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The Year In Review
On August 23, 2003, at the Eighth Annual NBA Hall of Fame Gala, the new NBA Board of Directors was elected.
Congressman Jim Gibbons led the installation ceremony.
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley offered greetings.
Governor Kenny and First Lady Dema Guinn were honored.
Lieutenant Governor Lorraine Hunt sang "Happy Birthday Mr. Governor" and thirty seven broadcasters were
inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame.
The NBA joined with every state broadcasters association to partner with the FCC to produce a more consistent
and significantly stronger Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program. Adrienne Abbott, our state EAS Chair, was
hired as a part-time NBA Engineering Consultant, in order to coordinate the NBA ABIP. The NBA Board of Directors
voted to fully subsidize all expenses for the 2004 ABIP. Certificates of Compliance will be in effect for a period of 3
years, expiring in 2007.
Governor Kenny Guinn appointed 18 state leaders including NBA President and CEO Bob Fisher to the newly
formed Nevada Homeland Security Commission. Governor Guinn said that "Domestic preparedness for acts of
terrorism and related emergencies is a top priority during these trying times". The commission was created by
Assembly Bill 441 during the 2003 Legislative Session. Four months after Governor Guinn appointed the Nevada
Homeland Security Commission, the NBA Board of Directors formed a statewide Emergency Management
Committee.
While in Philadelphia for the annual NASBA Fall Meeting (September 29-October 2, 2003), Bob and Suzanne Burger
renewed our NCSA contracts with both the Army National Guard and the United States Coast Guard. During Bob's
term as NASBA President, the actions of the FCC seemed at times to be irrational and out of control. As 2004
approached, we faced a cautious, but extremely partisan Congress attempting to do their work during a
Presidential Election year. After the Super Bowl, we then faced a restless public who expressed anger at what they
were watching and at what they were hearing. The indecency issue was before us. And so were additional
concerns raised about EEO, Localism, RF exposure and significantly increased FCC fines. At the top of the list would
be SHVIA and LPFM.
The NAB announced that it would again conduct public service surveys. Six months later, after all of the data had
been tabulated, it was announced that the magic number for Nevada's broadcasters had exceeded 100 million
dollars raised and donated for public service in 2003.
Throughout the year, Bob and the NBA staff made station "outreach" and ongoing in-person meetings with our
NCSA sponsors a priority. They made monthly trips to Northern Nevada and continued to visit Ely, Elko,
Winnemucca and Fallon. Adrienne Abbott conducted an EAS Seminar in Elko. Over the past year almost every
television and radio station in Nevada had been visited.
Assembly Bill 322 created the statewide alert system for the safe return of abducted children. It also provided for
broadcaster immunity. The NEVADA Alert Plan took effect on July 1, 2003. Bob Fisher was appointed by Governor
Kenny Guinn to be Chairman of The Nevada AMBER Alert Commission. On January 23-24, 2004, Bob and Adrienne
attended the Western States AMBER Alert Conference in Broomfield, Colorado. At the end of February, Bob also
attended a National AMBER Alert meeting at the Department of Justice in Washington. Over the past year more
than a dozen AMBER Alert activations have been made. The National Weather Service would start using the new
EAS codes on June 30, 2004. Among the new codes is one dedicated to AMBER Alert.
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