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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 817, Volume 16, #37 for April 16, 2025

WELL, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GOOD IDEA
If you were wondering “what they heck?” happened to the newsletter last week, please accept apologies. We were at the NAB in Las Vegas and tried to build and send the newsletter using the hotel Internet and links home. Clearly, it did not work as expected and, as they say, we will work to make sure it does not happen again!

THAT WAS THE NAB SHOW THAT WAS
The recorded attendance was 55,000, with just over 1/4 from other countries (a total of 160 countries). Over half were at NAB for the first time. With radio exhibitors spread from West Hall to North Hall (Central Hall is being renovated – all radio is to be there next year, April 18-22, 2026), it took a lot of steps to get around. Your Editor’s comments on some of what caught his eye was the theme of our Thursday Virtual Lunch Gathering. You can see it at www.youtube.com/thebdrnet channel, or https://youtu.be/kfWXMeUL1Cw    … a print version is here.

Overall, most exhibitors reported traffic that flowed up and down in the West Hall, but was steady. North Hall had a lot TV as well as radio and was more crowded.

AND OUR LUNCH BECAME DINNER
We did get together during the show (a good number of BDR readers), but it just did not jell for lunch this time. (Most of the potential sites were closed at noon from Monday to Thursday.) So, we passed the word and had a pizza party on Monday night.
Due to the unusual timing and all the other things going on, we were pleased to see the folks and the our conversation went on and on. Among other things, we want to especially thank BSW USA, Angry Audio, the Telos Alliance, and Henry Engineering for their support. Should we repeat next year? Most said “yes” … so we will try to plan for something.

ON THE OTHER HAND
More than a few folks told us they did not plan to go to NAB this year. There were a number of comments, and that will be at the core of our discussion this week: “Why I did not go to Las Vegas” will be answered by our friend Burt Weiner. And we are sure a lot more of you will have something to say. Is the “traditional NAB Spring Show” a relic that we no longer need? Is there a better way (like our Virtual Lunch Gathering)? What do you think?

Join us then on Thursday at 2 PM EDT /11 AM Pacific. The link request is at www.theBDR.net/TLG/ Share your thoughts.