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| Price: 2017 Looks Strong As Well, What is Going on in The Tampa Market? |
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| Radio Headlines For Tuesday 3-14-2017 |
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2016 Was a Good Year For Townsquare  Townsquare CEO Steven Price said 2016 was another good year for the company. "We reaped the benefits of a diverse platform." Townsquare's net revenue for Q4 2016 increased $6.5 million, or 5.8%, to $119.5 million compared to a year earlier. For the year, pro forma net revenue increased $14.9 million (3%) to $516.9. [read more] |
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Price: 2017 Looks Strong As Well  The Townsquare CEO says he's optimistic about the year ahead. Townsquare is looking for its energy markets such as North and South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming to rebound as well as stabilization in the events industry, along with better weather. [read more] |
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What is Going on in The Tampa Market?  Tampa has not been a low maintenance market for Beasley Media. Of course there's the ratings tampering situation with Bubba The Love Sponge that sort of involved the company because Bubba was on their station. Now, an issue with a PPM panelist that Nielsen decided to remove from the panel that will affect Beasley's Hispanic station WYUU. [read more] |
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The Most Important Sale You’ll Make  Hispanic radio can sell groceries, cell phones, cars, and furniture, but can it sell itself? The radio industry as a whole often complains that agencies are out of touch — that ad execs in New York or L.A. don’t “get” radio’s impact on real consumers. Is this true, or does radio fail to make the most important first sale, selling itself to the agency? [read more] |
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Pai Coming To Vegas  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will keynote the 2017 NAB Show Tuesday, April 25. The address is expected to provide insight into the FCC’s policy and regulatory objectives related to broadcasting, technology and communications law, and regulation. The new FCC Chairman will also be on the April 17 cover of Radio Ink Magazine. [read more] |
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GEICO, Home Depot Continue To Own Radio  According to the latest Media Monitors weekly chart, GEICO aired 38,191 commercials on radio stations across the country last week, holding on to the number one spot as radio's top advertiser. The Home Depot was second with 36,842. Rounding out the top five were employment company Indeed with just over 28,000 spots, McDonald's with 27,230, and Lowe's with 26,762. [read more] |
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WTOP Rakes In 8 Awards  The station has just won eight Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards. WTOP’s Chris Core was recognized for his series Core Values in the Editorial category, Kristi King for her “Sip ‘N Shop” feature, and Max Smith in the Individual Reporter category. [read more] |
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JVC Gets Into The Newspaper Business  The Long Island newspaper is called This is Country. It's a free, full-color newspaper dedicated to all things country music and will be published quarterly. JCV Long Island Market Manager Bruce Shephard said, “This is Country is the perfect fit for Long Island, lots of interviews, lots of behind-the-scenes pictures, and the country lifestyle all the time." [read more] |
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Pandora Launches Premium Subscription Tier  Pandora's premium subscription service is launching this week with some listeners getting a free trial Wednesday. All other listeners will have an option to upgrade to the $9.99 per-month service over the next few weeks. [read more] |
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ESPN To Debut 30 For 30 Podcasts In June  The new series will tell original sports stories made exclusively for audio. Two of the topics that will be featured in the first season of 30 for 30 Podcasts will be “Dan and Dave Revisited,” the true story of the massive 1990s marketing campaign around the world’s two best decathletes, and “On the Ice,” the story of how a group of amateur Brits became the first all-women’s team to make it to the North Pole." [read more] |
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Demery Joins Alpha In Portland  Programming vet Sean Demery is the new PD for Alpha's KINK-FM in Portland, Oregon. Demery has worked at WNNX in Atlanta, KITS in San Francisco, KMTT in Seattle, KXRK & KLRZ in Salt Lake City, WYMS in Milwaukee, and KGGI in Riverside and San Bernardino. [read more] |
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Mushaben Says He’s Sorry  Townsquare suspended longtime KCTR (Billings) morning man Paul Mushaben indefinitely last month after he posted a blog called “Indian Basketball.” Mushaben’s blog suggested the need for an all-Native-American basketball tournament because Native American fans had become so unruly and disrespectful that it was no longer a safe situation. He returned Monday and issued this apology... [read more] |
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Brown Leaves iHeart For Cumulus  Kathy Brown is the new PD for Cumulus' Urban radio stations, WWWZ-FM and WMGL-FM, in Charleston, SC. Brown joins Cumulus from iHeart Media-St. Louis, where she was PD of Urban station KMJM and Gospel station KATZ-AM. She replaces Terry Base. [read more] |
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Lynn Moving To Phoenix  Alana Lynn has been hired as Music Director and afternoon host for CBS Radio's KMLE-FM in Phoenix. She replaces Bryan Washington who accepted a position in another market. Lynn’s most recent experience includes morning host on KTRR and midday host on KUAD in Fort Collins, CO. [read more] |
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Markus Returns To WNAM & WVBO  Dan Markus had been programming WOGB-FM in Green Bay, a position he held for 17 years, but now he’s back to the Appleton/Oshkosh, stations as host of mornings on WNAM-FM and host of middays on sister station 103.9 WVBO. He debuts Tuesday and will be on-air weekdays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. [read more] |
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With 4 days left to vote for Radio's Top 20 Leaders, Jose Villafañe, president of national sales for Entravision, joins the list with a bullet. Villafane oversees national sales for spot radio, television, network syndication, and events. Villafane is also moderating a panel at Radio Ink's upcoming 
Alpha Media's KUPL-FM in Portland has hired Tony Russell to work morning drive on the country station. Russell began his radio career in 1998. He's also worked mornings in Dallas, Miami, and Seattle.
