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| Ed Christian – The Goldilocks Of Radio, Saga Net Revenue Up 4.7% In Q4 |
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| Radio Headlines For Wednesday 03-13-19 |
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 That's the opinion of former Housing and Urban Development Director Henry Cisneros, who was a keynote speaker at the Radio Ink Hispanic Conference in Miami, Tuesday. Cisneros asked Hispanic Broadcasters to use their voice to make sure their audience understands how President Trump is singling them out. [read more] |
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 Saga is in acquisition mode and looking to grow. CEO Ed Christian says a couple of brokers have nicknamed him Goldilocks. The reason, Christian says, is his game plan to purchase a single station here, or a single station there. [read more] |
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 On Tuesday Saga Communications reported a net revenue increase of 4.7% to $32.9 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2018. On a same-station basis for the 12 months ended December 31, 2018, net revenue increased 1.1% to $116.5 million. [read more] |
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 Another positive quarterly report from a public radio company. Townsquare CEO Bill Wilson says he's feeling pretty good about how the company's performing. With more of a focus on local, a highly lucrative digital division, and strong political ad revenue, Townsquare had an excellent fourth quarter in 2018 and it appears 2019 is looking strong as well. [read more] |
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 The annual Medallas de Cortez Awards were presented Tuesday evening at Radio Ink's annual Hispanic Radio Conference, being held in Miami. Here are all the winners -- hot off the press! [read more] |
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 On a busy earnings day, Salem was the final company to report Tuesday with same station net broadcast revenue increasing 1.9% to $50.3 million from $49.3 million in Q4 of 2017. Digital revenue increased 4% to $11.5 million from $11.1 million. [read more] |
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 Senior Vice President of Digital Content at Westwood One, Tim Sabean, is out with a new blog detailing how important creative is to driving sales. And as Sabean correctly points out, "the relationship between the listener and the host is intimate, and ads reach a captive, engaged listener." Sabean then explains how podcast hosts can make the strongest impact. [read more] |
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 It's a five-part blog series that sheds light on how radio can survive and thrive in a connected world. The first blog is “Alexa, Are My Station’s Smart Speaker Promos Working?” [read more] |
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 Beasley has promoted Kent Dunn to the position of Regional VP for Augusta and Fayetteville. Dunn has been overseeing the company’s cluster in Augusta. He replaces Erika Beasley who was running the Fayetteville cluster and is now Corporate Digital Content Director for Local Markets [read more] |
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 Beasley has been promoted to the position of Corporate Digital Content Director for Local Markets at Beasley Media Group. [read more] |
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 Kudos to Meg Stevens who has been named Region Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeart's Atlanta Region. Stevens joins the Atlanta Region from WKKT 96.9 The Kat. [read more] |
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 Alessandra Alarcón has been appointed President of SBS Entertainment as the company celebrates 35 years of operation. She became the sole producer of the Calibash event in Los Angeles in 2017, after joining SBS in 2014 as a Sales Associate. [read more] |
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 It’s a safe bet that Howard Stern’s upcoming book, Howard Stern Comes Again, will be a bestseller. Seeing how his first two were monsters and he's more popular than ever, and all. [read more] |
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 Are marketers and advertisers still gun-shy about placing a media buy with a regional Mexican station, given the "sexiness" of reggaetón and "trap" artists and the global pop stars more universally known by CMOs and brand managers? Not in California. [read more] |
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 Sun Broadcast Group has added two new mix shows: DJ Goofy Whitekid and DJ Grooves. The pair met in college at Penn State and have been on the radio for over a decade with two shows. [read more] |
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 Thanks to our friends at djmastercontrol.com for this classic of Kid Leo (Lawrence James Travagilante) who worked at WMMS in Cleveland for 16 years (1973-1988). He's now the PD on SiriusXM for Little Steven's Underground Garage.. Send your Blast From The Past photo to edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more] |
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 (By Rick Fink) The first murder suspect was TV. Then it was Walkmans, iPods, satellite radio, streaming, and even social media and Spotify and Pandora. All were supposedly poised to kill off radio. But radio is still here and not going anywhere. [read more] |
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