World record for underwater broadcasting

Radio DJ's have been known to broadcast at remote locations, like supermarkets and shopping malls, says Radio-Info.

However, the WSFM (101.7) New South Wales morning team of Jonesy & Amanda did their show from the Sydney Aquarium's Great Barrier Reef Habitat, and they did it underwater.

Jonesy & Amanda broadcast their morning show for three hours, which set the Guinness World Record for longest underwater broadcast, talking from the bottom of a tank that included eight sharks.

The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Media Bureau last week issued a freeze, effective immediately, on applications for new digital low-power TV stations and translator stations in rural areas, reports B&C.

The commission also determined how it will have to reconfigure the TV band to make room for wireless broadband. Translators are low-power stations that retransmit the signals of full-powers to areas that can't get a clear signal, often due to distance or terrain.

It could be a while before applications are accepted again. The FCC said only after it finished its broadband rulemaking proceedings, will it 'consider' a date for lifting the freeze.

No particular side emerges as the outright winner in the final push on the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications bill, before it is tabled for parliament's approval next month, writes Bangkok Post.

Thailand's joint parliamentary committee last week concluded its mission of vetting the bill after weeks of debate.

For many outsiders, the focus is on the composition of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to be formed after the bill becomes law.