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| Entercom Takes New York, Upstate NY Stations Going to Auction |
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| Radio Headlines For Tuesday 11-21-2017 |
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 (By Deborah Parenti) With the close of the Entercom/CBS Radio deal last Friday, David Field proved beyond a doubt that he and his executive team truly have “the right stuff” when it comes to executing the “art of the deal.” And what a deal it was. So now, we ask this question: Will other executives and managers follow his lead to lift the entire radio industry up? [read more] |
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 On the heels of the merger with CBS Radio, the Entercom management team, along with founder Joe Field, rang the closing bell at The New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Entercom officially became radio's second largest company, in terms of revenue, this past Friday. Livestream has the video of the event from yesterday. Watch it HERE. [read more] |
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 They've been losing money for years and now with an owner nobody can find, and bills left unpaid, five Sarnac Lake radio stations will be auctioned off in two weeks. The Saranac Lake Radio Company, which celebrated 90 years in September, and was the voice of the community, is a shell of the radio company it once was and is hardly broadcasting today. [read more] |
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 With the holidays right around the corner, Amazon.com is using radio heavily as it continues to try to take shoppers away from brick and mortar retailers. Amazon aired 30,811 commercials on radio stations across the country last week, according to Media Monitors. [read more] |
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 With all the format flips to Christmas music taking place, Radio Ink would like to thank Ken Benson and the P1 Media Group for sharing their list of the top-tested Christmas songs of 2017. Ken tells us that seven of the top 10 Christmas songs were released between 1945 and 1963. [read more] |
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 iHeartMedia's 106.7 LITE FM is now celebrating the holidays. The Bob and Christine Morning Show, along with Rich Kaminski and the Radio City Rockettes, flipped the Christmas music switch marking the beginning of the Christmas season in New York City. The station will play Christmas music through Christmas Day. [read more] |
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 Beasley's Magic 98.3 in Somerset, New Jersey is now playing holiday tunes. PD Debbie Mazella said, "We are all very happy to continue the annual tradition of becoming Jersey's Christmas Station and play non-stop holiday music to add to the excitement of the season." When the station is not playing Christmas tunes the format is "Today’s Hits &Yesterday’s Favorites." [read more] |
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 It's an annual tradition...34 years and counting for the New York Market Radio Association's holiday party. This year it will be held on Friday, December 1 at the Rock & Reilly’s Rooftop Lounge in the Renaissance Hotel in New York City. At the event, radio managers and account executives have the opportunity to mingle with local and national media buyers. [read more] |
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 New events are replacing the Radio, Television and Technology Luncheons at the NAB's big event in Las Vegas this April. Two new events are being added and several are going away. [read more] |
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 Entercom has announced a special, commercial-free programming feature, Count on Country, that will be broadcast Tuesday, November 28. The one-hour show will feature content from country music artists and it'll be hosted by Big & Rich. Within the commercial-free programming, artists will encourage donations to the Las Vegas Victims' Fund. [read more] |
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 WTOP has launched a new app for both Apple and Android devices, developed in partnership with jācapps. The app provides D.C. listeners with the latest news, traffic and weather from around the D.C. region. It also includes personalized news feeds based on a user’s interests, custom breaking news and traffic alerts, and weather targeted to the user’s location. [read more] |
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 The Country Radio Broadcasters has named Jennifer Hays (Music Director/On Air, KCTR/Billings, MT), Mark Wells (PD KCYT-FM/Fayetteville, AR), and Jamie Jackson (Promotions Director 95.3 KRTY/San Jose) as recipients of the 2018 Rusty Walker Scholarship. Each will receive an all-expenses-paid trip and attendance to CRS 2018. [read more] |
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 Portsmouth, NH isn’t only one of America’s most beautiful small cities, it’s also right up there for generosity. iHeartMedia Portsmouth’s Greg & The Morning Buzz raised over $162,000 during its 27h annual “Lend A Helping Can” fundraiser. [read more] |
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 On November 16, B98.5 listeners donated an incredible 4,800 pounds of food to supply Thanksgiving meals for the Atlanta Community Food Bank. This included an amazing 2,792 pounds of turkey, 1,522 pounds of canned goods, and 486 pounds of produce. [read more] |
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 105.1 The Bounce’s Bikes for Kids Holiday Collection will kick off with four live broadcasts from selected metro Detroit locations beginning on November 20. The collections will be held on December 1, 8, and 15. The final collection and distribution day will take place on December 16. [read more] |
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 Frisbie most recently founded Frisbie Consulting where he helped clients with media/digital/mobile/video sales strategies and operations. Before starting his own company, Frisbie was EVP of Sales at Jun Group, where he led the company’s national media sales efforts, and eight years as the VP of Sales at iHeartRadio. [read more] |
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 The Charlotte Alternative Rock station has named Tamo Sein Assistant Program Director, Music Director, and midday host. Sein will broadcast from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. She joins iHeartMedia Charlotte from Richmond, Virginia's XL102. [read more] |
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 Tyler will take up the reins as both Assistant Program Director and Music Director for NASH FM 93.1/WDRQ-FM in Detroit beginning December 15. She will also be on-air host of the 10 a.m.-2 p.m. show, weekdays. Tyler joins Cumulus Media-Detroit from Q103.1/WQNU in Louisville [read more] |
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