President's Message

As your state organization, the CBA plays an integral role in representing your broadcast interests on both the State and National levels. Our focused efforts in CBA Members behalf include:

Government Relations

• The CBA employed government relations firm diligently pursues all Connecticut legislative issues directly affecting broadcasters and keeps the Board informed.
• CBA representatives visit with our Washington legislators regularly. We keep them informed about your interest and concerns.

Industry Communications/FCC Relations

• On-going dissemination of FCC, NAB, legislative information.
• Contracting and implementing of an Alternate Inspection Program(AIP) in partnership with the FCC.
• Emergency communications, alerting members to legal, regulatory, or legislative issues.
• Re-write, and distribution of the new EAS state plan which has been reworked by the CBA/EAS Committee to conform to the new FCC-EAS regulations.
• Development of the "AMBER" annex to the state EAS plan

Professional Education And Training

• CBA sponsors and organizes an annual convention and trade technology seminars.

Public Relations/Community Service

• Statewide public service campaigns, and Non-Commercial, Sustaining Annct. (NCSA) programs are offered by CBA.
• CBA Annual Scholarships - to Communication majors.

Your continued support of the CBA's efforts is needed to enable us to effectively respond to a dynamically changing industry. We encourage you to use this website, as well as the CBA office, as resources for your broadcast activities. Please call the CBA office any time you have questions, 860 633-5031.

Mike Rice
President