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Radio Headlines For Thursday 6-28-2018
 
(By Ed Levine, Paul Stone, and George Reed) Much has been written in the radio trades over the last week regarding the NAB Radio Board vote in favor of recommending to the FCC an update of its radio ownership rules. We'd like to give you our take. [read more]
 
 
Earlier this week we reported that JAM Media Solutions, lead by Jonathan Mason, joined the ranks of radio ownership with the $3 million purchase of six radio stations in Outer Banks, North Carolina, and Muscatine, Iowa. The owner of the company is Pastor Jonathan Mason [read more]
 
The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Annual Survey finds the percentage of people of color in local radio news slipping to 11.3%, down 0.4 from a year ago. The random sample of 3,542 radio stations, with 415 valid responses, from news directors and GMs, also showed that the percentage of radio general managers of color rose 1.7% from a year ago. Here are the details. [read more]
 
The 43rd Annual Gracie Awards Luncheon was held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, Wednesday. The luncheon honors the accomplishments of local and student women in media and entertainment. You're looking at the Radio Ink table, featuring.... [read more]
 
 
Can Spanish-language radio serve as a powerful platform for the expansion of a very regional brand that seeks wider growth opportunities? In this Hispanic Radio Podcast, advertising agency head Alex López Negrete — whose resume includes Spanish-language play-by-play for an NBA franchise — shares his thoughts on why radio works for advertisers. [read more]
 
Twenty-year veteran Chuck Poet is the new Market Manager for Cumulus' five-station cluster in Erie, PA. Poet joins Cumulus Media from Results Radio in Parkersburg, WV, where he was Sales Manager. Prior to that, he was Market President for iHeartMedia’s Parkersburg, WV, and Wheeling, WV, radio stations for 15 years. [read more]
 
Doug Hall has been named Digital Program Director for iHeart San Francisco, effective July 9. The company has six stations in the market and generates 30 podcasts locally with nearly 100 episodes each week published. Hall will report to Don Parker, Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia San Francisco. [read more]
 
 
The Bob & Tom Show has promoted radio industry veteran John Kesler to Chief Operating Officer of the nationally syndicated morning radio show. Kesler moves up from his role as General Manager for the award-winning show. [read more]
 
Inside JAWS is a tale of a modest thriller that became an ordeal and then a disaster and then a phenomenon and then a classic. Steven Spielberg, a fresh-faced, inexperienced director nearly wrecked his promising career, but became the most important filmmaker of our era. On Tuesday, day one of the series’ release, Inside JAWS hit the Apple Podcast chart at #2. [read more]
 
Westwood One has launched another podcast series. My Side of the Story With Judith Regan, hosted by the publisher and media maven, features today’s newsmakers, trendsetters, cultural influencers, and troublemakers telling their side of the story. [read more]
 
 
 
Don’t Be Tardy reality star Kim Zolciak-Biermann now has her own podcast in partnership with PodcastOne. In addition to real-time updates on life, family, and music every week, Kim invites fans to join her in achieving their dreams [read more]
 
The Big 12 Podcast, on PodcastOne, will feature everything going on in the conference. The show debuts Thursday, June 28. Veteran sports radio personality Chuck Cooperstein will host. [read more]
 
The Westar Music commercial library offers over 17,000 music tracks and more than 258,000 sound-effects, all royalty-free and sourced from the broadcast industry standard. With the acquisition of American Music Company, Westar’s library just got even bigger, adding thousands of tracks of high-quality music. [read more]
 
 
(by Jeff Warshaw) Let’s not just dream about the “good old days," when AM stations were king and listeners had fewer choices. The industry needs to be free to grow within every market so that we can more fairly compete in a modern world. Let me explain... [read more]
 
As part of its 2018 quadrennial review the FCC is required by statute to undertake, current media rules are being examined and may be modified. The NAB Board is calling for more deregulation of the radio industry. Not everyone agrees with the NAB's plan. We've been covering this topic extensively.  Here are links to all of of our stories... [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]
 
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Our thanks to our friend Tim Hattrick for sharing this classic from his collection. Tim says the photo is from around 1981 or 1982 at KZZP in Phoenix. Under the hat is one of Tim's radio heroes, Jonathan Brandmeier. Send your Blast to edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more]
 
 




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