IBA News

The Iowa Broadcast Association presents the Radio Advertising Bureau’s Digital Campaigns for Radio’s Top Categories -One-Hour, Live Webinar on May 21, 2015 at 10:00 am CDT. The presenter will be: John Potter, RAB’s SVP/Professional Development. For an increasing number of campaigns, integration onto digital platforms is essential. Radio’s top advertising categories, such as Auto, Retail, Communications, and Finance,

Save the Date! The IBA Summer Convention is being held June 25 at the West Des Moines Marriott.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Now is the time to recognize individuals deserving of the Broadcaster of the Year award and Hall of Fame for 2015. NEW THIS YEAR: The criteria for “Broadcaster of the Year” has been expanded to include Executives, Managers and On-Air Personalities. Please pass this 2015 award nomination information on to your staff and be sure all nominations for qualified station Executives, Managers

The Iowa Broadcasters Association presents the Radio Advertising Bureau’s “Spring Back to School”  –  a one-hour live online webinar on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 10:00 am CDT.   Presenters will be:  Tammy Greenberg & Annette Malave, RAB’s SVP & VP of Business Development. Retail’s 2nd-biggest season starts in early July.  In fact, some consumers saw back-to-school ads as early as late June

NAB is holding a Virtual Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, March 25 at 1 p.m. CENTRAL. We highly encourage your participation and that of your member stations’ relevant personnel, such as general managers and marketing staff, as we plan to discuss our strategy to increase legislators’ awareness of the great work stations are doing in communities every day. The strategy and the resources we plan to unveil during the web

On March 25 between 10:00-10:30am, NWS will issue a TEST TORNADO WARNING using the EAS “TOR “ code. Again…this will only be a TEST– although it will be sent through the EAS like a real Tornado Warning—using the “TOR” code.  The live TOR code is being used with special permission of the FCC. If your EAS box is set to the automatic mode and programmed to pass the “TOR” then this test should automatically pass thr

The Iowa Broadcasters Association presents. . .  Radio Advertising Bureau’s Win With Advertising Agencies, a One-Hour, Live Online Webinar, Thursday, March 26, 2015,  10:00 am Central Time, presented by John Potter, RAB’s SVP of Professional Development. This webinar is only available to IBA dues paying member stations.  It is free of charge. The webinar will be archived for 7-days following the live presentation. In

With the college football champion now decided, and the NFL league championships this coming weekend to decide this year’s Super Bowl teams, it’s that time when we post our warning about being careful with using the phrase “Super Bowl” in your promotions and commercials. Both copyright and trademark issues can arise at Super Bowl time. Trademark is usually the biggest concern, as there are always issues when broadcas

The 2015 Broadcaster’s Calendar provided by our IBA Washington Legal Hotline is now available.  This calendar reflects important legal and regulatory dates for all broadcasters to remember throughout the year.  Please be sure to make a copy for your office and share it with your staff. 2015 Broadcasters Calendar