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| Where Is Radio Going?, You Have 48 Hours Left To Vote For Radio’s Top Leaders |
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| Radio Headlines For Thursday 3-16-2017 |
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An Argument For More Deregulation  Online advertising is sucking away radio's advertising dollars, and the government needs to step in and do something. That's the conclusion Galaxy CEO Ed Levine has come to after commissioning a BIA/Kelsey study of the Syracuse market and receiving results that seriously disturbed him. [read more] |
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Where Is Radio Going?  (By Bill Duerden) For quite some time now, this is a question that has been swimming in my head. In my lifetime, I have heard folks (read, industry experts) declare the death of radio more times than I can count. But, for the first time, I'm starting to wonder if our industry is truly starting to walk down the Green Mile. [read more] |
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iHeart Working On A Major Refinance  It's certainly a complicated scenario the financial minds at iHeart have put together, but the goal is to try to put the company in a much better financial position moving forward. And if one scenario is approved, Clear Channel Outdoor will be separated from iHeartMedia. [read more] |
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Today Is A Big Day For Cumulus  At 4:30 this afternoon we'll hear from Cumulus CEO Mary Berner and her team as the company reports 4th quarter 2016 and full year earnings. Cumulus has been struggling through a turnaround and with trying to fix its balance sheet which includes about $2 Billion in debt. Berner has now been in charge of the company for 18 months. [read more] |
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NPR Touts Highest Ratings Ever  National Public Radio says it now has 37.4 million listeners, which is their largest audience in history. NPR's Senior Vice President of News and Editorial Director Michael Oreskes says, “At a time when many news organizations have been forced to contract, NPR is expanding coverage and focusing resources on the local and national issues that listeners care about. [read more] |
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Another Honor For One Of Radio’s Good Guys  Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan is either going to need a bigger shelf or add a trophy room onto his house. Smulyan is being awarded the 2017 Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award by the Broadcasters Foundation of America. Here are just a few of the honors and awards one of radio's most respected broadcasters has earned so far. [read more] |
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Congrats To Steve Jones, Stanley Hubbard  The Radio Television Digital News Foundation awarded ABC Radio VP/GM Steve Jones the First Amendment Service Award this week. The award honors those in local or network news who work in an off-air, management, largely behind-the-scenes role. Here Jones is accepting the award from ABC News’ Robin Sproul who introduced him at the event in Washington, DC. [read more] |
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| iHeart Hires Sports Expert As Market Prez Mark Fuhrman is the new Area President for the West Virginia Region, which includes Huntington, Parkersburg, and Wheeling. Fuhrman joins iHeart from IMG College, where he was GM and managed Thundering Herd Sports Marketing for Marshall University in West Virginia. [read more] |
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Las Vegas Has Its Roxy  Las Vegas Hip Hip/R&B station REAL 103.9, has a new APD and MD: the exotically named Roxy Romeo. Romeo is currently the 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. personality with the station and she’ll retain that role as well. REAL features artists like Drake, Future, Chris Brown, J Cole, and Migos. [read more] |
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B-Dub Taking The Bull By The Horns  Sacramento’s 92.5 The Bull has brought in Bryan (B-Dub) Washington from KMLE-FM in Phoenix to be PD and afternoon drive host for the Country station. Washington will be responsible for the day-to-day programming operations of 92.5 The Bull. [read more] |
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Bones Helping Wounded Air Force Vet  U.S. Air Force Captain Nathan Nelson, who was paralyzed from the chest down during his third tour in Afghanistan, is in need of a home to accommodate his needs. Bones and his on-air crew announced they would donate proceeds from the sale of camouflage #PimpinJoy T-shirts on TheShopForward.com. The response has been amazing. [read more] |
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WTOP Podcast Goes Back In Time  The new 5-part podcast series is called "The Investigation Continues" and it debuts Monday. WTOP reporter Neal Augenstein examines the circumstances behind the 1975 disappearance of 12-year-old Sheila Lyon and her 10-year-old sister Katherine. [read more] |
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NextRadio Adds Another Layer Of Credibility  This new agreement should give the folks at NextRadio additional credibility with advertisers. Nielsen will now evaluate TagStation's NextRadio data. Part of what NextRadio does, in addition to delivering FM radio to smartphones, is capture precise data about a radio station’s listeners. [read more] |
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Cumulus Stations Win Big In Dallas  The company’s pair of Dallas radio stations (WBAP-AM and KLIF-AM) snared multiple awards in the 2016 Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Contest. And it was all achieved from a pool of 47 competing stations submitting 788 entries. [read more] |
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Applications Open For CRS Agenda Committee  It’s never too early to start planning for the next great CRS. Country Radio Broadcasters is now accepting applications from interested parties wishing to be considered for the 2017-2018 Country Radio Seminar (CRS) Agenda Committee. The application deadline is March 31, 2017. [read more] |
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7 Ways To Get People To Take You Seriously  (By Gary Begin) If you're going to get anything done in business, you need people to respect you. But when you're young for your position, new to an industry, or a woman in a male-dominated field, for example, getting others to listen to your ideas can be difficult. [read more] |
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Hundreds of votes were cast on Wednesday from all across the country, from every market size. With 2 days left to make nominations, and vote for Radio's Best Leaders for 2017, the race at the top is super close. It's time for you to pick the person you believe is leading radio into the future. Voting ends tomorrow at 5PM. 
