How to Avoid a United Disaster at Your Station — Part 3(by Deborah Parenti) A week later, the United debacle has continued to spread its wings, with panel discussions, analyses, and commentaries featured as part of this weekend’s news programs on cable and broadcast networks. And now that the lawyering-up has begun, we can expect this will not subside anytime soon.[read more]
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]
Do You Have The Reach?(By Bob McCurdy) Reach is hot. It’s getting some well-deserved love in this fragmented media landscape for good reason: Companies typically grow by expanding their customer base, not by getting current customers to buy more often.[read more]
Three Ways Audio Impacts Ratings(By Randy Lane) When I asked Brian Phillips (President, CMT Networks and previous award-winning radio programmer) his perception of radio after being in television for several years, his response surprised me. “Radio is an audio medium that generally does a poor job with audio.”[read more]
Does “Creative” = Wasted Effort?(By Ronald Robinson) From time to time, a local station will crank out a brilliant piece of creative advertising. The staff will gather around, howling with delight while offering kudos all around. “Let’s enter it for an award!” Salespeople will hold their tongues and grudgingly wince out a qualified smile as they wonder to themselves: “Nice. But, will it sell anything?”[read more]
Van Pelt Helps Fund His College Radio StationESPN's Scott van Pelt was playing golf when a member of The University of Maryland's student-run radio station reached out to him on Twitter. The station needed another $1200 to stay funded and keep operating. Van Pelt graduated from the school.[read more]
Alexa To “Appear” At NAB ShowThe 2017 NAB Show will explore the Alexa voice-service technology that powers the popular Amazon Echo device. The Alexa Skill Building Bootcamp will be held Saturday, April 22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Designed for software developers and non-developers alike, the Bootcamp will provide participants with an in-depth overview of voice-user technology.[read more]
All-Milwaukee Music Going 24/7As promised, WYMS 88.9-FM will continue to support local artists. And now it will be broadcast and streamed around the clock on 414Music.fm, a new HD2 radio channel and stream that 88Nine Radio Milwaukee will launch June 20. [read more]
WQXA Recognized For Fantastic FundraisingThe People’s Morning Show with Nipsey, Jen and Earl on Harrisburg, PA’s WQXA-FM 105.7 THE X was honored by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals with the English Radio Personality of the Year Excellence Award. [read more]
Mike Tarter. One of Radio’s Top 20 LeadersIt's a small club but it includes 20 of the best people in radio. On Monday, Radio Ink's newest list will be unveiled -- The 20 Best Leaders in Radio. This list was chosen by the radio industry. In an extremely exciting and close vote, that included about 50 people when we first started, thousands of votes were cast on our website to help decide the final 20 names that will appear in Radio Ink Magazine next week. Forcht CEO Mike Tarter is one of those 20 leaders.[read more]
SEND US YOUR NEWSDoes 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]
DUST OFF YOUR CLASSIC PHOTOSThanks to Will Fuller for sending in this "Blast From The Past." This is Bob "Doc" Fuller from 1966 at WLOB in Portland, Maine, when it was owned by Ralph Guild. Fuller and JJ Jeffrey now own the station. Send us YOUR classic photo to
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Are You Creating Great Radio Content?Stop hiding it. Tell us all about it so we can brag about it to the entire industry. If your radio station is producing great radio content that's making a big impact on the community, we want to hear about it. Don't be shy. Let us shout about your great work from the industry's rooftop. Send all the details to Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief Ed Ryan at edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more]
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(by Deborah Parenti) A week later, the United debacle has continued to spread its wings, with panel discussions, analyses, and commentaries featured as part of this weekend’s news programs on cable and broadcast networks. And now that the lawyering-up has begun, we can expect this will not subside anytime soon.
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. 
(By Bob McCurdy) Reach is hot. It’s getting some well-deserved love in this fragmented media landscape for good reason: Companies typically grow by expanding their customer base, not by getting current customers to buy more often.
(By Randy Lane) When I asked Brian Phillips (President, CMT Networks and previous award-winning radio programmer) his perception of radio after being in television for several years, his response surprised me. “Radio is an audio medium that generally does a poor job with audio.”
(By Ronald Robinson) From time to time, a local station will crank out a brilliant piece of creative advertising. The staff will gather around, howling with delight while offering kudos all around. “Let’s enter it for an award!” Salespeople will hold their tongues and grudgingly wince out a qualified smile as they wonder to themselves: “Nice. But, will it sell anything?”
ESPN's Scott van Pelt was playing golf when a member of The University of Maryland's student-run radio station reached out to him on Twitter. The station needed another $1200 to stay funded and keep operating. Van Pelt graduated from the school.
The 2017 NAB Show will explore the Alexa voice-service technology that powers the popular Amazon Echo device. The Alexa Skill Building Bootcamp will be held Saturday, April 22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Designed for software developers and non-developers alike, the Bootcamp will provide participants with an in-depth overview of voice-user technology.
As promised, WYMS 88.9-FM will continue to support local artists. And now it will be broadcast and streamed around the clock on 414Music.fm, a new HD2 radio channel and stream that 88Nine Radio Milwaukee will launch June 20. 
The People’s Morning Show with Nipsey, Jen and Earl on Harrisburg, PA’s WQXA-FM 105.7 THE X was honored by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals with the English Radio Personality of the Year Excellence Award. 
It's a small club but it includes 20 of the best people in radio. On Monday, Radio Ink's newest list will be unveiled -- The 20 Best Leaders in Radio. This list was chosen by the radio industry. In an extremely exciting and close vote, that included about 50 people when we first started, thousands of votes were cast on our website to help decide the final 20 names that will appear in Radio Ink Magazine next week. Forcht CEO Mike Tarter is one of those 20 leaders.
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 
Thanks to Will Fuller for sending in this "Blast From The Past." This is Bob "Doc" Fuller from 1966 at WLOB in Portland, Maine, when it was owned by Ralph Guild. Fuller and JJ Jeffrey now own the station. Send us YOUR classic photo to
Stop hiding it. Tell us all about it so we can brag about it to the entire industry. If your radio station is producing great radio content that's making a big impact on the community, we want to hear about it. Don't be shy. Let us shout about your great work from the industry's rooftop. Send all the details to Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief Ed Ryan at 
