Multimedia Resources

Localism Special Orders

Click below to view videos of members of Congress praising local broadcasters on February 25, 2015.

At the 2013 NAB Show, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai spoke offers a recap of the AM revitalization session he moderated, and talked about broadcasters' role as first informers.

Working with the Broadcast Education Association, media arts professor Scott Hodgson and his students at the University of Oklahoma, along with Chandra Clark, professor of telecommunications and film at The University of Alabama, produced this video about Tuscaloosa residents seeking shelter in a church during the April 27, 2011 tornado in Tuscaloosa, AL. The residents heeded the warnings of ABC 33/40's meteorologist James Spann regarding the imminent danger from the tornado and took shelter in a nearby church.

The video below compiles footage of antenna giveaways held across the country by Antennas Direct, a St. Louis, MO antenna manufacturer. The video was played at the launch of The Future of TV Coalition on November 1, 2011. For more information, click here.

Summary of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Conference's panel on Technology, Media and the Latino Community on September 13, 2011. Features interviews with National Association of Broadcasters Chief Operating Officer Chris Ornelas and Alberto Mier y Teran, Senior Vice President and General Manager, KMEX 34 and KFTR 46 Los Angeles.

2016 Celebration of Service to America Awards Photos

06/21/2016
Sharon Stone accepting NABEF's highest honor, the Service to America Leadership Award. Looking on are NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith and NAB Education Foundation President and NAB Executive Vice President of Television Marcellus Alexander.
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06/21/2016
Dave Lougee, Chair, NAB Joint Board of Directors and President of TEGNA Media; Gordon H. Smith, President and CEO, NAB; actress and humanitarian Sharon Stone, Service to America Leadership Award recipient; Marcellus Alexander, President, NAB Education Foundation and Executive Vice President, NAB Television; Larry Patrick, Chair, NAB Education Foundation Board of Directors and Managing Partner, Patrick Communications.
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06/21/2016
Liz Hernandez, co-host, “Access Hollywood,” served as master of ceremonies for the evening.
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06/21/2016
The Service to Children Award for Television was presented to Alabama Public Television. Roy Clem, Executive Director, Alabama Public Television; Cindy Kirk, Vice President of Education Services, Alabama Public Television; Heather Daniels, Executive Producer and Education Program Manager, Alabama Public Television; Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07); and Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-04).
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06/21/2016
The Service to Children Award for Radio was presented to WXYT-FM Southfield, MI. Rep. Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) and Debbie Kenyon, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, WXYT-FM.
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06/21/2016
The Service to Community Award for Television was presented to KOLO-TV Reno, NV. Dave Lougee, Chair, NAB Joint Board of Directors and President of TEGNA Media; Stanton Tang, News Director, KOLO-TV; Matt Eldredge, Vice President and General Manager, KOLO-TV; and Doug Tepe, Promotions Manager, KOLO-TV.
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06/21/2016
KWTX Waco, TX received the Service to America Television Award. Virgil Teter, Special Projects Director, KWTX; Mike Wright, Vice President and General Manager, KWTX; Valerie Parker, Programming and Community Services Director; Rep. Bill Flores (TX-17).
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06/21/2016
The Arizona Broadcasters Association received the NABEF President’s Special Award in recognition of its program “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona.” Gordon H. Smith, President and CEO, NAB and Art Brooks, President and CEO, Arizona Broadcasters Association.
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06/21/2016
Southwest Airlines received the Service to America Corporate Leadership Award. Larry Patrick, Chair, NAB Education Foundation Board of Directors and Managing Partner, Patrick Communications and Laurie Barnett, Senior Director of Outreach and Preparedness, Southwest Airlines.
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NAB Groundbreaking - June 20, 2016

06/20/2016
NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith speaks at the groundbreaking for NAB’s future headquarters at 1 M Street SE on June 20, 2016.
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06/20/2016
CBS Radio’s 94.7 Fresh FM host Tommy McFly served as master of ceremonies at the groundbreaking for NAB’s future headquarters.
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06/20/2016
NAB Real Estate Committee and invited dignitaries, including Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen break ground at the site of NAB’s future headquarters.
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2016 NAB State Leadership Conference Photos

02/23/16
NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith deliver his speech, "The Power of Broadcasting
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02/23/16
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) talks with members of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters
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02/23/16
NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton, The Wall Street Journal Political Editor Jeanne Cummings, CBS Radio Congressional Correspondent Steven Portnoy, NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith
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02/23/16
NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith and Bill Johnstone, president, retired, Oregon Association of Broadcasters
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02/23/16
FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly
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02/23/16
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith
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02/23/16
2016 State Leadership Conference Master of Ceremonies Tommy McFly, Host, The Tommy Show, 94.7 Fresh FM
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