RBR-TVBR News Analysis: Taking a ride on Irene
RBR-TVBR Sr. Editor Dave Seyler and family rode out Irene in Kill Devil Hills NC. Dave has a first had look and observation of Irene and how the locals communicated along with what local media did in the hurricane coverage. NOTE: Seyler used Facebook to get truly pertinent information from other OBX residents
FCC recommends, NAB praises broadcasting during Irene
Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the FCC, offered comments on the state of electronic communications in regard to Hurricane Irene, and the NAB's Gordon Smith applauded...
Pollster says citizens following Irene, media gets good marks
According to Rasmussen Reports, 81% of adults in America were following coverage of Hurricane Irene, and the majority – 63% -- said that the...
VMS shuts down, filing Chapter 7
Video Monitoring Services of America (VMS) shocked employees and customers Friday (8/26) by shutting down. The 30-year-old company had specialized in monitoring TV news coverage and
NY pulls out of $27 million contract with News Corp. firm
The News Corp. phone hacking scandal has prompted the state of New York to kill a $27 million contract with Wireless Generation, one of Rupert Murdoch
WideOrbit named to Inc. 5000 list, again
WideOrbit, ad management software provider for media companies, announced it has been named for the third consecutive year to the Inc. 5000, an exclusive...
FCC Irene update: What's on, what
Dubbed "roll-call teams", which use specially equipped SUVs, to take a spectrum snapshot of police, fire, government, radio, TV and other wireless users. They can tell what
FCC activates DIRS system in response to Irene
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the FCC has activated the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) in response to Hurricane Irene...
Hello Irene! Report from Kill Devil Hills NC
This will be a very brief report – from the RBR-TVBR North Carolina Bureau in Kill Devil Hills NC, located in what is popularly...
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FEMA Chief: Local broadcasters give "the best information" in emergencies
The earthquake in the DC area, coupled with Hurricane Irene's march towards the East Coast, has ignited a debate on the value of broadcasting's...
Hurricane's: In Case of Emergency, 'Irene' is the case
Planning for any kind of crisis to understand there is a difference between managing that crisis - responding to the needs of the moment (disaster response) - and maintaining continuity of operations (business continuity, or the process of bringing your operations back roughly to where they were when the crisis hit).
Wireless networks worked, yet demonstrate why we need more spectrum
24-hours ago, the East Coast was shaken by the 5.9 earthquake. Now that we know there was a minimal impact on buildings and so...
Steve Jobs: America's Greatest Failure
Glory is sometimes born of catastrophe. Steve Jobs's announcement that he is stepping down as CEO of Apple is not surprising. He's a very...
Retailers see mobile ads as a gateway, not an end
Retail advertisers are planning to increase their spending on mobile platforms during 2012. They are not looking to get click-throughs, but