Knight’s Promotion Is All The Buzz
Buzz Knight has been promoted to the position of Executive Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at Beasley. Knight joined the company in November of 2016.
iHeart, Jelli, Foursquare Collaborating
The three companies are launching a new attribution product for radio that will offer marketers a combination of iHeartMedia’s reach and Jelli’s programmatic buying capabilities, with the attribution and insights tools from location technology company Foursquare.
USRN, SoCast Pushing Smart Speakers
United Stations Radio Networks and SoCast are teaming up to introduce a service for stations called SMART SPEAKER V.A.L.E.T.
Savage Trying Something New
2019 will see Michael Savage launch a one-hour version of The Savage Nation radio show and a new original podcast. The Savage Nation podcast will also be available for radio broadcast.
Bob & Tom Live From The Radio Show
The nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Show will be broadcast live from the 2018 Radio Show in Orlando on Wednesday, September 26 through Friday, September 28.
Reynolds Promoted At Beasley Charlotte
John Reynolds has been promoted to the position of Operations Manager at Beasley’s Charlotte-based radio station cluster, which includes WSOC-FM (103.7), WNKS-FM (KISS 95.1) WKQC-FM, K 104.7 FM, SMOKE (94.7), WPEG-FM (Power 98), and WBAV-FM (V101.9).
Three On-Air Promotions At Charlotte Stations
The promotions are at Beasley's V 101.9 and Power 98 in Charlotte and see Brian “Mr. Incognito” Robinson, Janine Davis, and Nikki “Ya Girl Nikki” Davis have their careers advanced.
Nielsen Increases Diary Reporting
On Monday Nielsen announced it will be increasing its diary market reports, that are now being done quarterly or twice per year, to monthly.
CRS Moderators Announced
Five Country Radio industry veterans have been selected to moderate all panels to be held during Country Radio Seminar’s 50th Anniversary event, Feb. 13-15.
Coming Up Friday On Our Podcast
Our guests this Friday on Episode 8 of Podcasting for Radio Dummies will be Emily Prokop from E Podcast Productions and host of The Audacity to Podcast Daniel J. Lewis. We are live every Friday morning at 9 on Spreaker, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube and the audio is immediately posted to Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spreaker, and Radioink.com.
