordination Conference in Dallas, Texas September 12-16, 2011. This is the first time in the more than 20-year history of the HFCC that the twice-annual meeting has been held in the United States.

Full story at : http://tinyurl.com/3ltd9pv

NASB Shortwave Listener Survey

New NASB Shortwave Listener Survey, is now online. The purpose of the survey is to gather demographic and other information about shortwave listeners in North America and around the world. Questions deal with listener preferences regarding shortwave stations, programming, receivers, DRM and much more. The NASB is requesting and encouraging all shortwave publications and websites to place a link to the survey, which will be online until May of 2011. The survey results will be announced to the public at the 2011 NASB annual meeting.

The URL for links to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6LRVLJ7

(NASB Newsletter, May 2010)