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| Why Did Entercom Spin Wilkes-Barre?, New Ways To Think About Radio’s Opportunities… |
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| Radio Headlines For Wednesday 9-27-17 |
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 Entercom is divesting three stations to Educational Media Foundation. They are: KSWD-FM 100.3 The Sound in Los Angeles, KSOQ-FM 92.1 in San Diego, and WGGI-FM 95.9 in Wilkes-Barre. The deal is the first of what will probably be several spin-offs to allow Entercom to complete its merger with CBS in order to stay under FCC caps in several markets. [read more] |
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 That Pennsylvania market (Nielsen market #72) was not mentioned as part of the original plan to divest stations to stay under FCC caps. Entercom currently has 6 signals in Wilkes-Barre, WGGY (Froggy 101) is a country station. Before this announcement, EMF did not have a signal in the market. [read more] |
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 At Forecast 2018, Jay Abraham will present some of his winning strategies for finding new ways to market radio, maximize its growth, and find new ways to generate revenue. He’ll explain patterns he has identified over the years that limit and restrict business growth, and how most industries only know and use one particular marketing approach. [read more] |
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 Marc Kaye is the Market Manager for Hubbard Radio in Seattle. He's also been chosen as one of Radio's Best Managers for 2017 and will be featured in the October 9 issue of Radio Ink Magazine, along with a small group of radio's other top managers. Kaye runs a five-station cluster for Hubbard in Seattle, leading and managing over 100 employees. [read more] |
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 On Tuesday, the FCC proposed the maximum fine allowable by statute — $144,344 — against a pirate radio station in North Miami, Florida. The action marks the first time the Commission has proposed finding the property owners where the transmission equipment was located apparently liable for the operation of the station. [read more] |
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 FCC Chairman Ajit Pai continues his aggressive attack against pirate operators, especially those that are repeat offenders. Following the announcement that North Miami pirates would be hit with the maximum fine allowable ($144,000), Pai said since becoming Chairman he's made it quite clear that the FCC won’t tolerate the unauthorized and illegal use of the radio spectrum. [read more] |
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On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposed to eliminate rules requiring certain broadcasters to keep paper copies of FCC rules. Copies of the rules are now available online and the Commission stated the paper copy requirements are outdated and unnecessarily burdensome. [read more] |
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 On December 18, Radio Ink will release its 6th annual Top Local Sports Talkers in America for 2017. It's been an exciting year in the sports talk format. Mike Francesa has held the #1 spot for all five years this list has been published. Who will be top dog this year? Can anyone knock Mike Francesa out of the top spot? We'll find out in December when Radio Ink's Top Local Sports Talkers in America list is revealed. Make your nomination HERE. [read more] |
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 The Philadelphia 76ers aren’t moving on the radio dial and have announced a multi-year extension with Beasley Media Group’s 97.5 The Fanatic (WPEN) to serve as the team’s flagship radio station. The Fanatic will continue to exclusively broadcast 76ers games, as well as remain the official home of 76ers pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows. [read more] |
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 The Indiana Pacers have renewed their play-by-play deal with Emmis' 107.5 FM/1070 AM The Fan in Indianapolis. This will be the 22nd season Pacers games have been broadcast on an Emmis station. Terms of the new agreement were not disclosed. [read more] |
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 The Broadcasters Foundation of America has established the Gary Fries Memorial Fund to honor the former RAB CEO. Fries was a long-time director of the Broadcasters Foundation. He died this past Friday at the age of 76. [read more] |
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 Five House members and another Senator have joined as cosponsors of the resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act now has 211 cosponsors in the House and 24 in the Senate. [read more] |
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 This Wednesday, September 27, Steve and Ted in the Morning on KNSS/Wichita will celebrate their 5000th show. Local boys Steve McIntosh and Ted Woodward have won multiple awards from The Associated Press, Kansas Association of Broadcasters, RTNDA with a Murrow, and the National Association of Broadcasters with a Marconi. [read more] |
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 Matt McAllister is the new host of KKWF, FM 100.7 The Wolf morning show. He’ll kick out the jams on October 2 from 6 to 10 a.m. PST, joining the Seattle country station from KNIX-FM in Phoenix, where he spent a decade on-air in the mornings. [read more] |
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 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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 We want to know who the 25 people that have had the biggest impact (good or bad) on the radio industry over the past 25 years are. And we want you to tell us. The results of our poll will be published in the November 13 issue of Radio Ink -- celebrating the 25th year of the magazine. [read more] |
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 Radio Ink Magazine turns 25 years old in 2017. We are marking that milestone with a special 25th Anniversary issue in November. We want you to be a part of our celebration. Search through your archives and send us your favorite radio station photos from the past 25 years. We would love to have them as part of this special issue in November. You can e-mail large scans of the photos to edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more] |
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 Over the past few weeks our readers have been voting for the top 20 AOR stations of all time. You'll find that final vote at the end of this story. Before we list how you voted in our poll, we turn to three AOR experts to see how they voted. Both John Sebastian and Lee Abrams have ranked their lists. Fred Jacobs provided us with a list of 20 stations as well. Fred's top 20 are not ranked. [read more] |
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