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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 898, Volume 18, #13 for October 28, 2026

DOWN WITH DST!
At least for this year! For those of you saddled with DST (Daylight Saving Time), Sunday morning is your chance to get that “Free” hour of sleep that you lost back in the Spring. At 2:00 AM, the clock then will effectively go to 1:00:01 AM. Any legacy equipment that depends upon time – like power/pattern changes for AM – will need to be reset. Also, the programming department will need to schedule an extra hour of programming, or anything from a repeat or dead air could happen.

We, in Arizona (and Hawaii), are pretty happy with not having DST. While there was an effort in a number of places to make DST permanent, it will not happen this year… And a lot of folks hope DST never comes back.

OH OH … FORM ONE … LAST CALL
Sorry – one final reminder: Form One is due by Friday on the FCC ETRS page.

DAVICOM SET FOR GOOD FUTURE
Davicom users were happy to know the company is not fading away but getting stronger. See the video presentation from last week.

BE UNVEILS THE MTX
A new FM transmitter has been added to the Broadcast Electronics line. This week Rich Redmond will be with us to talk about what design features make the MTX stand out, and why you should consider it when purchasing a new transmitter.

Join us and find out more: tomorrow (Thursday) 2PM Eastern/11AM Pacific  Or catch us live on the youtube thebdrnet channel. Link invites are always at www.theBDR.net/TLG/

… and do not forget, on the same page we have hundreds of videos you can use on subjects you will want to learn about.

Oh, one more thing: we do have a Tuesday Reminder list, if you wish to get a reminder email for each week’s program. Just reply to this email and ask!  

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