Group assessing whether to attend NAB with member coronavirus survey

Coronavirus concerns have led LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition to poll its members to decide whether it should attend next month’s National Association of Broadcasters 2020 trade show.

The organization emailed a “coronavirus survey” Tuesday asking to “please help us figure out our event at the NAB Show 2020.”

Questions centered on whether subscribers plan to attend the show and the coalition’s Sunday event at Westgate Hotel and whether the respondent would participate “in online webinars from the FCC and our vendor sponsors” instead of attending the organization’s meeting in-person.

Director Mike Gravino said it has already received about 100 responses with an estimated 55 percent saying they are either not attending because of coronavirus or still evaluating while the remaning respondents said they will attend NAB.

LPTV is a national research, advocacy and lobbying organization supporting FCC licensed low power television licensees, TV translators and new permit holders.

While the coalition is still debating its participation in NAB 2020, a handful of exhibitors have opted to cancel their participation.

NAB 2020 is anticipated to bring in more than 90,000 attendees from 160 countries and over 1,600 exhibitors, according to the association.

“As of now, we are moving forward responsibly with NAB Show,” a post reads on the NAB website.

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