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| Be The Greatest Market Manager You Can Be, Who Are The Most Influential Women In Radio? |
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| Radio Headlines For Wednesday 4-19-2017 |
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Mary Quass – One Of Radio’s Best Leaders  It will come as no surprise to anyone that's been in radio for longer than a month that Mary Quass was voted one of radio's 20 best leaders. She's respected by every executive in the industry and loved by her employees, as we found out during the voting. Our Top 20 Leaders list is out this week and the NRG CEO did pretty well this year. Here are just some of the comments we received from the people Quass leads... [read more] |
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Be The Greatest Market Manager You Can Be  (By Kelly Orchard) Congratulations, you’ve been named a market manager! Now what? You have a choice to make, right now. Do you want to be recognized and remembered by your team as the best manager they ever worked for — or the worst? [read more] |
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Who Are The Most Influential Women In Radio?  Since 1999, Radio Ink's Most Influential Women in Radio list has reflected the significant progress made in the growth and opportunities of and by women in the industry. Hard earned? Absolutely. Enough? In many areas, still no. But what is impressive is that a list of 10 eighteen years ago topped 100 in 2016. [read more] |
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Connecting Radio Listeners By Branding  (Gary Begin) You may ask yourself, what’s in a name? If you run a radio station, the answer is, everything! Do listeners connect better to call-letter or “name brand” stations? The answer clearly is “name brand.” When you’re trying to create a brand, it becomes much easier to recall. [read more] |
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Bucs, iHeart Remain Teammates  The NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed a new multi-year agreement that will keep iHeartMedia Tampa Bay the home of the Buccaneers Radio Network. It's a partnership that dates back to 2004. New in 2017, games will be heard on 98Rock (WXTB-FM). [read more] |
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WTOP Tops Again  Adding to its haul of 24 awards in 2016, the Washington, DC, station has just won six National Headliner Awards. WTOP’s Web team received first place for radio-affiliated website WTOP.com, and for their commitment to the category of online planned news, with coverage of the 2016 election. [read more] |
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Cumulus Dumps Country For Hot AC In Florence  On Monday, WHLZ in Florence, SC, debuted its new Hot AC format with the launch of Q100.5, the Pee Dee’s Best Music. The station, which also changed its call letters to WQPD, stunted last weekend, playing “The Wheel of Decades,” music from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The station is also bringing back morning team, Bob & Sheri. [read more] |
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Radio Innovators Up For Awards  The Innovation in Music Awards for Music Broadcast in major, medium, and small markets were designed to recognize those individuals who greatly encourage airplay for new artists, promote live local music, and develop and participate in activities that work to support up-and-coming musical talent. [read more] |
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Radio One, Reach Choose Clip  All 53 Radio One radio stations and seven national network personalities will now use Clip Interactive to deliver interactive broadcast and streaming content feeds to listeners via Clip-built mobile apps and web players. The deal was signed after Radio One tested the products for seven months at its Washington, DC cluster. [read more] |
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After 19 Years, Radio One CAO Stepping Down  Radio One's Chief Administration Officer Linda Vilardo has let the company know she will be leaving the at the end of 2017. In a short company press release, Vilardo said, “I’ve been working non-stop for many years, and I’m looking forward to taking a break and seeing what the future holds.” [read more] |
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Who Is iHeart San Francisco’s New Digital PD?  Matty Staudt is the new Digital PD for iHeartMedia San Francisco. Staudt will oversee digital strategy for iHeartMedia’s six San Francisco stations, which includes all digital platforms, on-air personality websites, mobile, and social media. Staudt worked at Stitcher and as Executive Producer, WNEW in New York and KLLC in San Francisco. [read more] |
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A Promotion For Rush  Russell Rush has been promoted from APD to PD for iHeartMedia's Mix 96.1 in San Antonio. He keeps his midday shift on the station. Rush has been with iHeartMedia since 2005. He also hosts a weekly public affairs show that airs on all seven iHeart stations in San Antonio. [read more] |
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Hubbard Chooses Madison For Mornings  As of Monday Hubbard Radio in Seattle will begin airing The Billy Madison Show on ROCK 98.9 KVRQ, according to Market Manager Mark Kaye. “Billy had me at hello. The first time I met Billy, Derek and Nard, I knew the Billy Madison Show was going to be a part of Rock 98.9 and a huge part indeed.” [read more] |
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New PD For WYNK-FM Baton Rouge  Brittany Tully has taken up the PD reins for the iHeart Country station as of April 17. Tully will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight of 101.5 WYNK-FM, which boasts a lineup that includes The Bobby Bones Show and Baton Rouge on-air personality Austin James. [read more] |
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Don Roudebush Joins ERI  He will be the new Western Region, Radio Account Manager for Electronics Research, Inc., responsible for the sale and support of ERI’s broadcast antenna systems, towers, transmission line systems, and FM filter and combiner products. Roudebush has over 25 years experience in terrestrial broadcasting and telecom [read more] |
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SEND US YOUR NEWS  Does your company or station have a news item you'd like us to run in our morning headlines? Do you have a news tip we need to investigate? Is someone being promoted at your station you'd like to recognize? Send all the details to Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan at edryantheeditor@gmail.com [read more] |
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