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The Industry Reacts To The New Tax Bill, musicFIRST Applauds PROMOTE Bill
 
 
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Radio Headlines For Thursday 4-6-2017
 
Is The Radio War With Record Labels Coming? issaPhase one of that war will certainly be with Congress thanks to new legislation introduced Wednesday by Congressman Darrell Issa (pictured) and Rep. Ted Deutch. The bill, if passed into law, gives artists the right to pull their music from your radio stations if they decide that all that free promotion just isn't enough to help them move product and fill concert venues. They've even come up with a cute name for the bill: H.R 1914 is called "PROMOTE," which stands for Performance Royalty Owners of Music Opportunity To Earn Act. [read more]
 
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The Industry Reacts To The New Tax Bill taxYet another iteration of a perennial effort by the recording industry to impose a performance royalty on broadcasters is on the table and could be headed for a real vote soon. And as you can expect many of your colleagues are not happy about it, some are pretty irate. Here's what they had to say about the new "PROMOTE" bill introduced on Capitol Hill Wednesday [read more]
 
musicFIRST Applauds PROMOTE Bill musicfirstAfter the PROMOTE Bill was introduced on Wednesday, musicFIRST Executive Director Chris Israel said, "Music creators rightly expect to be fairly compensated for their work, regardless of whether their songs are played on satellite radio services like Sirius XM, Pandora, Spotify, YouTube, or AM/FM radio. Unfortunately, this is not always the case." [read more]
 
ASCAP Has Record Year Ascap LogoThe PRO announced Wednesday it delivered record-breaking revenues and distributions in 2016. ASCAP collected $1.059 billion and distributed more than $918 million to members. Distributions were up 5.6%. ASCAP did not say how much revenue was from U.S. radio stations, which would have been a nice little stat to know. Here's what the release did say... [read more]
 
 
PDs — YOUR DEADLINE IS THIS TOMORROW the-best-program-directors-in-americaTime is running out to make your nomination for the Best Program Director in America. SBS's Arturo Sosa, iHeart's Chris Conley and John Ivey, and CBS Radio's Jim Ryan and Kevin Weatherly topped our list. Will there be fresh blood in the mix this year? Make your nomination HERE and check out the full 2016 list HERE. YOUR DEADLINE IS FRIDAY. [read more]
 
The Power of 3: Effective Messaging That Matters Heidi Raphael(By Heidi Raphael) Whether you are giving a speech, unveiling a big company announcement, or addressing a crisis situation, the way you communicate your message matters. Here are some tips that can help you in the process and it all comes down to the "power of 3." [read more]
 
SBS Pays $10K To Make Indecency Complaint Go Away SBS LogoThis issue involves WSKQ in New York and dates back to both 2006 and 2014 license renewal applications for the station. A petition to deny was filed in 2006 and 2014 claiming the station aired indecent programming and violated the broadcast hoax rule. [read more]
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Salem’s New GM in Colorado Springs Is… Capture...Heath Garlutzo, who's been the General Sales Manager of Salem’s Phoenix sales team for the past six years. Overall, his radio experience spans 22 years, including experience as National Sales Manager for CBS Radio. Heath will assume his new position April 12, 2017. [read more]
 
Liggett Gets Promoted In Music City Lori Liggett PHOTO (2)Cumulus Nashville has promoted Lori Tournay Liggett to GSM for its music stations, including Country stations WKDF and WSM-FM, in addition to WQQK. Liggett has more than 27 years’ experience in promotions, sales, and management. She joined Cumulus Nashville in 2015 as GSM for WQQK. [read more]
 
Sarah, Geoff, And Lauren Mixing Up Houston Mornings Morning Mix-Mix96-5It’s a new show for Mix 96-5 (KHMX-FM). The Morning Mix with Sarah Pepper, Geoff Sheen and Lauren Kelly will launch Monday, April 10, airing weekdays 5:30 – 10:00 a.m. Pepper comes from CBS RADIO Houston’s sister station KKHH-FM, the former Hot 95.7; Sheen joins the team from San Antonio’s KTKR; and Kelly moves to mornings after hosting the afternoon show. [read more]
 
 
Ramsey Rocks Philly WPHT RamseyDave Ramsey was in Philadelphia this week for another sold out Smart Money event. Ramsey combined forces with Talk Radio 1210 WPHT for the event at the Tower Theater. Ramsey is pictured here with (from left to right) WPHT Morning anchor Paige Powers, Market Manager David Yadgaroff, afternoon anchor Dawn Stensland, Mid-day host Dom Giordano, and PD Jared Hart. [read more]
 
RTDNA/F Gets New Executive Director Dan-Shelley17The Radio Television Digital News Association and Foundation (RTDNA/F) has turned to longtime Association member Dan Shelley to be the new Incoming Executive Director of the two organizations. Shelley is a former Chairman of the Board and the current Foundation Secretary/Treasurer. [read more]
 
Cowherd Podcast Passes 5 Million Mark cowherdThe Herd with Colin Cowherd reached 5.7 million across all platforms for the month of March – the first time that total podcast listens for the program have surpassed the 5 million mark. [read more]
 
PodcastOne Goes Unscripted Geffen-podcast17Los Angeles-based Geffen Playhouse gets a worldwide audience in a new podcast, Geffen Playhouse Unscripted, which debuted Wednesday on PodcastOne. [read more]
 
Mike Chandler Named Gospel Announcer Of The Year Mike-Chandler17Chandler has won the coveted 32nd Annual Stellar Award for Gospel Announcer Of The Year as host of his nationally syndicated morning show Mike Chandler & Friends. Chandler’s local radio station, WFMI-FM, was also nominated for a Stellar Award for Radio Station Of The Year (Large Market). [read more]
 
DUST OFF YOUR CLASSIC PHOTOS docThanks to Will Fuller for sending us in this "Blast From The Past." This is Bob "Doc" Fuller from 1966 at WLOB in Portland, Maine when it was owned by Ralph Guild. Fuller and JJ Jeffrey now own the station. Send us YOUR classic photo to edryantheeditor@gmail.com [read more]
 
SEND US YOUR NEWS RadioInk_logo_114Does your company or station have a news item you'd like us to run in our morning headlines? Do you have a news tip we need to investigate? Is someone being promoted at your station you'd like to recognize? Send all the details to Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan at edryantheeditor@gmail.com [read more]
 
Debunking The Lie That Millenials Hate Radio Katelyn PrayWe’ve heard it over and over: Radio is not a home for the young, the college graduates, the millennials. Radio Ink took that as a challenge and set out to find happy millenials at radio stations all over the country. We'll be spotlighting those millennials, asking why they’ve chosen this career and why they love working in radio. The first is Galaxy Communications star Katelyn Pray. [read more]
 
 
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