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| More Deregulation = More Degradation, Why Is LBI Running This Campaign? |
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| Radio Headlines For Friday 3-17-2017 |
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An Argument To Scrap PPM and Return To The Diary  (By K.M. Richards) As we all know by now, the latest Nielsen PPM fiasco turns out to be a single family with multiple meters which were exposed long-term to an online stream. And Nielsen's "fix" is to remove that household from the process. I do not believe that's going to restore the growing suspicions by the radio industry that PPM is not an accurate method of determining the listenership numbers. [read more] |
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More Deregulation = More Degradation  (By Ken Dardis) In 2013 Larry Rosin, President of Edison Research, said: "It’s not that long ago, when there was a Code of Omerta in the radio industry, where if you point out a problem, you are the problem." I was a problem for almost twenty years prior to retiring in 2014. Before that, nearly 30 years were spent working with knowledgeable broadcasters. [read more] |
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Cumulus Reports. Let’s Start With The Good News  Revenue at Cumulus' radio stations was up 1.6% in Q4 of 2016. Cumulus radio stations took in $209.8 million in revenue in Q4, compared to $206.5 million a year earlier. That increase was driven by political, digital, and national spot revenue. [read more] |
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| Overall, Revenue Was Down In Q4 and 2016 Despite revenue at Cumulus' radio stations being up a tick, Westwood One revenue, which is 30% of the company's business, took a big hit, dropping 12.3% to $89.1 million. As a result, overall revenue for Cumulus in Q4 of 2016 was down 3% to $299.5 million. [read more] |
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Berner Remains Upbeat About The Turnaround  It's always been a question of time. Will Cumulus CEO Mary Berner have enough time to turn around a company burdened with $2 Billion in debt. She's never tried to sugar coat the problems Cumulus has been facing since she took over 18 months ago. She's consistently said they are real and significant. [read more] |
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Here We Go Again  This is not something new. Every few years public radio and TV stations have to fight for their government funding as politicians who do not believe these media outlets are reporting the news evenly and fairly, attempt to take away their funds. President Donald Trump plans to propose a budget that eliminates all federal funding for public broadcasting [read more] |
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AM Broadcasters – April 10 is Christmas For You  It's official and on file with the FCC. Effective April 10, an FM translator carrying an AM station can be located so that the translator’s 60 dBμ contour is contained within either the AM station’s 2 mV/m contour or a 25-mile radius from the FM transmitter site giving, in particular, AM stations with highly directional patterns or small service areas greater flexibility, and often greater coverage, from an FM translator. [read more] |
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iHeart Helping Advertisers Target Listeners  The new product radio's largest company has unveiled is called "SmartAudio." We now live in a world of big data and iHeart's new digital data advertising product is part of the programmatic buying platform which was unveiled about a year ago. SmartAudio helps advertisers target specific audience segments. But it's much more than that. [read more] |
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Radio Rallies For St. Jude  Celebrity radio hosts and Radio One’s national network of praise stations joined forces to support Radio Cares for St. Jude Kids national radio broadcast event which raised more than $1.5 million for the kids of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. [read more] |
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Wink Wink, It’s An $80K Miracle  WINK 106/Corning, NY, raised over $80,000 dollars during the Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon in conjunction with Arnot Health, March 9-10. All funds were raised locally and stay in the community, supporting services for infants and children at the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units at Arnot Ogden Medical Center. [read more] |
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It’s A Rebrand For KNKX 88.5  Thursday, March 16, sees the launch of community-licensed KNKX’s rebrand -- new logos, and brand pillars that support KNKX’s mission of delivering excellence in jazz, blues, and news with stories that inspire, inform, and connect our community. The rebrand is based on four core values: storytelling, innovation, community, and connection. [read more] |
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Who’s The New PD For iHeart In Portland and Seattle?  Geoff “G-Off” Owens, that's who. Owens will program iHeart's two Hip Hop stations, JAM'N 107.5 in Portland and KUBE 104.9 in Tacoma. Owens will also host afternoon drive on both stations, a position he’s held at JAM'N 107.5 since 2012. He replaces Senior VP Tim Herbster who was covering those jobs. [read more] |
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Benztown Recruits Legal Talent For GC Position  Radio imaging voiceover and jingle company Benztown has appointed Katrina Woolverton as General Counsel, a newly created position. Woolverton is a graduate of Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles and San Diego State University. [read more] |
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Stevie Wonder To Keynote ASCAP EXPO, Accept Award  Legendary artist Stevie Wonder will be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, with its inaugural Key of Life Award at this year’s ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO in Los Angeles, April 13-15. He will also appear in a keynote “I Create Music” session. [read more] |
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