WASHINGTON, DC -- Four members of the House of Representatives have been added as co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, a resolution that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The resolution now has 177 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and 15 in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the introduction today of bipartisan legislation to grandfather sharing arrangements between local television stations that were operating at the time of the FCC's March 2014 rule banning them, the following statement can be attributed to NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith:

WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today that NAB Radio Board Chairman Don Benson named five appointees to the NAB Radio Board, with the approval of the NAB Joint Board Chairman Charles Warfield.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the passage today by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee of legislation updating the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), the following statement can be attributed to NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that the FCC's decision to make confidential broadcaster documents available to third parties during merger reviews was "both substantively and procedurally flawed," the following statement can be attributed to NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton: