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| Political Comps Hurt Beasley In Q1, Curtis/Beasley Deal Closes |
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| Radio Headlines For Wednesday 5-3-17 |
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“A Few Surprises” With Greater Media Integration  That from Caroline Beasley on the Beasley first-quarter earnings call Tuesday. She wasn't specific but you could speculate that one of those surprises took place in Philadelphia where eight Account Executives jumped ship right as the deal to purchase Greater Media was closing. No reason was given for the mass exodus. That's a lot to overcome in a major market and as a result it had an impact on revenue with Philadelphia down 13%. [read more] |
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Political Comps Hurt Beasley In Q1  The company reported a same-station revenue decline of $2 million in the first quarter, blaming 35% of the decrease on the absence of political revenue. The remainder of the decline was partially attributable to the reformatting of a station in Tampa (the old Bubba the Love Sponge station) and integration issues in Philadelphia. [read more] |
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Curtis/Beasley Deal Closes  Broker Michael Bergner tells Radio Ink that the $11 million purchase of five Greenville-New Bern Beasley stations by Curtis Media has closed. This transaction was announced back on February 6. The stations Curtis picks up are WNCT-AM and FM, WSFL-FM, WIKS-FM, WMGV-FM and WXNR-FM. Curtis will spin-off WNCT-FM to Inner Banks Media. [read more] |
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Radio Ink’s Top 20 Leaders  It all started with online voting. Our readers, the foot soldiers of the radio industry, chimed in with the managers and owners they love working for, the ones they learn the most from, the people that move this industry forward. The one rule we had was that these 20 leaders could not have been on Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio list in 2016. [read more] |
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Congratulations To Cumulus’ WBAP-AM  The News/Talk station celebrated 95 years on the air, Tuesday. Regional VP Dan Bennett said, “Our celebration of 95 years is not just an honor for our current staff but for the incredible talent that span 95 years on a signal that covers 38 states. WBAP is truly one of radio’s iconic brands and we look forward to the next ninety-five." [read more] |
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The Long And Winding Road Of Bruce Demps  Bruce Demps started his radio career in sales with WIVY Y103 in Jacksonville back in 1983, when it was one of four stations in the market owned by Infinity Broadcasting. He went on to work for Clear Channel and Radio One, among other companies. He told us about his long and winding road through the radio industry and beyond, and we wanted to share his story with you because we know so many of you can relate. [read more] |
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Getting Diary Keepers To Write Down Your Name  (By Gary Begin)You need to produce benchmark features — really memorable items the audience can embrace and remember. Are you doing things that are predictable, mundane, or boring? Or, are you “branding” your features? Making it a part of your personality, and the station, sets you apart from the rest and helps get you remembered, and more importantly, written down! [read more] |
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SoundExchange Q1 Collections Down. Why?  The company says that's because of direct deals Pandora has with the labels. Collections in Q1 were $161.9 million, compared to $189.3 million in Q1 of 2016. The company says even though collections were down, membership is up, with 10,000 new artists and rights owners joining SoundExchange in the first quarter. 32,000 members received a payout in Q1. [read more] |
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Entercom Creates New Corporate Sports Position  The company has hired Mike Dee under the title of President of Entercom Sports. As Entercom integrates the CBS properties it will significantly increase the number of sports stations it has as well as the play-by-play activity. Entercom was already a big believer in local sports talk and play-by-play. [read more] |
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Santamarina Appointed SVP SBS Portafolio  Portafolio is a new cross-platform content development division being launched by SBS. Carolina Santamarina will run that division which SBS says is "designed to create and expand brand strategies utilizing all of SBS’ assets, including digital, mobile, television, radio, social media, and live experiences." [read more] |
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Steve Harvey Signs Extension With iHeartMedia  It’s an exclusive long-term agreement under which Harvey will continue as host of The Steve Harvey Morning Show, which now reaches 7 million weekly listeners on almost 100 stations. Harvey will also work with iHeartMedia on a variety of projects. [read more] |
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WIBC’s New Lineup Revealed  Last week, 20-year WIBC veteran Greg Garrison (pictured) announced his retirement from his weekday show. PD David Wood said, “There's no replacing an icon like Greg. What is the best way to serve, inform, and entertain our growing audience? What we arrived at is a lineup that offers familiar personalities with the addition of energetic voices to engage listeners in spirited conversation and conservative viewpoints.” And here it is... [read more] |
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Wingo To Co-host ESPN Morning Show?  The worst kept secret at ESPN is that Mike Greenberg will be heading over to the TV side to host his own show. What has been a very well kept secret is who will replace Greenberg and sit next to Mike Golic. At first the speculation was that it would be his son, Mike Jr. New York Daily News writer Bob Raissman is now reporting that Trey Wingo will be Golic's new partner. [read more] |
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New Morning Lineup For AM 1170 The Answer  On May 15, Salem’s San Diego News/Talk station, AM 1170 The Answer, will expand The Hugh Hewitt Morning Show by an additional hour, airing it 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. PT, and add Mike Gallagher Live from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. PT. Hewitt moved to mornings last April and quickly became the "go to" guy for this last presidential campaign. [read more] |
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Kline On The Run For Childhood Cancer Awareness  Morning show host Kevin Kline, of KKBQ-FM/The New 93Q, set out on Saturday, April 29, in Milan, Italy, to run the Ultra Milano Sanremo and completed the 178.5-mile race in 47.5 hours. And if that isn’t impressive enough, he finished 14th out of a field of 100 runners. Better still, Kline ran to raise awareness and money for the fight against childhood cancer. [read more] |
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Flint Mayor Uses Radio to Educate The Public  Mayor Karen Weaver will be using WFLT-AM in Flint in a series of Town Hall's in May to discuss the ongoing water situation. MLive reports the radio Town Hall's follow one regular town hall meeting that saw six people get arrested after Weaver recommended the city stay on the Detroit water system. [read more] |
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A Beatles Channel? Let It Be  The legendary band is the latest addition to the SiriusXM menu. The Beatles Channel will launch May 18 at 9:09 am ET on SiriusXM Channel 18. All programming is in collaboration with, and fully authorized by, The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. The channel will explore The Beatles' entire career. [read more] |
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Ryan Steelberg, President of Veritone, and one of the world’s foremost experts in online advertising, will co-host the first in a series of free Radio Ink and RBR-TVBR webinars starting May 23 at 1 p.m. ET. Ryan will reveal new tool sets that enable broadcasters and advertisers to increase ROI and campaign measurement. 
