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| Smart Speakers: The Hot Topic For Hispanic Radio, iHeart Dedicates AM Signal To Podcasts |
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| Radio Headlines For Thursday 03-14-19 |
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 And wouldn't that be a nice new revenue stream? As states approve the retail sale of marijuana across the United States, these new business owners are looking for ways to stand out in this increasing crowd of sellers. If you get that call with an order to promote pot, what do you do? [read more] |
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 (By Adam Jacobson) When asked if they owned a smart speaker, nearly all of the Hispanic Radio Conference attendees raised their hands. But, what are Spanish-language radio station owners doing to promote their stations on this device heralded as bringing AM and FM back into the home? [read more] |
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 Podcasts. Nothing but podcasts. iHeartMedia in Allentown has debuted "The iHeartPodcast Channel." One podcast after another, most of them one hour long, will be played on AM 1470 in Allentown. Here are the shows iHeart has chosen for this station. [read more] |
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 It seems we've covered more courtroom drama about Bubba The Love Sponge than we have of him on the air. Bubba, who fought with Nielsen for years after he got caught tampering with a panel member, before settling just before his trial, has filed a lawsuit against Cox and others. [read more] |
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 Entercom and Premiere Networks have announced a long-term contract extension that will keep the national radio talk show host on 15 Entercom talk stations across the country. [read more] |
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 Yes, Napster is still around after all these years. Univision's Uforia and Napster have signed a new partnership in which the new Uforia app will be powered by Napster. [read more] |
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 Bob Pittman, Rich Bressler, John Sykes, and Tom Poleman have been named UJA-Federation of New York’s "Music Visionaries of the Year." They will be honored for their outstanding professional and philanthropic achievements at the Music Visionary of the Year Award Luncheon June 11. [read more] |
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 Broadcasters looking to advance their careers might want to develop their leadership skills through the NAB Education Foundation's 2020 Broadcast Leadership Training program. You can apply here... [read more] |
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 Sports Talker Josh Innes is out of a job again. The former WIP Philadelphia host was hired by iHeartMedia at their AM Sports Talker in Houston in 2016. He posted on Twitter Wednesday that he was let go after his morning show. He was told it was for budgetary reasons. [read more] |
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 Congrats to “Monster: The Zodiac Killer.” Season two, Atlanta Monster, an iHeartRadio original, created by Tenderfoot TV, has surpassed 12 million downloads in only two months. All in, both seasons, the series has 60 million downloads. [read more] |
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 Programming veteran Morgan Prue has been named Assistant Program Director/Music Director at Beasley’s 105.7 WROR-FM in Boston. Prue served as APD at WMJX-FM/Boston (MAGIC 106.7) the past six years. [read more] |
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 Devon van der Merwe has been promoted to Director of Sales for Entercom Greenville. She previously held the role of General Sales Manager for the Greenville market since 2016. [read more] |
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 The Elvis Duran Group and SportsGrid have assembled a team for their Fantasy Sports Radio Network to broadcast live from the National Fantasy Baseball Championships, Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16. [read more] |
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 K99.1FM/Dayton, OH, personalities Nancy Wilson and Frye Guy will head to Orlando for Children’s Hospitals Week from March 19-22 to receive their award for Radio Station of the Year for their work with Children’s Miracle Network. [read more] |
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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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 Are you hearing things about your market? Let us investigate. Radio Ink Magazine is the only 27-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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 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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