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| Heather Cohen Is On The Radio Ink Cover, iHeartMedia Fox Push Out More Data |
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| Radio Headlines For Tuesday 6-20-2017 |
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 CBS Radio has been getting a lot of national press the last few days and it has nothing to do with the Entercom merger. One day after her story went viral, Country Artist Lindsay Ell spoke to The New York Times about being cancelled by CBS Radio in Sacramento because she's dating Bobby Bones, who's syndicated by iHeartMedia. And CBS Radio is trying to do a little damage control over the incident. [read more] |
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 Digital subscribers to Radio Ink have already received our latest issue, which includes our interview with Super Agent Heather Cohen, who is also on our 2017 Most Influential Women in Radio list. Print subscribers will start to see their copy in a few days. If you would like to subscribe to Radio Ink and have it downloaded to your device immediately, including this issue, GO HERE. Have your copy before the boss. Get an entire year of Radio Ink digital for only $49.00. [read more] |
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 On Monday, iHeartMedia and Fox Networks Group announced the launch of Smart A/V Audiences, a suite of data-driven advertising products available to advertisers that including both Audio and Video creative units integrated onto one platform. Here's what iHeart CEO Bob Pittman said the goal of this new collaboration is... [read more] |
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 This time on the radio station it purchased from Jeff Warshaw's Connoisseur Media in Box Elder, SD, back in 2013. Pandora purchased KXMZ-FM for $600,000 hoping to skirt around ASCAP and BMI fees by being considered a regular radio company. That never worked out. The pure-play streamer is now selling the station to Haugo Broadcasting in Rapid City for $300,000. [read more] |
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 In the 2017 40 Most Powerful People in Radio issue of Radio Ink, Randy Michaels and Lee Abrams battle it out to identify the 40 Greatest Top 40 Radio Stations of All Time. Radio Ink readers began voting this past Friday and we have already received over 500 votes. Here are YOUR top ten Top 40 stations so far... [read more] |
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 Back in 1987 when Emmis launched WFAN everyone questioned whether an all-Sports format would work on the radio. Today, CBS owns WFAN in New York City and it's the gold standard when it comes to Sports Talk stations. In honor of 30 years on the air, WFAN will celebrate this Thursday with a special day of live broadcasts. [read more] |
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 The Home Depot ran 47,000 fewer spots last week than it did two weeks ago, however, 63,293 commercials on radio stations all across the country was still enough to take the top spot on the Media Monitors weekly chart. Lowe's was a distant second with 37,256, followed by GEICO (36,701), JC Penney (31,273), and AutoZone (27,160). There were no major movers on the chart last week. [read more] |
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 She's one of radio's strongest and loudest proponents. Mary Beth Garber was hired by Katz back in 2011 as the EVP for Marketing Strategy. Radio Ink has learned that Garber was let go by Katz last week. She can be reached at marybethgarber@gmail.com [read more] |
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 iHeartMedia's SportsTalk 790 in Houston will shuffle its lineup next month. Josh Innes, who's been holding down afternoons since October 2016, will move to mornings as of July 17. From 2013 until he was fired last year, Innes hosted a very popular afternoon show on CBS Radio's WIP in Philadelphia. [read more] |
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 Rickey Smiley will host the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner and Show on September 7 at the 2017 Radio Show in Austin. Smiley last hosted the Marconi Awards back in 2015 in Atlanta. [read more] |
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 Not so long ago, time-stamps played a large metadata role for TV broadcasters. In recent years, technological advancements have changed how broadcasters view and use metadata. On July 18, broadcast and cable TV professionals and their sales teams have a great no-cost opportunity to learn more about how AI and metadata can bring in more ad dollars. [read more] |
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 The company has launched a new format from a translator operating at 94.7 in Charlotte. The station is called "94.7 Smoke" and the format is Southern Rock. Smoke launched at 6 a.m. on Monday with 10,000 songs in a row commercial free. [read more] |
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 In New Orleans, Cumulus moves its NASH Country station from 92.3 to 106.1 and launches a new Alternative Rock station, ALT 92.3 FM, on WRKN-FM. Market Manager Pat Galloway said, “WRKN-FM stands tall at 100,000 watts and 2,000 feet, twice as big as any radio station in New Orleans or Baton Rouge." [read more] |
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 The Philadelphia station’s 11th Annual John DeBella Veterans Radiothon raised the impressive sum which goes to the Veterans Multi-Service Center. The VMC’s mission is to provide services, programs, opportunities, and advancement to veterans. [read more] |
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 Football season will be here before you know it now that both the NBA and NHL seasons have concluded. On Monday, AdLarge Media announced the schedule of NCAA College Football Games from Touchdown Radio, the network founded by former University of Miami QB Gino Torretta. AdLarge handles national ad sales for the network. Here's the schedule of games... [read more] |
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 WXRT's Wendy Rice is retiring from the CBS Chicago station. Rice is the host of the popular Saturday Morning Flashback program. Her final show will be this Saturday. She's been at WXRT for 35 years. Rice began her career at XRT as an intern in 1978; she later made a stop in Peoria, at WWCT-FM before returning to Chicago and joining the WXRT air staff in 1982. [read more] |
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 After serving the ministry as a technical consultant for five months, WAY-FM Chief Operating Officer Lloyd Parker has announced that Dean Sims has joined the executive team as Chief Technology Officer. He starts July 1. Sims previously served as the Director of Global Technology Architecture at Compassion International in Colorado Springs. [read more] |
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 Beasley Media in Las Vegas is shifting Aimee Montgomery from Star 107.9 to Lite 101.5 FM where she will become the new midday host. Montgomery, who joined Star 107.9 in 2015, most recently served as a co-host of the morning show and worked as Brooke and Jubal’s local On-Air Liaison/Producer. [read more] |
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