Radio’s Most Important Awards Are Next Week
At the Radio Show next week in Dallas, Radio Ink's Radio Wayne awards will be handed out. The Radio Wayne awards recognize radio's best at sales, sales management, and station management. These are the only awards in radio that recognize these extremely important categories.
New CRS360 Webinar
Country Radio Broadcasters will present the latest installment of its CRS360 webinar series on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. (CT), with an episode titled, “Continuous Diary Market Measurement: An Update.”
Westwood Signs With LeadsRX
Earlier this month Cox Media Group announced a partnership with the marketing attribution company. Today Westwood One says it will use LeadsRX to power its attribution measurement.
GEICO Hits, Home Depot Dips
Interesting days in the world of national radio advertising as evidenced again by this week’s Media Monitors chart. After two weeks back at the top of the chart, The Home Depot slipped down the chart again while it was GEICO's turn to bounce back.
Three More Reps Want Freedom For Radio
The NAB says three more members of the House of Representatives have added their cosponsorship to a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on radio stations.
Who Should Be On Our December Cover?
Appearing on the cover of Radio Ink Magazine is a very big deal. We've been publishing for nearly 28 years and have had the biggest names in the radio industry on our cover. Over those years, with a framed copy of their cover story hanging in their office, many have told us what an honor it is to be on the cover. In December, we're doing something we've never done before.
Entercom And Royals Sticking Together
Entercom and the Kansas City Royals announced a new five-year extension for Royals games to be broadcast on 610 Sports Radio (KCSP-AM/Kansas City) through the 2024 season.
Beasley Shows It Cares In Boston
A pretty amazing effort from the Beazley's Boston crew which sorted and packed 12,206 lbs. of food that will provide 10,172 meals or feed a family of four for 2.3 years.
Happy 40th Birthday WMNF Tampa
On September 14th, 1979 WMNF received a letter from the FCC giving the station the right to broadcast 24 hours a day. The station, which calls itself "Florida's first community radio station," had been doing a year of test programming before that.
In-Car Listening Is Under Attack!
(By Randy Lane) Radio is the undisputed king of in-car listening.
Do you know that Spotify is aggressively targeting your in-car listeners?
Spotify recently launched a marketing campaign titled “Driveway Moments.”
Borrell Podcast: Digital Fueling Outdoor
Episode 5 features Gordon and Corey extracting three key takeaways from their survey of 2,000+ advertisers before focusing on the topic at hand: outdoor advertising.
One For Yankees Fans
Entercom has launched Pinstripes & Bright Lights, a podcast series hosted by legendary New York Yankees play-by-play announcer John Sterling. The weekly podcast will focus on baseball and Yankees history.
Podcast Focuses On Iconic Touring Acts
C13Originals, a division of Cadence13, is launching Long May They Run to explore iconic touring bands and artists who have a lasting impact on music culture. Season 1 will focus on the band Phish.
Devon O’Day Back On KRRV
KRRV/Alexandria, LA’s, longtime midday announcer Shy Tyler recently retired from radio and the station has announced that Devon O’Day will be filling the gap. O’Day was one of the original on-air announcers when the station launched
Jim Higgins Joins Key
Radio syndication company Key Networks has expanded its offerings to include network audio advertising sales to producers and service/program providers. Leading that new team for Key will be former United Stations COO Jim Higgins, who joins the company as President and Chief Operating Officer.
TeleSouth PD Kipp Greggory Passes
Super Talk 103.1 in Jackson, MI is mourning the loss of host and PD Kipp Greggory. No word on how the 50-year old passed. Earlier this year Greggory had discovered he had a heart defect and was treated for that. Here's what CEO Ricky Mitchell shared with Radio Ink...
Heading To A Hilton? iHeart Will Be There.
Hilton has announced a new integration with iHeartRadio to allow guests to stream radio stations, playlists and podcasts directly from their TVs through Hilton’s high-tech Connected Room guest technology platform.
Corban Lands VP Role With Audio Brander
Dave Beasing's Sound That BRANDS has named William Corbin Vice President of Revenue and Brand Partnerships. Corbin has more than 25 years of experience in digital media, brand development, technology and sales, most recently served as co-founder, CMO, and business development officer of Big Life TV.
Our Print Magazine: Radio Ink
September 16, 2019
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The 2019 Radio Wayne Finalists
Eric Rhoads: 50 Years In Radio
