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| Our Free Webinar Is Today At 1:00 p.m., iHeartRadio México Launches November 3 |
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| Radio Headlines For Tuesday 10-30-18 |
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 At Forecast 2019‘s Prospects for Radio as an Investment in 2019: The Real Street Talk panel, Randy Michaels, who has seen both sides of the investment game, moderates a panel of financial advisors and analysts in a candid discussion of who's investing and where. Wall Street’s opinion affects every player; this is a session no broadcaster can afford to miss. [read more] |
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 At the 2018 Radio Show in Orlando, attribution was the topic that had attendees talking. While top executives detailed the importance of attribution, data, and analytics for radio to remain relevant to advertisers, Veritone announced the release of its new AI-driven media attribution tool that tracks the efficacy of advertising in broadcast radio. [read more] |
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 Mexican broadcast company Grupo ACIR and iHeartMedia have entered into a partnership that will bring iHeartRadio to listeners across Mexico. iHeartRadio México is available now in beta, with the official launch November 3 at the iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina. [read more] |
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 Another week for GEICO at the top of the Media Monitors weekly advertiser chart as the insurance giant was once again radio's biggest advertiser, airing 45,775 commercials on radio stations all across the country. [read more] |
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 At the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Coordinating Center for Communications and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the FCC has deactivated its Disaster Information Reporting System for Hurricane Michael. [read more] |
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 Galaxy Media has promoted Carrie J. Wojtaszek to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Wojtaszek, a 10-year veteran of Galaxy, has served as the General Manager of Galaxy Events since 2013. [read more] |
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 Iliad Media Group of Boise, Idaho, announced Monday the promotion of Kristin Lowman to Regional National Sales Manager. Lowman has been with the company for five years. [read more] |
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 After eight years at WTMJ in Milwaukee, Eric Brooks has taken the job of Assistant News Director at Entercom's News Radio KCBS San Francisco. Brooks was Director of News & Programming at WTMJ. The station was recently purchased by Good Karma. Steve Wexler has been hired to run the station. Brooks starts with KCBS on November 12. [read more] |
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 The company has named Mark Garcia SVP of Integrated Marketing Solutions in McAllen and Pulpo Media (an Entravision company) has appointed Laura Willis to the position of VP of Digital Sales. [read more] |
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 Young has assumed the role for Educational Media Foundation’s Air1 network. She joined Air1 almost 10 years ago and has served as morning co-host, midday air talent, APD, and Music Director. [read more] |
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 According to Triton's July listening ranker, total weekday listening to online audio remains steady at 5.65 million in the U.S. All measured clients within the U.S. reported a total of 5,650,930 Average Active Sessions during the Monday through Friday 6:00am to 8:00pm daypart. [read more] |
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 Listeners in the United Kingdom will be able to utilize the Live365 platform, which is home to thousands of stations. Live365 has removed the sitewide geo-block and streaming is now available to all listeners in the U.K. [read more] |
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 And here's yet another way for consumers to listen to audio. Traffic app Waze has released a beta version of the Waze Audio Player. The player was inspired by feedback from its first audio integration with Spotify in 2017. [read more] |
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 Louisville Public Media has announced a special broadcast of Kentucky Shakespeare’s recent performance of The War of the Worlds across all three stations simultaneously (89.3 WFPL, 90.5 WUOL, and 91.9 WFPK), tonight at 9:00 p.m. [read more] |
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 The stars were out at The Carney Awards, Sunday night. Joe Morton, Jessica Walter, Joe Pantoliano, M. Emmet Walsh, James Cromwell, and Bruce Greenwood were honored for their outstanding achievements in character acting. [read more] |
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 The world of cryptocurrencies — and the “blockchain” technology that powers them — is here to stay. Now crypto and blockchain “noobs” and experts alike can listen to futurist, inventor, and award-winning podcaster Mark Pesce, as he brings refreshing clarity into the new frontier with his podcast Cryptonomics. [read more] |
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 Courrielche, Cortez, and Premiere Networks will co-produce Red Pilled America, a weekly podcast series beginning November 1 on the iHeartRadio Podcast Network. Each episode will search for answers in the stories of forgotten men and women of America. [read more] |
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 Our thanks to Grant Holthusen from Entercom Minneapolis for bringing us this weeks advertiser success story. Grant tells us about how he, and very creative endorsements on WCCO, helped The Canopy Group grow their insurance business in Minneapolis. Here's exactly how he did it. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media) [read more] |
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