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Caroline Beasley Steps To The Plate Today, It All Starts in One Week.
 
 
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Radio Headlines For Tuesday 3-21-2017
 
CBS Bosses To Be Part of New Entercom Board cbs-entercom-2Monday afternoon CBS and Entercom filed applications with the FCC to move forward with the merger that was announced back in February. CBS CEO Les Moonves and COO Joe Ianniello are proposed to be directors of Entercom for six months once the merger is complete. [read more]
 
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Caroline Beasley Steps To The Plate Today Caroline Beasley 2016We'll know the financial results for 2016 from another one of radio's growing companies this morning. Beasley Media will report its Q4 and 2016 earnings before the opening bell today. Beasley had a strong Q3 in 2016 posting a 5.6% jump in top-line revenue with automotive, retail and political the strongest categories for the company. [read more]
 
It All Starts in One Week. orielly_michael17Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference kicks off one week from today in sunny Fort Lauderdale with a keynote address from FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly. That will be followed by our first panel which focuses on the 2016 Presidential election and what was learned during that very different campaign. Check out our full agenda HERE. Register HERE. [read more]
 
Digital Company Spotlight – Frequency pete jimisonLast week, with the help of AdsWizz, a company called Frequency launched a campaign to use personalized creative on Spotify. The campaign targets listeners with audio ads that are customized based on time of day and location. We spoke to Frequency CEO Pete Jimison about the company, this new technology, and if there might be some application for your radio stations. [read more]
 
 
How I Became A VP Of Sales James Robinson(By James Robinson) I’ve spent the last 20 years in the media sales industry. During that time, my career has faced its share of challenges, perhaps none greater than being at a market that was bought and sold six times. We also had eight different general managers going in 10 different directions. [read more]
 
Time To Change The Way You’re Selling Matt Sunshine - Radio Sales(By Matt Sunshine) Is your sales team working the same way radio sales were being run 10 years ago? If so, and you are not getting the results corporate is expecting, there’s a good chance you need to update your sales playbook. [read more]
 
Wendy’s Shows Radio A Lot Of Love Wendy's LogoThe burger chain moved from 53rd to second on the Media Monitors weekly chart. Wendy's aired 32,833 commercials on radio stations all across the country last week. Only GEICO aired more (49,240). Indeed held onto the third spot (32,531), followed by The Home Depot (32,180), and the United States Department of Transportation (30,435). [read more]
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NextRadio Now Available In Colombia NextradioColombia joins Mexico and Peru as Latin American countries where consumers can tune to their favorite local FM radio stations using the NextRadio app. Later this year, additional expansion is planned to cover more Latin American countries by offering NextRadio within the Google Play Store in Brazil and Argentina. [read more]
 
Mississippi FM Sells For $600K Sold6,000-watt WHJT, owned by Mississippi College in Jackson, Mississippi, is being sold to New South Radio for $600,000 cash at closing. The college was represented by brokers Greg Guy and Jason James of Patrick Communications. [read more]
 
ESPN Promotes Justin Craig justin craig (2)ESPN Radio New York 98.7FM PD Justin Craig has been named Senior Director, Programming and Operations for the national ESPN Radio network. Craig will be responsible for all aspects of ESPN Radio programming and production, including oversight of Mike & Mike, The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, Russillo & Kanell, and nighttime and weekend programming. [read more]
 
 
Gottlieb Out At The CBS Radio Network Doug GottliebAnd as a result, some shuffling on the network with Tiki Barber and Brandon Tierney moving from weekday mornings (9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.) to afternoon drive (3:00–6:00 p.m.) and Damon Amendolara moving from evenings (6:00–10:00 p.m.) to mornings (9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.). Doug Gottlieb, who was hosting afternoon drive, will air his final show Friday, April 14. A new evening show and host will be named soon. [read more]
 
New PM Drive Local Show For iHeart Portland RipCityDrive-noglow (2)iHeart's Rip City Radio 620 in Portland, OR is debuting the new Rip City Drive with Chad and Travis weekdays from 3 – 6 p.m. The afternoon sports talk show will focus on the Portland sports market with a specific focus on Portland Trail Blazer basketball. [read more]
 
Topeka Country Stations Raise $90K For St. Jude Topeka-Radiothon17The stations are Country Legends 106.9 and Big 94.5 Country, and the final tally for their joint, two-day radiothon was $90,380. Over the two days, more than 200 people called in to become a Partner in Hope. [read more]
 
DUST OFF YOUR CLASSIC PHOTOS docThanks to Will Fuller for sending us 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 edryantheeditor@gmail.com [read more]
 
SEND US YOUR NEWS RadioInk_logo_114Does 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]
 
Are You Creating Great Radio Content? Radio-Ink-Logo-300x300Stop 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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