This Week’s Newsletter
Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 869, Volume 17, #36 for April 8, 2026
NEW AUCTIONS AHEAD?
In their 2027 Budget Estimate to Congress, the FCC has a couple of surprises in their plan: FM auctions.
QUARTERLY DEADLINE THIS WEEK
Yes, it may seem like a repetitious reminder. But each year the FCC is getting more aggressive regarding the Quarterly Lists and we continue to see more enforcement actions when the complete Quarterly Lists are not in the Public Inspection File on time. Content is also important: you should have specific *local* issues and *specific* programming to address them. (FYI: The FCC’s base fine for missing or late Quarterly Lists is $10,000.)
NAB PREVIEW FROM BROADCAST TOOLS
“What is new this year?” is a question for a number of companies that will be at NAB next week. This Thursday, Broadcast Tools will give us all a preview of what they are bringing to Las Vegas – and more. Ben Nason is our special guest and he will be showing off the new Site Sentinel 4 G2 remote control, as well as some new switcher products. He also plans to share some tips/tricks/examples for working with SNMP/Ethernet, as well as USB/Serial devices.
Join us at 2PM Thursday (tomorrow): the link request is at www.theBDR.net/TLG/ You can also go to youtubelive and subscribe to thebdrnet channel to get a reminder when live broadcast and videos are posted.
… and do not forget, on the same page we have over 200 videos you can use on subjects you will want to learn about.






