The Secret To Winning Five Crystal Awards
Earlier this week we found out that Jim Coloff and his team at KCVM-FM in Cedar Falls, IA will become only the 9th station in 33 years to win five NAB Crystal Awards. Today we find out exactly how they did it.
GMR Unimpressed By NAB Court Filing
Irving Azoff's Performance Rights Organization GMR has responded to a January 14 filing the NAB made to the United States District Court in California in the battle between GMR and The RMLC, which represents radio. The PRO was unimpressed.
O’Rielly Wants Answers on Payola
After being told by the RIAA there's nothing to see here, FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly is determined to find out if Payola is taking place between the music industry and radio. He's now taking aim at three record labels.
How Will Radio Cover The Big Trial?
The Senate's impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins today in Washington DC. It's obviously major news, but how does radio cover an event so important that winds up being filled with long politically rambling speeches?
Radio Helps Make This Dentist Smile
Meet Carl Graves, owner of Sand Dollar Dental in Fort Walton Beach. He was a successful electrician in St. Louis and is now a successful dentist with a growing practice in the Florida Panhandle thanks to radio. Our weekly advertiser success stories are sponsored by SPECbyte.com
What Super Podcast Listeners Think About Radio Ads?
Not surprisingly, they think there are too many, and that’s a bonus for podcasters. For now anyway, podcasts have a lot lighter ad load than radio, however, it's starting to creep up.
How Did Radio Perform In Q3?
All week long Radio Ink will be checking in with independent operators to get an early look at radio's revenue performance in the third quarter. Today, Seven Mountains COO Jim Loftus.
What’s Going On With Local Ad Revenue?
In our final installment in our series on local ad revenue we talk with Ron Cohen from CRC Broadcasting in Arizona. The company owns three stations in Arizona and California.
Beasley Same-Station Revenue Increases 2.7%
Boston, New Jersey, and Philadelphia were Beasley's top-performing clusters in the second quarter. National revenue increased nearly 10% and digital revenue is now 7.4% of Beasley's total revenue. A year earlier digital made up 6.5% of total revenue.
Guthrie To Stay With Apollo. What About Bill?
Kim Guthrie will become CEO of the Cox Media Group for the private equity fund that purchased the Cox Radio stations back in June. The new company Guthrie will be leading will include TV, Radio, CoxReps and GAMUT.















