Davis Wright Tremaine LLP says "Although the NFL is more aggressive than many other trademark owners in enforcing its rights, these same principles apply to other registered trademarks (mentioned above). Discussions among DJs or with listeners are fine, but you cannot use these terms to sell products or do station promotions without authorization from the trademark owners." ...
The firm continues its warning by advising that "You are free to use trademark protected terms like "Super Bowl" in news stories or noncommercial discussions about the event under a concept known as 'nominative fair use', but use of trademarked terms in a commercial context crosses the line from acceptable to unacceptable use." Since the Super Bowl is less than two weeks from kickoff, if your station is not an officially sanctioned Super Bowl station, you're advised not to use the name in any commercials, promotions or giveaways. You are now forewarned...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1915] Can you hear me now?: In New York, Alexander Graham Bell speaks to an assistant in San Francisco inaugurating the first transcontinental phone service. Long distance is born…
2.1947] “Happy Trails”: Public enemy number one, Al Capone, dies at 48 of cardiac arrest possibly associated with third-stage syphilis…1997] Astrologer Jeane Dixon passes away from cardiopulmonary arrest at 93…
3.1959] The Jet Age takes off: American Airlines opens the jet age in the U.S. with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707…
4.1961] Live from the White House: President John F. Kennedy holds the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and TV…
5.1971] Gotcha: Charles Manson and three female followers are convicted of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate…
6.1988] And in this corner: VP George Bush and Dan Rather face off on “The CBS Evening News” as the anchorman attempts to question the Republican presidential candidate about his role in the Iran-Contra affair…
7.1993] CIA shooting: A gunman shoots and kills two CIA employees outside agency headquarters in Virginia. Aimal Khan Kasi, a Pakistani man is later convicted and executed in 2002…
8.1994] Settlement: Michael Jackson settles a child molestation lawsuit against him…
9.1995] Marcia, Marcia, Marcia: The defense gives its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson trial, saying Simpson was the victim of a “rush to judgment” by authorities…
10.2007] Edsel channeling: The Ford Motor Company says its lost a staggering $12.7 billion in 2006, the worst loss in the company’s 103-year history - even worse than the Edsel…
R.I.P.
Bobby Poe, Sr., Ruth Meyer...All Access reports the death of Bobby Poe, Sr., aka The Poe Kat. Bobby published the Washington, DC-based "The Pop Music Survey" in 1968 and played host to the annual Pop Music Survey Convention, an annual gathering of the radio and record communities in a light-hearted weekend filled with meetings and awards. The Pop Music Survey Convention ran for 25 years until Poe's retirement in 1996. Bobby had been battling throat cancer for the past two years and died from a blood clot on January 22 at the age of 77...Also passing away over the weekend was Ruth Meyer, former 50s program director of WMGM and WMCA (both in New York). Ruth is known for building the legendary "Good Guys" team of air talent, including her good friend Joe O'Brien, Harry Harrison, Dandy Dan Daniels, B.Mitchell Reed and others. No cause of death, nor Meyer's age has been revealed...
Music Memories:
- 1973] Number One on this date: "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder...1981] "I Can't Go For That" - Hall & Oates...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Alicia Keys (30), Norm N. Nite (70), Etta James (73 at last) & & Dean Jones (80)...
Timeline Countdown: 12 days until Super Bowl XLV, 19 days until pitchers & catchers report, 20 days until Valentines Day & 27 days until Presidents' Day...
