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| Pandora Sells Tickeyfly For $200 Million, Why Are You Running Commercials That Don’t Work (Part 2)? |
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| Radio Headlines For Monday 6-12-2017 |
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 Yes the money is nice but the company also gets three board seats, including the Chairman's seat, and a big piece of the company. Here's how the investment will work. [read more] |
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 And it's taking a bath on the deal. It was back in late 2015 that Pandora purchased the ticket selling business for $450 million. On Friday the company announced it was selling Ticketfly to Eventbrite for $200 million. The deal will be funded through a combination of $150 million cash and a $50 million note payable to Pandora. [read more] |
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 (by Michael Dudding) My last submission to Radio Ink said “don’t get me started on telephone numbers” in ads. Since only 0.24923% of Americans have a photographic memory, the phone number within a commercial is probably forgotten long before the commercial ends. [read more] |
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 (By Bob McCurdy) Last week an AE and I were involved in a conversation with an advertiser who was looking to get a better handle on the listening habits of the “digital streamer,” specifically the Pandora and Spotify listener. [read more] |
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 Who are the "best of the best" at your station? And isn't it time to honor them? Isn't it time to congratulate the sales rep who just brought in that shiny new account? The interactive seller who scored new revenue for your station with a digital platform campaign? Or the manager who always has an idea, an encouraging word, and inside support for every player on staff? [read more] |
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 (By Ronald Robinson) What radio’s talent base wants more than anything else is to be treated like tamed and subdued livestock, and to be housed in the cramped quarters of a dilapidated petting zoo somewhere out on a secondary highway. [read more] |
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 Angel Brown has been named Market President for the Virginia cluster, which includes 103 JAMZ, NOW 105, MOViN 107.7, and 92.1. Brown previously worked as the Market VP for Cumulus in Mobile, where she also served as the Market Manager and Vice President of Sales. [read more] |
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 Paul Rogers has been named Area President for the Capitol Coast, which includes 4 stations in Tallahassee and five in Panama City. He'll keep some of his previous responsibilities as VP of Strategic Partnerships for the Florida Region and report to Linda Byrd, President of iHeartMedia’s North Florida Region. [read more] |
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 After just over a year as the morning host on San Francisco rocker KFOG, Matt Pinfield will turn over the morning mic to focus on his two nationally syndicated radio shows, the weekly rock history show, “Flashback” and the nightly show, “Two Hours”. Both programs are syndicated by Westwood One. Cumulus did not announce Pinfield's replacement. [read more] |
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 K-FROG 95.1/Riverside has promoted Robin Ward to Music Director/Assistant Program Director. She will also host the midday timeslot as her on-air persona Heather Froglear, weekdays at 9 a.m. Ward joined K-FROG in 1993 and has served as Promotions Director and morning show host. [read more] |
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 Mix 96-5 (KHMX-FM) has brought Cage on board to launch a new afternoon show on Monday, June 12. The show will simply be called Jason Cage and will cover all the latest pop culture and local news, interviews major music stars, and help Houston transition from work to the drive home. [read more] |
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 With a nickname like "AntMan," you’d expect radio vet Anthony Allen to keep busy. And that’s exactly what iHeartMedia has in mind for him as he assumes multiple roles after moving in from iHeart Phoenix. Allen has been named Program Director for Country stations KASE 101 and 98.1 KVET. In addition, he’ll be the weekday afternoon on-air personality for KASE 101. [read more] |
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 The pair have been at Atlanta’s “Star 94.1” WSTR-FM for some time and are upping their duties in the station’s programming department. Afternoon host Mike Marino is now WSTR’s Assistant Program Director, and longtime midday host Heather Branch becomes WSTR’s Music Director. [read more] |
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 In this role, Goldstein will work with the sales department, focusing on products including Shazam For Radio, The Hit List with Fitz, Little Steven’s Underground Garage, The Fitz Show, Sun Latino Networks, and more. He started work June 5. [read more] |
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 Ten years and counting. WGN Radio has again been named Chicago Market Station of the Year at the 2017 Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Awards, which were held on June 8 in Champaign. In addition, Tribune Media President of Broadcasting Larry Wert was honored as IBA’s “Broadcaster of the Year” at the ceremony. [read more] |
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 Thanks to Greg Merrill of Media Services Group for sending in this classic of himself from 1974 at KBLW-AM in Logan, Utah. The station was locally owned by a family at the time. We'd love to see your classic photo. Send us YOUR classic photo to
edryantheeditor@gmail.com [read more] |
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 Does 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] |
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 That question will be answered on July 24 when Radio Ink releases its biggest, most popular issue of the year. Can iHeartMedia's Bob Pittman hold on to the number one spot? What about Cumulus CEO Mary Berner? After two years running the show, how will she rank? And, Entercom's David Field and Beasley's Caroline Beasley had an outstanding year. What will that do to their 2017 rank? Who got bumped and who joins the list for the first time? We'll all find out July 24. [read more] |
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