The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) will present the Television Chairman’s Award to award-winning talk show host, actor, producer and recording artist, Jennifer Hudson. The ceremony will take place on the Main Stage at NAB Show during the We Are Broadcasters session on Tuesday, April 16 at 9:30 a.m.

Washington, D.C.— With tens of millions of individuals worldwide engaged in the growing creator economy, NAB Show emerges as the central hub for networking, exploration and education within the evolving creator market. The 2024 NAB Show, slated for April 13 – 17 (Exhibits April 14 – 17) at the Las Vegas Convention Center, promises to empower creators with invaluable insights and opportunities. Leading the charge is renowned YouTube star, digital creator, filmmaker extraordinaire and multi-media innovator Casey Neistat, who will inspire creators to think outside the box and redefine their creative potential when he takes the Main Stage. Known for his signature "Do What You Can't" motto, Neistat will share his career journey, the unconventional choices that propelled him to success and offer actionable lessons on innovation and creativity.

Today over 550 radio and television broadcasters from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., for the National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) annual State Leadership Conference (SLC). The conference, held at Washington Nationals Park and emceed by Emmy award winning journalist Michelle Marsh from WJLA-TV, featured remarks from policymakers, panel discussions and briefings preparing attendees for meetings with legislators on Wednesday, March 6.

Washington, D.C.— Captivating narratives, stunning visuals and life-like character interaction – artificial intelligence (AI) is disrupting traditional content creation and delivery. Leading AI and computer-vision researcher Dr. Hao Li will dive into the cutting-edge world of generative AI during his keynote presentation at the opening session of the 2024 NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT (BEIT) Conference, April 13 – 16 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Washington, D.C.— Authenticity fuels success in content creation. That’s the message actress, writer, host and activist Jameela Jamil will deliver when she takes the Main Stage at the 2024 NAB Show, April 13 – 17 (Exhibits April 14 – 17) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Creators will be inspired and empowered through sessions, workshops, exhibits and more as NAB Show brings together top personalities, technology and ideas for the broadcast, media and entertainment industry. Jamil will explore the freedom and power of identity and share insights and strategies on how to navigate the pressures of different mediums while staying true to oneself.

Washington, D.C.— The 2024 NAB Show, taking place April 13-17 (Exhibits April 14-17) at the Las Vegas Convention Center, will give attendees the opportunity to spark their imagination, better connect with their communities, witness next-generation technology in action and fuel their content through dedicated on-floor Community Zones.

Washington – NAB Show launches exciting new content open to all attendees that pulls back the curtain on Hollywood. This series includes insightful presentations, interviews and discussions led by industry veterans, providing valuable knowledge on various aspects of filmmaking for a deeper understanding of the content creation process.

Washington, D.C. – NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him at the helm of NAB through 2029, NAB Joint Board Chair Perry Sook announced today.

Today, Melody Spann-Cooper, chairwoman and CEO of Midway Broadcasting Corporation, testified on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) at a hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce titled, “Preserving Americans’ Access to AM Radio.” Click here for a copy of her testimony.

Washington, D.C.— The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today that the 2024 Marconi Radio Award nomination window is open through May 31. Established in 1989 and named for inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the Marconi Radio Awards recognize overall excellence and performance in radio.

Washington, D.C. – The NAB Television Board of Directors this week adopted a policy statement reaffirming the association’s commitment to protecting viewers’ access to live, local broadcast stations and the vital local journalism and trusted information they freely provide.

Washington, D.C.— The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced the finalists for the 2024 NAB Marconi Radio Awards in a live streamed video. The winners will be recognized and honored at radio’s biggest night, the Marconi Awards Dinner, where the industry’s major players come together to celebrate excellence and recognize stations and individuals. The dinner will be held October 9 during NAB Show New York.

Radio and TV personality Bobby Bones will take the stage as host of the 2024 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, set to take place on October 9 during NAB Show New York. Bones will also be honored with the prestigious NAB Distinguished Service Award (DSA), the National Association of Broadcasters’ highest honor.

Washington, D.C.— NAB Show New York, set for Oct. 9-10 (Education Oct. 8-10) at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, will energize the news and sports industries with the latest trends and technology. Held in the epicenter of live production, the event is perfectly timed as the broadcast, media and entertainment industry prepares for key moments such as the 2024 presidential election and the major fall sports seasons. Industry leaders will gather to explore key innovations and strategies reshaping how content is created, distributed and monetized in today’s fast-evolving media landscape.

Washington, D.C.— Proposals for technical papers and panels are now being accepted for the 2025 NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT (BEIT) Conference, part of the 2025 NAB Show, held April 5-9, 2025, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The conference is an unparalleled opportunity for industry professionals to present their expertise at the premier broadcast, media and entertainment event.

Washington, D.C.— The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is gearing up for the highly anticipated 2024 NAB Show New York, taking place October 9-10 (Education October 8-10) at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. As the premier East Coast event for the broadcast, media and entertainment industry, the Show will feature hundreds of new products with 20 product launches and nearly 50 first-time Exhibitors displaying advanced solutions to meet the evolving needs of the industry. With Q4 being a critical buying season, this is a must-attend event for professionals finalizing year-end budgets and planning for 2025.

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) presented the 2024 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, a celebration held at the Javits Center during NAB Show New York.

In response to the 2024 presidential and congressional election, NAB released the following statement.

One of the many things that I do outside of teaching is organize a local race called the Bucket of Blood Races. Great name no? While it is a great name we do not have a great logo... yet.

This year we decided to have a little fun for the start of our annual Christmas Concert. So my top choir decided to make our own music video. It was a lot of fun and while the original idea was to record our own song we ran out of time and decided to just go ahead and make it anyway using an old N'Sync Christmas Song. The concept is the choir is all arriving for the concert in one car and we follow them as they get ready. When you see them run into the auditorium the choir ran into the actual auditorium the night of the concert and interacted with the audience while singing along (David Letterman Style). Then we all gathered on the stage and sang a fun song "One for the little bitty baby" and then went and changed into our formal wear for the rest of the concert.

• Approach the note from above.
• Singing is an athletic event.
• Drink in the breath.
• Listen louder than you sing.

• Let the breathe fuel the sound.
• Stop talking.
• Smile with your eyes
• Sing through it, not to it.
• What are you singing? To whom are you speaking? What are you trying to say?
• 80% of life is showing up. The rest is what you do after.
• Gird up your loins!
• Pitch is not optional or approximate!
• Stand from the waist up.
• Pull the taffy!
• What are you singing ABOUT?
• One more time...
• Make mistakes. Make them boldly. Make them once.
• Lay a big fat green egg, because I cannot fix "nothing."
• Have a love affair with the center of pitch.
• Too much, too soon, too bad. (About a crescendo)
• Once a mistake, twice a habit!
• Don't make it more accidental than it already is.
• The higher you go, the brighter. The lower you go, the brighter.
• No one can smile and sing except Miss America...and she only learned one song.
• Bend your knees.
• Long vowels!!
• Put more space in your face!
• No one note is the same as the other.
• Everything we do, we do together.
• Never sing louder than beautiful.
• Look up here!
• Do not take steps backwards!!
• I own your eyes.
• Pretend there's a string being pulled out of the top of your head.
• What does [accel./rit./fermata/etc.] mean?" After various mumbled responses with the actual definition, "No, it means to look at me!"
• There's a reason God gave us two ears and only one mouth.
• The arch of the eyebrow governs the shape of the tone.
• Honor the rests, please.
• Look up and live.
• Miss a note. Get a rhythm.
• Enjoy the process not the product.
• Ok we're going to go from the top to the end. I promise I'm not going to stop.
• All music must dance.
• Watch!!!!
• Better to be confidently wrong than wimpily right.
• One more time.
• Let your head rule your heart and your heart rule your head.
• Never louder than lovely.
• They who cannot spread light, are content to generate heat instead.
• It's a SONG, so SING it.
• Sing through your eyes.
• Good is the enemy of excellent.
• Fish lip and rabbit teeth.
• We want bel canto, not can belto.
• I coach choir.
• I'm tired of that mistake, make another one.
• Do we sound like one?
• Do as I meant, not what I said.
• Early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable.
• Look #, don't b flat, and act natural.
• Make it interesting!
• The eyebrows matter - it's hard to look interested and sound dull and equally hard to look uninterested and sound engaged.
• Look up and live!
• Sing as if you were fatter stand as if you were taller.
• Strong and wrong is better than feeble and right.
• North-south vowels rather than east-west vowels.
• One more time...
• If the basses are bad, the choir is bad.
• Sing on air.
• Sing from your toenails.
• “What's your favorite piece?" Students: "The one in our hand!"
• Men - sing like football players in tuxedoes.
• Vertical vowels, please.
• Breathe in the shape of the vowel.
• Sit tall.
• Don't 'sing the voice - - sing the phrase.
• Don't land hard on the last note of the phrase just because you've got extra air to spend.
• English is a second language for conductors - Sarcasm is first.
• That vowel sounded like a cat being pulled through a keyhole - backwards.
• That sounded like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs!
• “How do you Spell Monodynamoc?" (Choir starts to spell) -interrupting- "Wrong! It's B.O.A.R.I.N.G!"
• Vomit out the air.
• Breathe as if you have 20 noses around your waist.
• Don't let the consonants contaminate your vowels.
• This is a Chor"us" not a chor"me"!
• Use your "Disney eyes"
• Sometimes it's more beautiful when you DON'T sing! (Rests)
  

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You know, I never thought to mention this, but I am left handed. Now this may not seem important to most, because there are certainly a lot of guitar players our their who are left handed, but most left handed guitar players who are capable of great technique and guitar speeds, typically choose to string and hold their guitars completely opposite.

This is not me. I play guitar the same way that most right handed guitarists play. What is the correct approach if you are a left handed person is just starting to play guitar? well, naturally there is no right or wrong way to go about it. I can remember when I first started playing, for the first 3 months, I couldn't do what most right handed guitar players had accomplished in that same amount of time.

So, if it was that difficult for me, then why did I go this route? because I was told that I had too, and that playing my guitar in reverse would be harder to practice on. What do I think now? its rubbish of course. Just because a right handed guitar player might imagine it to be a difficult task, doesn't mean that a left handed person will have a hard time with it. I mean, asking someone to go against their physical or genetic design, is like asking them to walk on the ceiling.

Oh, it gets better!!

This is really quite fascinating. The other night I was reading about being ambidextrous, because I claimed to be so to a particular person once. She told me that I was not ambidextrous, but that their was a different name for my capabilities, and that I was only "half" ambidextrous. So, I put it out of my mind, but when I read this article the other night, I was blown away by what it had to say about ambidextrous people.

The article explained that basically if you can do one thing that you shouldn't be able to do with your unfamiliar hand, then you are technically ambidextrous. Here's where it gets good. The article went on to explain that most people who are ambidextrous, start out as left handers, and learn to become ambidextrous because we live in a right handed world. Fascinating!

This tells you that what you believe someone can do is only based on them being "gifted", "lucky", or "blessed" is total B.S. I've said it for years, but people just like to make excuses for themselves, I think. I mean that's easier to do, right?

Anyways, imagine that you wanted to become ambidextrous for some reason - could you do it? hell yes you could! When I was six I broke my left arm, and it was in a cast for a very long time. I loved to draw, and spent most of my time doing this. So, I had to learn how to write and sketch with my right hand. I'm way out of practicing now, but at the time I learned to develop my right hand pretty well.

Its typical for any guitar player to want to isolate techniques and work on each one separate from another. For instance, we tend to work on sweep picking, and then when we're finished doing that we'll move on to something like alternate picking. Here's the rub - most professional sounding guitar players will combine such techniques. There are two strong reasons for this. One, it makes playing the advanced stuff on the guitar easier, and two, it gives a guitar player more room for expression.

So in this lesson we're going to work with an outstanding exercise that I use to warm up with personally, that combines two techniques. What are they? alternate picking and economy picking, but with more focus on alternate picking.

One more thing before we get started - I truly believe in the power of limiting yourself to working with just two exercises per technique. One big and one small, and I'll show you exactly how we're going to do that. We're going to build a small exercise, and then gradually turn it into our larger exercise.

Watch the video, then consult the tab.

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The Committee for the Economy held an event at Parliament Buildings today to mark the success of the 'Northern Ireland Year of Food and Drink' initiative. In the month dedicated to 'Legacy and Learning', the Committee welcomed many award-winning local producers who showcased their skills and demonstrated how the campaign will help create a sustainable legacy for the local tourism and hospitality sectors.

The Northern Ireland Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee has taken evidence from Ofgem on its Inquiry into the Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has today visited the Connswater Community Greenway to see how the park is improving the quality of life for local people.

The Assembly’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee (AERA) received briefings today from a number of agricultural and environmental stakeholders on the possible challenges and opportunities of the recent EU Referendum.

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