|
| No Matt, Radio Is Not Being Duped By Digital., Friday on Podcasting For Radio Dummies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Radio Headlines For Wednesday 05-15-19 |
|
|
|
 Pages and pages of comments from individuals opposing more radio deregulation were filed with The FCC yesterday. The comments were a result of a campaign by The musicFIRST coalition. [read more] |
|
|
|
|
|
 (By David Ballinger) Saga's Matt Nystrom wrote an open letter about attribution that was published Tuesday on the Radio Ink website. Matt raised three common questions surrounding attribution that everyone in the industry should know how to answer [read more] |
|
|
|
 Longtime radio host John Gay is our guest Friday LIVE at 9 a.m. John began his radio career in 2003 as a board op at WPRO-AM in Providence. His radio run included gigs in Burlington, New Orleans and Detroit until 2018 when he founded JAG, a company that creates, produces, edits and syndicates podcasts for businesses and nonprofits. [read more] |
|
|
|
 The latest is KRCW-FM in Eastern Washington from the Farmworkers Educational Radio Network for $200,000. Bustos Media now owns a total of 25 stations. [read more] |
|
|
|
|
|
 Marketron has hired Jim Howard as its new Chief Executive Officer. Howard replaces Micael Collins who held the position for a little more than a year. Howard was an operating partner for Diversis Capital, the private equity firm which acquired Marketron in 2018. [read more] |
|
|
|
 Sean McDowell will be hanging up the headphones on July 31st after forty-one years in radio and twenty six with WDVE. The rock station is owned by iHeartMedia in Pittsburgh. McDowell started his career with WYDD New Kensington. [read more] |
|
|
|
 Worcester, MA, is the scene of the three Cumulus promotions. Chuck Perks (pictured) is now Ops Manager, Keith Stephens moves up to PD, and Matt Henry moves up to Stephens’ previous position as Promotions Director for WXLO, WWFX, and WORC-FM. [read more] |
|
|
|
|
|
 Award-winning journalist Caitlyn Kim has been hired to lead Colorado Public Radio’s reporting efforts in Washington D.C. Kim’s position advances plans to expand CPR’s political coverage. [read more] |
|
|
|
 It's a fresh start for Angie Fitzsimmons, who will join mornings on Los Angeles station Go Country 105 (KKGO) beginning Monday, May 27. Fitzsimmons has previously worked with both Adam Carolla and Carson Daly. [read more] |
|
|
|
 NBC and iHeartMedia have partnered to co-produce NBC’s Songland Podcast, the official after-show podcast for NBC’s new songwriting competition show, Songland. Through the partnership, special podcast vignettes will also be airing across iHeart stations. [read more] |
|
|
|
|
|
 The Saginaw, MI, station’s Listen to the Mrs. show is making the transition to digital after 66 years on the air. The Alpha Media station is debuting a podcast version of the show. [read more] |
|
|
|
 Country Radio Broadcasters is launching “CRS360,” a continuing webinar series designed to address emerging trends and current hot topics in country music. The monthly series debuts at 2 p.m. (CDT) Thursday, May 23. We have the link to sign up. [read more] |
|
|
|
|
 Q Broadcasting in Florida has launched VIVA FM, a 100% Salsa format for the Orlando market. It will be carried on a simulcast/combo of WONQ 99.5 FM and 1030 AM, with coverage of Orange, Osceola, Brevard, Polk, and parts of Volusia, as well as digital platforms. [read more] |
|
|
|
|
|
 Live365 can now be accessed on Amazon Alexa using the phrase "Play Live365!"
To begin listening to Live365 on Alexa, the listener first needs to enable the Live365 Alexa Skill in the Alexa Skills Store. [read more] |
|
|
|
 Futuri Media has hired Gould to join its leadership team in the newly created role of SVP, R&D and Innovation. Gould joins Futuri after 11 years at Telos, where he co-created the company’s Omnia 11 audio processor. [read more] |
|
|
|
 (By Matt Nystrom) Digital marketing metrics, in particular, have created a Pavlovian response in advertisers conditioned to see immediate insight and results. This is an open letter to my colleagues in the radio industry. [read more] |
|
|
|
|
|
 Thanks to our friends at djmastercontrol.com for this classic of Don Sherwood from KSFO San Francisco -- one of the greatest morning men in radio history. Send your Blast From The Past photo to edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more] |
|
|
|
Don't Miss Any News This Afternoon
Start your week with business intelligence and insight from the FREE Daily Radio News e-mail delivered at the end of each business day RBR+TVBR. A group of four radio stations in Michigan have just been sold. Who's the buyer? What's the price? Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson has all of the details. Subscribe HERE |
|
|
|
 Are you hearing things about your market? Let us investigate. Radio Ink Magazine is the only 27-year-old trade magazine in the radio industry. That's the result of a lot of trust over those years. Send all news tips in total confidence, and any other station news to Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan at edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more] |
|
|
|
|
|
| Copyright 2019 Streamline Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Radio Ink ® is a registered trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. Audio Ink ™ is a trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. |
|
|
|
| If you were forwarded this email from a friend or co-worker, hitting the UNSUBSCRIBE link below will end their subscription. Instead, please reply directly to them to request they stop forwarding this publication to you.
|
|
|
