NAB 2010: With CAB shutting, can't help comparisons to the cohesion among U.S. 'casters

AS ONE OF THE VERY few Canadian reporters covering the NAB show in Las Vegas, it’s inevitable that I compare what’s going on down here with what’s up at home. Human nature, I think.So this morning during the official opening of the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention when new president and CEO Gordon Smith talked about the “performance tax” record companies want to foist upon radio stations, I immediately thought about how that’s already going on, and gone on, in Canada, and how the Canadian industry has together fought new fees.Smith talked about how local radio is pure promotion...