WASHINGTON - NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith today announced the promotions of Christopher Ornelas to chief operating officer and Joy Whitlow to chief financial officer and executive vice president, NAB Finance.

WASHINGTON, DC/NEW YORK -- The NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show will feature Artista Nashville recording artist Ronnie Dunn with a full band performance. The performance, sponsored by Patrick Communications, will occur on Thursday, September 15 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, the venue for the 2011 Radio Show, produced by the NAB and RAB.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the FCC's refusal to make public its analysis of the National Broadband Plan and its impact on free and local television viewers, NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith issued the following statement: