AS WE ENTER 2nd QUARTER
As we move forward into the 2nd Quarter, there is great momentum on so many different levels. For the group of 14 who traveled to Washington, D.C., last month to attend the NAB State Leadership Conference and participate in meetings with each of our congressional delegation -- it is reassuring to know that our three Nevada House members have signed on to co-sponsor H. Con. Res. 21 (the Local Radio Freedom Act / anti-performance tax resolution). If you have not taken the time to write Shelley Berkley, Dean Heller and Joe Heck to thank them for their support, we ask you to please do so. They would love to hear from you.
Through the outstanding work of the Tony and Linda Bonnici Broadcasting Scholarship Committee, assisted by our Foundation executive director Adam Sandler -- our first application (Fall, 2011) is available and we are asking for support from all of our stations.
The foundation's scholarship is directed towards Nevada residents who will or are attending a Nevada college or university. The scholarship will provide significant financial support for broadcasting students who show great passion and potential by paying afull year of tuition directly to their Nevada college or university.
Finalists will be interviewed by members of the Scholarship Committee and local broadcasters, The award(s) will be announced on June 30, 2011. To view the application, please click here. For more information, please contact Adam at the NBA office.
GORDON SMITH
FINAL REMINDER
Prior to this Friday's Breakfast Meeting / Statewide General Managers Conference Call, Senator Smith has agreed to arrive at the NBA office thirty minutes prior to the start of the meeting in order to do interviews with our television and radio news stations. We encourage Las Vegas affiliates to coordinate together with their Reno counterparts, in order to spread Senator Smith's message throughout the state.
NEWS INTERVIEWS WITH SENATOR GORDON SMITH AT THE NBA OFFICE, 8:30 am - 9:00 am
The meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 8, 2011, from 9 AM - 10:30 AM. The meeting will be held in the board room of the Nevada Broadcasters Association, 1050 East Flamingo Road, Suite 102 -- in Las Vegas.
Following the meeting, Senator Smith will record an OBSERVATIONS interview at the NBA studio, which will be aired statewide on 26 radio stations.
With both the future of television and radio in peril as a Spectrum Auction is looming in the distance and a defeated Performance Tax may result in "an attack of a thousand cuts" -- the NBA together with the Board of Directors continues to be vigilant and aggressive in protecting the voice of every Nevada broadcaster. On a scale of one to ten, the upcoming meeting with Gordon Smith is a ten. Each and every Nevada television and radio station should be represented at this meeting.
For northern and rural broadcasters who are unable to be in Las Vegas on April 8, the meeting will be carried on a statewide conference call. For further information including the dial-in number and pass code, contact Adam Sandler at the NBA office.
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