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Was Radio Up 16% in October?, Is Sean Hannity Angry?
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Radio Headlines For Wednesday 11-29-2017
 
The world of digital continues to edge in on radio's space. iHeartMedia has really taken advantage of the company's scale in recent years by teaming with artists, launching their new songs, and playing the daylights out of them, sometimes for an entire day at the top of every hour. Now, it's Jeff Bezos' team taking advantage of Amazon's scale, using Alexa to do the same for U2. [read more]
 
 
Money graphicThat's what Standard Media Index is reporting. We'll certainly see how that month plays out when companies report earnings in early 2018. At the end of Q3 most companies in radio reported limited visibility, certainly nothing like this type of increase. [read more]
 
You might think he is if you saw THIS COVER of the latest New York Times Magazine. The photo they chose for a cover story interview on Hannity makes him look pretty angry, even though the lengthy article about one of radio's most successful talkers was detailed, fair, and balanced. [read more]
 
(Barry Cohen) Barry Cohen isn't shy about making predictions -- and he's been right on the money in the past. Which makes his 10 predictions about the sales world well worth reading. Let's see what he has to say about the future of radio sales. [read more]
 
 
(By Matt Miller) The talent of the future are no longer simply associated with a brand, they are the brand. The radio talent of the future will be a social media and digital force. The talent will be horizontally integrated in the digital space, able to be consumed in visual, written, and audio form to be everywhere with and for the audience, live or on demand. [read more]
 
(By Gary Krantz) Jeff Warshaw, CEO of Connoisseur Media, is pushing boundaries, combining streaming with terrestrial radio in a new New York digital station targeted to millennials. It’s called Satori. Here’s how his vision came about. [read more]
 
David Oxenford breaks down exactly who will be paying more, and how much, perfectly in his latest blog. When the CRB set the rates for 2016 through 2020, it included increases based on increases in the Consumer Price Index. There was no increase in 2016, however the CRB has determined there was enough of an increase in the CPI in 2017 to warrant raising the rates in 2018. [read more]
 
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That's according to Newsday. Even though the station is now owned by Entercom, and longtime co-host Craig Carton resigned after being arrested, President of CBS Sports David Berson said the simulcast on the CBS Sports Network will continue as is. "It’s safe to say it’s going to continue without interruption.” Boomer & Carton started simulcasting in January 2014. [read more]
 
Cameron Maxwell adds Regional VP duties for Jeff Warshaw's company. The CEO said, “Cam has been a key part of our success in Billings, handling the day-to-day operations. We're thrilled to promote him into this new role." [read more]
 
Mary Lea Wagner is the new General Sales Manager for Bonneville’s KOIT and KMVQ in San Francisco. Wagner will oversee all sales for the two stations. Most recently, she was GSMfor KSWD-FM in Los Angeles. [read more]
 
 
 
Rob Kruz returns to the nation’s capital from WFLZ in Tampa, to take up the PD role at HOT 99.5, “DC’s No. 1 Hit Music Station,” effective December 18.  He replaces Tommy Chuck who was promoted to SVP Programming for Tampa/Sarasota. [read more]
 
DeDe McGuire will continue doing wakeup duties on Dallas-Ft. Worth’s K104 under a new four-year contract extension that includes national syndication in 2018. McGuire’s career has included stops in Chicago and Philadelphia, and she served as co-host with the late, great Doug Banks on the syndicated Doug Banks Show. [read more]
 
The Steve Harvey Morning Show Annual Turkey Give saw a fantastic 8,000 turkeys donated by the top-rated syndicated morning show, to help those less fortunate celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. [read more]
 
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(By Gary Berkowitz) Call him intrepid but Gary Berkowitz is willing to go out on a limb for us and predict what the world of radio programming will be like a quarter century from now. Here are his 10 predictions... [read more]
 
Stephanie_Winans16(By Stephanie Winans) Radio managers and talent alike were skeptical of many of the biggest digital innovations when they first disrupted the industry and its operations. But today? These innovations build our brands, drive deeper connections with our listeners, and provide new platforms for monetization. [read more]
 
As part of Radio Ink’s 25th-anniversary issue, we took a look back at who made the biggest impact in our industry over the last quarter century. We held an online poll asking our readers. We reached out to industry executives, station owners, managers, and leaders who left the business after long and successful careers. Then we went back through 25 years of cover story interviews in Radio Ink magazine and compared that with all the input we received to come up with this list. [read more]
 
Are you hearing things about your market? Let us investigate. Radio Ink Magazine is the only 25-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]
 
Thank you to John Rosso, President, Market Development, Triton Digital for dusting off this classic and sending it along to us. This is Rosso at SUNY Buffalo’s WBNY-FM rocking the Ian Hunter perm. He tells Radio Ink: "I am now over any self-esteem issues related to that hair style." Send your classic studio shot -- cart machines and all -- to edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more]
 
 
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