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Cameras in the Courtroom

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2013 Guidelines for Cameras in the Courtroom *** MEDIA GUIDELINES FOR SECTION 19.2-266 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REGARDING CAMERAS IN THE COURTROOM

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Brooks Pierce -- Primer on Music Licensing for Broadcasters (2019)

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Winners of 87th Annual Awards Program

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June 2017 Newsletter

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Summer Convention Photos - Job Bank - Best of the Best Quotes - Evaluating Drug Testing Policies and Safety Incentive Programs in Light of New OSHA Final Rule - Award Winners - Station Award Winners

December 2016 Newsletter

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Fall Career Fairs ! - Job Bank - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best 2017 - What's Your Backup Plan? - Three Rivers Media Names Barbara Sewell General Manager - Important Tips for Addressing the DOL's New Overtime Expansion

November 2016 Newsletter

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News Media Alliance Urges Trump to Change Regs - Job Bank - VAB Best of the Best Featured Q & A - Cocktails & Conversations - Texas Federal Courts Halt December 1 Implementation of New Overtime Rule and Permanently Block Implementation of Persuader Rule Nationwide

October 2016 Newsletter

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Fall Career Fairs ! - Job Bank - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best 2017 - What's Your Backup Plan? - Three Rivers Media Names Barbara Sewell General Manager - Important Tips for Addressing the DOL's New Overtime Expansion

September 2016 Newsletter

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NextRadio Seeks Next Steps In Changing Headphone World (continued) - Job Bank - EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance Regarding Retaliation Claims - Richmond Regional Meeting

August 2016 Newsletter

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Louisiana Flooding Revives FM Chip Argument (continued) - Job Bank - New OFCCP Sex Discrimination Rule Now in Effect - Say "No” To Your Customer

July 2016 Newsletter

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Best of the Best - Job Bank - NLRB Holds Employer Consent Not Required for a Union to Represent a Bargaining Unit Combining both Regular and Temporary Employees - Americans Embrace Alternatives to Cable & Satellite TV - Personal Music Collections Suffer as Audio Streams Grow 7-Performance Tax, Retransmission Consent and Preventing Harmful Changes to Advertising Tax Treatment.

May 2016 Newsletter

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Virginia State Parks Partners with REI Co-Op to Promote Virginia State Parks to New Visitors - Job Bank - 79th Annual Summer Convention - DOL's Final Rule Expands Overtime Eligibility for Millions of Workers

April 2016 Newsletter

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VAB Hampton Roads Regional Meeting - Job Bank - 79th Annual Summer Convention - The Department of Labor Department Publishes "Persuader Rule”

March 2016 Newsletter

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VAB Best of the Best Featured Q & A - Job Bank - Virginia Association of Broadcasters Station Awards & Broadcast Internships - EEOC Proposes Requiring Employers to Report Pay and Hours Worked Information on EEO-1 Forms - 79th Annual Summer Convention

February 2016 Newsletter

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State Leadership Conference - WDBJ's President & General Manager to step down following station's sale - VAB Best of the Best Featured Q & A - WDBJ's President & General Manager to step down following station's sale - Job Bank - The Virginia Association of Broadcasters Station Awards 8-Fourth Circuit Backs NLRB on Supervisor Status - Cocktails & Conversations

October 2015 Newsletter

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VAB Best of the Best Featured Q & A - Twenty-Two Virginia Radio Stations Turn Up the Buzz on Radio's Reach Competitors Join Together on Important Messages - Almost Every American Still Listens To Radio. Here's Why. - EEOC Conciliation Requirements and What it Means For Employers

August 2015 Newsletter

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32 Signs You Work Work in Broadcasting - New Study Shows Am/Fm Radio Reaches Far More People Than Just Streaming Audio Services Despite Advertisers Perceptions - Important Deadlines for Broadcasters Are Approaching & VAB Feeding Virginia - DOL Interpretation Says "Most Workers are Employees” Under the FLSA's Broad Definitions

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AB Awards and Convention - Fourth Circuit of Appeals Holds Hostile Work Environment Can Be Created With A Single Racial Epithet - Station Awards - Best of the Best

May 2015 Newsletter

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We're not only a toss up, we may be the key to the 2016 Presidential race - Supreme Court Redefines Standard for Disparate Treatment under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act - Highlighting our Summer Convention Speakers

January 2015 Newsletter

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VAB Station Awards Program - Sinclair Names George Kayes General Manager in Roanoke Lynchburg, VA Make Plans to 'Sail Away' for the VAB 78th Annual Summer Convention - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best - 2015 General Assembly Session - Job Bank - HR: NLRB Opens Company Email Systems to Employees for Communications Protected by the National Labor Relations Act - Legal Review: New Year's Resolutions Your Station May Have Forgotten to Make

December 2014 Newsletter

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Host a VAB Intern at Your Station Next Summer - New & Recommended Courses from P1 - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best Station Award Applications Now Available Online - Job Bank - HR: New Test for Compensable Time Under the FLSA - Legal Review: Five-Month EEO Countdown for Virginia Radio Stations: June 1, 2015 Deadline Approaching

November 2014 Newsletter

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VAB 78th Annual Summer Convention Invites You to "Sail Away” - Station Awards Application Now Available Online - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best - Brokaw Receives Medal of Freedom - Legal Review: FCC Proposes to Allow Station-Conducted Contest Disclosures Via Websites - VAB to Hold Roanoke Regional Meeting - HR: Obamacare Update - Power of Radio: In Snowbound Buffalo, Radio Connects Listeners

October 2014 Newsletter

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2015 Best of the Best Class Meet & Greet and Leadership Session - 2014 VAB Career Fairs - U.S. Regulators to Vote on Treating Internet TV Like Cable - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best - HR: Where FMLA Administration and Practicing Medicine Collide: A Practical Lesson for Employers

September 2014 Newsletter

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Gannett Names Kari Jacobs GM of WVEC - Solar Panels to Power WEHC Radio Station - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best 2015 - Real FM Radio in Smartphones is Here! Is Your Station Ready? - HR: OSHA Changes Illness and Injury Reporting Requirements

August 2014 Newsletter

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Brad Ramsey Named VP of Sales for Gannett Broadcasting - VAB to Hold Richmond Regional Meeting - NAB to FCC: Cable, DBS Should Join Political File Party - New Feeding Virginia PSA Coming - Legal Review: Make Four Filings with the FAA and FCC to Turn off Steady-Burning Red Tower Lights - HR: The ADA and Reasonable Accommodation: No-Fault Attendance Policies

July 2014 Newsletter

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Radio Stations Hold Auctions to Benefit Shooting Victim's Funds - VAB to Hold Richmond Regional Meeting - President Obama to Issue Executive Order on Drone Privacy - NAB Small Market Television Exchange - Legal Review: LUC Window for November General Elections Opens September 5 - HR: NEW EEOC Guidance: Expanded Protections for Pregnant Employees

May 2014 Newsletter

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VAB Best of the Best Team Leadership Session - WVTF/RADIO IQ Claims Four Journalism Awards - Groups Challenge Ban on Journalism Drones - Justice Department Plans to Begin a Review of Music Licensing Rules - Retrans Rev Seen Hitting $7.6B by 2019 - Sprint Praises Radio-Enabled Cellphones During National Disasters - AM and Hybrid Radio Among Topics at the 2014 Radio Show Tech Program - Four Members of Congress Sign On As Co-Sponsors of Local Radio Freedom Act - Human Resources: Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA: Is This the New Norm?

March 2014 Newsletter

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Radio Continues to Grow! - Members Mingle at State Leadership Conference - HR: March Madness: Could Friendly Wagers Among Employees Put Your Organization at Risk? - FCC Head Cheers "Transformative” Spectrum Plans - LEGAL REVIEW: Drone Opportunities for Virginia Broadcasters

February 2014 Newsletter

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Leaders and Legislation - WSJ: FCC to Ban JSAs in Same Local Markets - NAB to FCC: Currently No Better Solution Than Blackout Rules - New Legislation Seeks to Modernize Copyright Act to Benefit Songwriters - HR: Not Your Parents' - NLRB: Major Headaches on the Horizon for Employers - LEGAL REVIEW: New Closed Captioning Requirements May Dramatically Affect Television - Job Bank - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best

January 2014 Newsletter

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Station Award Entries Now Being Accepted - 2014 Best of the Best Class Meet & Greet - 2014 General Assembly Session - Upcoming VAB Legislative Dinners - HR: Unions Won the Majority of Representation Elections in 2013 - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best - Job Bank - LEGAL REVIEW: EAS Tones in Cable Network Commercial Result in $200,000 Fine

December 2013 Newsletter

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Emergency Alert System May Go Commercial - New & Recommended Courses from P1 - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best - HR: Religious Discrimination and an Employer's Obligation - LEGAL REVIEW: It's Time for FCC Compliance New Year's Resolutions

November 2013 Newsletter

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Sen. Baucus Goes After Advertising in Tax Reform Draft - Retrans Rev Projected to Hit $7.6B by 2019 - Ron Ruth Memorial Fund Established - Nickelodeon Says New Generation of Kids are Big Media Consumers - Meet the VAB's Best of the Best - HR: Ignoring a Reasonable Accommodation Request Under ADA Can Be Costly - Job Bank - LEGAL REVIEW: False Alert Signals in Advertising Draws Enforecment Activity

October 2013 Newsletter

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Access 2013 Annual Conference - NAB to FCC: Don't Take Our ENG Channels - VAB Member, Two Others Awarded Ennes Trust Scholarship - NextRadio Push Begins in Earnest - Five Common Labor & Employment Myths Your Company Can Easily Overcome.

September 2013 Newsletter

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Upton, Walden Slam FCC UHF Decision - Label Love for Radio - Rep. Mel Watt Introduces New Performance Royalty Bill - EEOC Continues to Find Fault with "No-Fault” Attendance Policies - LEGAL REVIEW: Special Report: Associations Urge FCC to Defer Expansion of Online Political File Requirements to Small Market TV Stations

August 2013 Newsletter

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Broadcasters Donate Airtime to End Stigma Around Mental Health - Moody's Likes the Numbers on Townsquare Deal - It's Career Fair Time Again for the VAB! - HR: the Newly-Constituted NLRB-Just like the old NLRB? - Legal Review - Broadcasters Score Court Victory Against FilmOn

July 2013 Newsletter

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Congressman Vows to Introduce Bill on Radio Royalties - NAB Expresses Support for Rockefeller Violence Research Bill - Celebs, Fans React to Radio Host Kraddick's Death - Good News for Employers: Harassment Just Got Tougher to Prove - LUC Window for November General Elections Opens September 6

June 2013 Newsletter

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Vab Announces Winners of the 76th Annual Broadcasting Awards VAB Best of the Best Program Concludes at Summer Convention Nokia Activates FM Chip in Lumia 925 Smartphones Survey: Pay TV Cord-Cutting Population Rising Virginia Road Trip Site Puts More Adverts on Map HR: Workplace Bullying is a Developing Concept LEGAL REVIEW: Virginia Supreme Court Considers Cameras in the Courtroom

April 2013 Newsletter

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Dielectric to Cease Operations - Virginia Supreme Court Ponders Cameras in the Courtroom - VAB's Best of the Best - a Decade of iTunes Singles Killed the Music Industry - Employers Must Provide Accommodation During the Hiring Process - Virginia Radio Deadline Approaching

March 2013 Newsletter

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The FCC Race to Replace Chairman UVA Broadcaster Named Virginia's Big Brother of the Year VAB's Best of the Best ATSC Requests Proposals for Next-Gen Standard Spectrum Sellers Blast FCC Pricing Plan Radio Fights off Static from Rival Technologies Family and Medical Leave Act Hunter V. Virginia State Bar

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