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| Oregon Host Escapes Death in Las Vegas, Jason Aldean Cancels Weekend Concerts |
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| Radio Headlines For Wednesday 10-4-17 |
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 When a major national news story breaks in the middle of the night, in a city hundreds of miles away, how do you cover it? Do you stop airing commercials? How many traffic reports do you carry? We turned to one of the best in the country for those answers, CBS-owned WBBM Newsradio 780 and 105.9 in Chicago. [read more] |
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 Bryce Burtner is a host on BiCoastal Media's Country station (Q103) in Medford, OR. He was in the line of fire in Las Vegas when Stephen Paddock started shooting toward the Route 91 Harvest Festival from a hotel across the street. Burtner tells ABC 12 in Portland that the worst part of this whole deal was seeing bodies on the ground. [read more] |
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 Country star Jason Aldean was onstage in Las Vegas when the bullets started raining down on the audience. On Tuesday Aldean posted a message on Facebook announcing he would be canceling four concerts planned for this weekend in California as a result of what happened. [read more] |
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 The Cumulus CEO was recently interviewed by WABC Radio's Rita Cosby (WABC is owned by Cumulus). It's been two years since Berner took over the company from Lew Dickey. In the interview, Berner details the plan she put in place to try to turn around the company. She also discusses turnover, ratings growth, and revenue. [read more] |
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 On December 18, Radio Ink will release its 6th annual Top Local Sports Talkers in America for 2017. It's been an exciting year in the sports talk format. Mike Francesa has held the #1 spot for all five years this list has been published. Who will be top dog this year? Can anyone knock Mike Francesa out of the top spot? We'll find out in December when Radio Ink's Top Local Sports Talkers in America list is revealed. Make your nomination HERE. [read more] |
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 College basketball referee John Higgins has filed a federal lawsuit against Kentucky Sports Radio accusing KSR of creating conditions that led to the harassment of his family after a game he called between Kentucky and North Carolina. [read more] |
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 Nothing excites a local community more than a great high school football rivalry and CBS' WIP is taking full advantage of that. SportsRadio 94WIP is giving seven local high school matchups the chance to have their Thanksgiving Day football game broadcast live on WIP. [read more] |
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 Woof Boom Radio is purchasing WKHL-FM (106.7) in West Lafayette, Indiana. With this purchase Woof Boom will now own stations in three markets in Indiana and Ohio. The station will be run by Woof Boom Radio Lafayette Managing Partner, Jim Stone. [read more] |
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 Bill Herriott is the new D.O.S. and National Sales Manager for WTMJ Radio and 94.5 KTI Country in Milwaukee. In addition to leading that sales effort, Herriott will focus on selling ads for the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers networks. Most recently, Herriott was the GSM for WLS Radio in Chicago. [read more] |
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 On Tuesday, iHeartMedia’s Bobby Bones featured a full-program dedicated to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting with live, in-studio performances from several Country music artists. The theme was “Love > Hate.” Bones announced that all #PimpinJoy and limited-edition “Love > Hate” apparel will benefit the Las Vegas Victims Fund. So far, $50,000 has been raised. [read more] |
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 Kurt Luchs, GM for NRG Media LLC cluster in Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin is releasing a humor book November 1. The book, titled It's Funny Until Someone Loses an Eye (Then It's Really Funny), from Sagging Meniscus Press, collects 50 previously publishedhumor pieces. [read more] |
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 Tim Hill has been promoted to Program Director for sports radio station 107.5 The Game (WNKT-FM) in Columbia, SC. Hill joined WNKT last year and continues in his role as host of The Early Game morning show, which airs weekdays from 6-9 a.m. Hill’s career spans over 20 years in sports broadcasting [read more] |
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 Neil Larrimore is the new Program Director for News/Talk station WPRO-AM in Providence, RI. Larrimore has programmed successful stations for more than 20 years and joins Cumulus from iHeartMedia, where he was formerly Program Director and Brand Manager for iHeartMedia’s Information brands in the Phoenix and Tucson markets. [read more] |
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 Melany Myers has been named the new midday on-air personality for middays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at K 104.7 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She began her new position on September 18, 2017. Myers has over 17 years of on air experience in the radio industry, having co-hosted morning shows in the Charlotte and Columbia, South Carolina markets. [read more] |
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 PodcastOne has added two media executives to the leadership team, while expanding the company’s focus on Scripted Programming and the recently announced PodcastOne Sports Network. Casey Jacobs has been named Vice President of Sports and Development, and Allyson Marino will serve as Director of Special Programs. [read more] |
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 At Forecast 2018, Jay Abraham will present some of his winning strategies for finding new ways to market radio, maximize its growth, and find new ways to generate revenue. He’ll explain patterns he has identified over the years that limit and restrict business growth, and how most industries only know and use one particular marketing approach. [read more] |
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 Does your company or station have a news item you'd like us to run in our morning headlines? Do you have a news tip we need to investigate? Is someone being promoted at your station you'd like to recognize? Send all the details to Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan at edryantheeditor@gmail.com [read more] |
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