Communications daily, our guest reporter and our guest this week. Former senator gordon smith, president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters. Senator smith, we appreciate your coming into the studio for this interview. Sen. Smith always a pleasure, peter, glad to be with you. Even if it is just approximate. You and jonathan, thank you. Peter in this age of coronavirus, how has this affected broadcasters . Sen. Smith in many ways, it has affected us. I think perhaps it is unfortunate, but it seems the United States and our citizens become aware of broadcasting and its indispensable, in irreplaceable role, in the firmament of american life, when there are natural or other catastrophes and calamities that befall us. Because it is then that the architecture of broadcasting, a source to everybody in a geographic area. Without stress on the system, people realize how valuable broadcasting remains. Survey after survey continues to show that broadcasting remains the most import
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Host and this is the Communicators Program on cspan. If it looks a little bit different in this age of social distancing, and the coronavirus, weve set up in separate studios here at cspan but we are pleased jonathan make on the left is the editor of Communications Daily and he is our guest reporter. And our guest this week is former senator gordon smith who is president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters. Senator smith we appreciate your coming into the studio for this interview. Try to always a pleasure, pet. Thank you for having me. Host in this age of coronavirus how has this affected americas broadcasters . Guest in many ways its affected us, but i think perhaps its unfortunate, but it seems that the United States and our citizens become aware of broadcasting indispensable, irreplaceable role in the firmament of American Life when there are natural or other catastrophes and calamities that befall us. Because it is then that the architecture of broadcasting, one so
Guest is former senator gordon smith who is president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters. We certainly appreciate you coming into the studio for this interview. Always a pleasure. Thank you for having me. In this age of coronavirus, how has this affected broadcasters . In many ways it has affected us. I think perhaps it is unfortunate, but it seems the United States and our citizens become aware of broadcasting and its indispensable, in irreplaceable role, in the firmament of american life, when there are natural or other catastrophes and calamities that befall us. Because it is then that the architecture of broadcasting, a source to everybody and agreed in a geographic area. Without stress on the system, people realize how valuable broadcasting remains. Survey after survey continues to show that broadcasting remains the most important source of journalism. When people just want the facts. You know, the nab, since its founding, in 1923, has had a big tradeshow. Only on