Local News Radio ‘Critical’ In Crises Like Baltimore Bridge Collapse
When Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, radio was there in the first hours to serve its community. Radio Ink talks with Craig Swagler, General Manager of Baltimore's NPR affiliate WYPR, about local news radio's importance in a crisis.
Baltimore Morning Radio Leads The Way After Key Bridge Collapse
As the US woke up to the news of the tragic Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore morning duo Kramer & Jess at Audacy's Mix 106.5 knew they had to serve their community. They canceled their planned show, opened the phone lines, and let a city grieve.
Brain Activity Study Shows Radio Makes Deepest Emotional Link
Statistically, it's known that radio works. The medium has massive reach, emotional attachment to its audience, and a high trust factor, but why? A recent study into the human brain may have answers - and new knowledge - into why and how AM/FM best resonates.
Even After The Buzzer, Radio Outperforms For College Basketball
As morning shows and radio hosts across the US discuss the first two rounds of March Madness today, new data is highlighting how radio reaches college basketball fans before, during, and after the games and can be an advertiser's "Most Valuable Platform."
Pop Plunges, Country Surges In 2023 Radio Format Analysis
ChartCipher, an AI-powered analytics platform focused on hit songs, has unveiled three key trends of Billboard’s Radio Songs chart for the year 2023. The data reveals great, yet unsurprising, news for Country music with a warning for Pop as it hits a 23-year low.
Radio Ink’s Countdown To NAB Show 2024: Jacobs Media
Radio Ink is counting down to NAB Show 2024 at the Las Vegas Convention Center with some of radio’s biggest innovators in the weeks leading up to April 13-17. To open, we sit down with Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs and General Manager Paul Jacobs.
‘You Belong Here’ and Beyond: Michelle Duke Talks Radio’s Future
With recruitment remaining a key pain point for radio, Radio Ink sat down with Michelle Duke, President of the NAB Leadership Foundation, about the birth of the "You Belong Here" initiative and what it takes for stations to win over young talent.
Marketers Show Marked Confidence In AM/FM Advertising
A new report suggests that the advertising industry is heading towards a robust growth period, marked by increased spending, strategic brand investment, and innovative uses of AI, with advertisers experiencing more confidence in backing AM/FM budgets.
Audacy Restructure Ends FCC Grandfathering, Forces Divestment
As Audacy seeks the Federal Communications Commission's approval to exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the broadcaster will be doing so with at least one fewer station. The broadcaster will be forced to divest a South Carolina station due to the restructuring.
State Broadcast Leaders Report The State Of Radio On Capitol Hill
With the immediate success of radio's annual trek to D.C. apparent in the recent addition of support to both the AM For Every Vehicle Act and the Local Radio Freedom Act, Radio Ink talked with two state broadcast leaders about radio's temperature on the Hill.