David LayerVP/Advanced Engineering
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March 21, 2019
David Layer, NAB: "We are on the verge of a dramatic increase of Hybrid Radio deployment, primarily in automobiles."The NAB is associated with lobbying and serving as the collective voice of broadcasters, but there’s also an important component of technical development and innovation, especially with Hybrid Radio. What’s NAB’s role in this space?
David: NAB's Technology department is, not surprisingly, the technical hub of the association. We pursue technology on a number of fronts:
● Technical standards setting - On the radio front, NAB is a co-sponsor of the National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) along with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The NRSC's purpose is to study and make recommendations for technical standards that relate to radio broadcasting and the reception of radio broadcast signals. The NRSC is a vehicle by which broadcasters and receiver manufacturers work together towards solutions to common problems in radio broadcast systems.
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