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| SBS Says Revenue Increased in Q4, Borrell: Digital Ad Fraud On The Rise |
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| Radio Headlines For Thursday 4-20-2017 |
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SBS Unveils Recapitalization Strategy  In addition to finally releasing Q4 earnings Spanish Broadcasting Systems has also laid out what it is calling "a comprehensive recapitalization plan, and also says it is in default of its notes and a covenant. [read more] |
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| SBS Says Revenue Increased in Q4 SBS's much-delayed Q4 2016 earnings were released late last night and the company reported consolidated net revenue of $42.1 million compared to $40.3 million a year earlier. That's an increase of $1.8 million or 5%. SBS's radio division net revenues increased $1.1 million or 3%, due to increases in national, local, and digital sales. Local sales increased in Chicago, Miami New York and Puerto Rico. [read more] |
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Borrell: Digital Ad Fraud On The Rise  You hear more and more stories about it. Advertisers are spending increasing amounts on digital, yet, in many cases, they have no idea where it's going or if human beings are even seeing or hearing their ads. A new report by Borrell & Associates continues that theory, as online fraud continues to climb and advertisers are getting duped in the process. [read more] |
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Law Group Petitions To Abolish Main Studio Rule  Garvey, Schubert, Barer's Media, Telecom and Technology Group has filed a Petition for Rulemaking asking the Commission to repeal the radio and television Main Studio Rule. The current rule requires radio and television stations to maintain a main studio within or near their communities of license. There has been a push, as of late, to get the rule repealed... [read more] |
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Who Are The Most Influential Women In Radio?  Since 1999, Radio Ink's Most Influential Women in Radio list has reflected the significant progress made in the growth and opportunities of and by women in the industry. Hard earned? Absolutely. Enough? In many areas, still no. But what is impressive is that a list of 10 eighteen years ago topped 100 in 2016. [read more] |
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KCAA Hacked. Listeners Redirected to Porn Site  Imagine waking up one morning as your cell phone and e-mail buzz crazy with questions and messages about your station's website, which in the middle of the night, was somehow redirected to a porn site. That's exactly what happened to the KCAA (Loma Linda, CA) website. CEO Fred Lundgren says, "What I saw on the home page was enough to give me a heart attack." He details what he had to go through to get it fixed in a Huffington Post Blog. [read more] |
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Radio Stunt Gets Attention From GMA  iHeartMedia's KISS-FM in Austin received some national attention Wednesday for a promotion called "Kiss-A-Kia." Listeners had to keep their lips puckered to the car (with a 10-minute break every hour). Whoever lasted the longest won the vehicle. [read more] |
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| SBS Wins Another Copyright Suit Attorneys James Sammataro and Hans Hertell, with the Miami office of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, tell Radio Ink they have successfully defended SBS in the company’s second victorious copyright trial in the last six months. The court granted a "directed verdict" in SBS’s favor before the close of day one of the trial, ruling that the plaintiffs “miserably failed” to offer any credible evidence of SBS’s alleged infringement. [read more] |
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Radio — The Next Frontier For Artificial Intelligence  (By Paul Cramer) The term artificial intelligence often evokes images of sentient computers from Star Trek or cyborgs from The Terminator. While those are extreme examples of artificial intelligence or AI, the Oxford Dictionary gives a more pragmatic definition of AI as computers that have the capability to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, and decision-making. [read more] |
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Fantasy Sports Network Comes To Radio  Fantasy sports has become big business and very popular with sports fans. Fantasy Sports Entertainment Group is now making the FNTSY Sports Radio Network available to radio. The FNTSY Sports Radio Network is a free fantasy sports radio network dedicated entirely to fantasy sports enthusiasts. KMG Networks is handling distribution and media partnerships. [read more] |
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iHeart Flips To Spanish Top 40 In San Antonio  The new station is called "104.5 Latino Hits (KZEP)," and it replaces HOT 104.5, San Antonio’s Rhythm and Throwback. The new format kicked off at noon on Thursday with 10,000 songs of commercial-free music. A full local programming lineup will be announced at a later date. [read more] |
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More Responsibilities For Shomby  Cumulus promotes John Shomby to PD at NASH FM (WKDF) in Nashville, taking over that position from Charlie Cook. He keeps his NASH Director of Programming position he has held with Cumulus Media for the past year-and-a-half. Cook continues as VP/Country for Cumulus, as well as the VP of Operations for Cumulus Nashville with oversight of WKDF, and as the PD NASH ICON (WSM-FM). [read more] |
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Kirk & Callahan Go To Washington  WEEI's Kirk & Callahan morning show were invited by Press Secretary Sean Spicer to attend President Trump's reception for the five-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots. They also broadcast their show live from D.C. Pictured (left to right) are Gerry Callahan, Spicer, Kirk Minihane, WEEI PD Joe Zarbano and Kirk & Callahan's Senior Producer Chris Curtis. [read more] |
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New Afternoon Man on The Job at WTIC-AM  Todd Feinburg is taking over afternoons at CBS Radio's News/Talk station WTIC-AM in Hartford. He'll focus on local issues, topics of the day, politics and more, and replaces Joe D and Gresh, which was a sports show. [read more] |
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Bell Moves From Florence to Savannah  Cumulus is moving Mike Bell over to Hip Hop station WEAS-FM in Savannah as the new PD. Bell was PD for Cumulus' mainstream Urban station WYNN-FM in Florence, SC. Prior to joining Cumulus, Bell was on the air and an APD in Tyler, TX, and Madison, WI. [read more] |
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Nikki Sixx Hits The “Ton”  The former Motley Crue bassist continues his rise in the radio world. His Side Show franchise has just reached 100 affiliates with the addition of WKBU Bayou 95.7 in New Orleans. Effective April 28, The Side Show Classic with Nikki Sixx will join the station’s Friday evening lineup in the 10 p.m. to midnight timeslot. [read more] |
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