The Ohio Association of Broadcasters is the only organization dedicated to protecting every Ohio radio and television station's ability to operate its business and serve its community. With approximately 90% of Ohio TV stations and 80% of Ohio radio stations as members, the OAB represents the Ohio broadcast industry in Washington and at the state and local levels.

We invite the public to explore our website for information on careers in broadcasting as well as community-based initiatives. The public can also search for a radio or TV station in Ohio.

 

OAB News

Updated August 25, 2010

• The OAB is offering a Human Resources Webinar for members on September 21 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. For more information and to register, click here.
   
• The winners of the Ohio Broadcasters Foundation and OAB Kids Scholarships have been announced. The winners of the Ohio Broadcasters Foundation Scholarships are Kristen Jantonio, a junior at John Carroll University, and Evan Millward, a junior at Ohio University.  The OAB Kids Scholarship recipient is Rachel Salyer, a senior at Keystone High School. Rachel’s father, Kevin Salyer, works at WJW – TV in Cleveland. For more details on these scholarship programs, click here.
   
  
• Exhibitor information for the 8th Annual Ohio Broadcast Engineering Conference is now available at www.oab.org/engineering.
   
• Updated editions of the Nuts and Bolts of Political Broadcasting and archived files of the OAB's recent political broadcasting webinar are now available. Print copies of the manual have also been mailed to all OAB member stations. Members may access the manual's electronic edition and the archived webinar files here.
   
• No-cost training webinars for OAB members. During 2010, the OAB is offering its members a number of webinars on different subjects, including sales, news, and promotion topics. To see the list of webinars, go here.
   
• Ohio broadcasters can now register on the OAB website to receive AMBER Alert, Endangered Missing Child Alert, and Missing Adult Alert information. To learn more about these alerts and to register, please go to www.oab.org/alerts.
   
• The OAB is pleased to offer A Primer on Webcasting for Terrestrial Radio Stations. This online guide provides a detailed overview of the various licenses radio stations need, and requirements they must satisfy, before stations can begin streaming music on the Internet. To access the primer, go here.