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Radio Headlines For Tuesday 03-12-19
 
(By Peter Smyth) A PWC study from last year ranked how we use smart speakers. The top response was “ask a question,” followed closely by “listen to a streaming music service." “Listening to radio” was down the list in fifth place with 26% daily usage. As an industry, we need to address this. [read more]
 
 
The 10th annual Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference kicks off today at the beautiful Intercontinental at Doral in Miami. Registration opens at 12:30 with opening comments by Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti at 2:10. Check out our entire agenda HERE. [read more]
 
As the company winds down its bankruptcy proceeding, it has been filing monthly operating reports with the court. The latest report shows $326 million in revenue for December 2018. That's down from $343.7 million in November and $349.4 million in October. [read more]
 
(By Ed Ryan) Lee's column about AM being dead woke up quite a few of our readers late last week. Comments flooded our website through the weekend, and, while I did have to delete a few due vulgarity, most of them made excellent points. I thought it would be a good idea to get Lee on tape to respond to some of them The interview HERE is about 10 minutes long. [read more]
 
 
(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]
 
NuVoodoo Media Services is out with new research that suggests radio is losing ground as the biggest source of music discovery among most listeners, the majority of whom discover music through YouTube, with Spotify and Pandora following YouTube’s lead. [read more]
 
A new fundraising record was set at the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s 2019 Golden Mike Award gala last week, which was attended by over 300 people at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. [read more]
 
 
The Jammin 101.5 promo van was stolen over the weekend and used by the thieves in a second crime. Not exactly a vehicle you want to be driving around in if you don't want to be seen. [read more]
 
It's almost to the point where we can start saying, “as usual Geico has topped the Media Monitors list for the country’s leading radio advertisers last week." [read more]
 
More names have been added to the NAB's Local Radio Freedom Act. Seven Members of the House of Representatives have added their cosponsorship to the resolution opposing any new royalties on radio. The resolution now has 147 cosponsors in the House and 13 in the Senate. [read more]
 
 
David Abel is the new Vice President/Market Manager of Cox radio stations in San Antonio. Abel was was honored in 2015 by Radio Ink as one of the “Best Managers in Radio.”  [read more]
 
Josh Rahmani has been promoted to Senior Vice President, National and Network Sales at Radio One. Rahmani has been with Radio One since 2005, starting out as a Corporate Sales Assistant. [read more]
 
 
Nancy Lane, President of the Local Media Association, has been selected as the recipient of Borrell Associates’ 2019 Award of Merit for outstanding leadership and innovation in local media. [read more]
 
 
WAQX's Scott “dXn” Dixon was inducted into the Syracuse Area Music Awards Hall of Fame on Thursday, March 7, at the Palace Theater in Syracuse, NY. [read more]
 
Detroit station WJR/NewsTalk 760 AM was honored at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Excellence Awards, winning Station of the Year for the third time in four years. [read more]
 
In a quite unique move, The John Batchelor Show will air live from the Republic of Azerbaijan on 77 WABC Radio the week of March 11. [read more]
 
 
Back in 1979, in Houston, Tag Borland (pictured) and Scott Hochberg founded audio console manufacturer Logitek. A lot has been achieved in the intervening four decades. [read more]
 
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A showcase this Wednesday, March 13, at Austin’s Barracuda club during South by Southwest, will feature up-and-coming artists selected by Milwaukee’s Backline. [read more]
 
 




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