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Lack of Political Rev. Hurts Beasley’s 2017 Q4, Remember Your Public File Is Going Online
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(Advertiser Success Story) Necker's Jewelers opened in 1893. The owner was a German immigrant who sold the business to the parents of Dave and DJ Necker in 1952. It was then sold to Dave and DJ in 1990. There are now two Necker's Jewelry locations. The original location in DeWitt, Iowa, the other store is in Davenport, Iowa. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media) [read more]
 
 
Pro-forma revenue for Beasley's 4th quarter declined 6.9% or $4.9 million. Eighty percent ($3.9 million) of that decline was due to political revenue in 2016 that did not return in 2017. National ad revenue, automotive and retail were weak in the quarter. Consumer Services was a strong category. [read more]
 
The FCC wants radio stations to remember to get their Public Files online by March 1. Commercial stations in Nielsen's top 50 markets, with five or more full-time employees, were required to use the FCC's online public file database on June 24, 2016. All other radio stations were exempted until March 1, 2018. [read more]
 
(By Eric Rhoads) We all have friends whom we grew up with in radio and became close. For me, one of those people is KINK Portland PD Sean Demery (pictured here). I hired him in Fresno when I was PD of KIOY. I was 22 he was 19. Three weeks ago Sean collapsed with a brain stem stroke. [read more]
 
 
Newly created Border Media, owned by Ricki Lee and Hanna Kaleta have purchased WRGR-FM in Tupper Lake, NY, from Radio Lake Placid for $8,000. Lee said, "My wife and I are really excited to announce this acquisition. After numerous visits to the Adirondacks, we’ve simply fallen in love with the area and we’ve been exploring radio ownership for some time." [read more]
 
Spike Santee - Radio(By Spike Santee) Next time you meet a local business owner who has been seduced by the lure of accountability in digital display advertising, don’t go down without a fight. Arm yourself with the latest information and help your customer avoid another costly mistake. [read more]
 
No surprises from the Media Monitors weekly chart of top radio advertisers. GEICO was once again radio's biggest advertiser last week, airing 41,748 commercials on radio stations all across the country. Who else made the top five? [read more]
 
 
In 2018 RadioInk.com will be publishing weekly advertiser success stories. Advertisers that use radio to drive customers to their stores and dollars to their cash registers. Take a look at the roster of success stories we've compiled so far HERE. [read more]
 
The Radio Advertising Bureau will present four revenue and professional development-oriented sales and marketing sessions at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas April 7-12. All of the sessions are a part of the Business of Broadcast Conference, at the Las Vegas Convention Center North Hall. [read more]
 
Carr, who was named Program Director in August of 2017, will also continue to serve in her role as the longtime midday on-air personality with the New Jersey station. [read more]
 
 
 
Congressman Gene Green (D-TX) will be the inaugural recipient of the NAB Broadcast Champion Award. The award recognizes a member of Congress who demonstrates exemplary leadership and commitment to strengthening the future of radio [read more]
 
Phillip March is the new PD for Urban AC station WUHT-FM/Hot 107.7, “Birmingham’s R&B Music Leader.” March was previously Director of Urban Programming for Alpha Media’s Louisville stations WGZB-FM, WMJM-FM, and WGHL-FM. [read more]
 
The show is called Subeme La Radio with Jorge Bernal and will be hosted by the Emmy Award-winning Hispanic pop culture icon. Airing daily for two hours, the show will feature entertainment news, trending topics, celebrity gossip, star interviews, sports, tech talk and more. [read more]
 
 
Fox Sports Radio’s total podcast listens for the network's Monday through Friday lineup have reached 10.25 million across all platforms for the month of January. This latest benchmark is the result of record growth across FSR's weekday programming lineup. [read more]
 
WNCY/Appleton-Oshkosh (Y100) finished its 21st St. Jude Radiothon last Friday in Green Bay, WI, with a final total of $315,577, which marked a $15,000 increase over the previous year. The station's 21-year total is now just under $5,000,000. [read more]
 
Are you hearing things about your market? Let us investigate. Radio Ink Magazine is the only 25-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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This classic is from 1978. It's our friend Fred LeFebvre at WKKI-FM in Celina, Oh. Fred now hosts mornings for iHeart's WSPD-AM in Toledo and can be reached at Fred@wspd.com." Send your classic studio shot -- cart machines and all -- to edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more]
 
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Phantom_LogoPhantom Producer has released a new imaging service called "Urban," which offers complete station imaging for Hip Hop and R&B radio stations that can be customized and on the air in a matter of seconds. [read more]
 
 
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