WASHINGTON, DC - A broad array of organizations joined today to officially launch The Future of TV Coalition with the goal of supporting and promoting digital broadcasting in public policy. The alliance brings together constituencies that rely on broadcast television services, including elected local officials, programming distributors, electronic equipment manufacturers and multicast networks.

In response to President Barack Obama nominating Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai to the Federal Communications Commission, the following statement can be attributed to NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith:

In response to today's nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS), the following statement can be attributed to NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton:

In response to a letter filed by Free Press and others with the FCC today regarding the Commission's media ownership review, the following statement can be attributed to NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton:

WASHINGTON, DC/ARLINGTON, VA - The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) today released a new report which presents the results of a quantitative analysis on Program Associated Data (PAD), specifically on the number of characters needed to display song title, artist name and album title fields. The NRSC is a technical standards-setting body co-sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).