Chicago -- NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith gave opening remarks this afternoon during the 2011 Radio Show produced by RAB and NAB.

Below is the full-text of Haley's's prepared remarks.

CHICAGO -- NAB and RAB today announced the total number of registered attendees for the 2011 Radio Show, held this week in Chicago. The final number represents a 24 percent increase over last year.

WASHINGTON, DC/ARLINGTON, VA -- The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC), co-sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), today adopted an updated version of its in-band/on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcasting standard, NRSC-5-C. The new version includes more than 70 modifications that address improvements and refinements to the HD Radio system benefitting both broadcasters and listeners.