Tornado Kills Wife Of Station President
WGNS in Murfreesboro, TN, is reporting that Angie Walker, the wife of station president Scott Walker, was killed when an EF-2 tornado with winds reaching 135 miles per hour ripped through their home.
How Not To Land A Job In Sports Radio
Our annual list of best local sports talkers is set to be released on December 17. That issue will not only include the best local sports talkers in the country, it will also feature some of the best sports program directors in the nation.
More Sports Play-By-Play For Entercom
This time it's of the college variety as the company and the University of San Francisco extend their broadcast agreement. 1550-AM The Game (KGMZ-AM) in San Francisco will broadcast all University of San Francisco men’s basketball games.
Westwood One Bringing The Weather
The 24/7 weather reporting service Weatherology has chosen Westwood One as its exclusive radio partner. Weatherology delivers weather reports and breaking weather advisories directly into radio station automation systems.
North Country, NY, Kids To Benefit From Radiothon
Community Broadcasters' Watertown, NY, stations WBDR (The Border 106.7) and WOTT (94 Rock WOTT) raised $110,000 in three days (October 31-November 2) with their Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon to benefit Watertown’s Samaritan Medical Center.
Pandora Now Has 6.8 Million Subscribers
The streaming pure play reached that number with the addition of 784,000 subs in Q3, according to a company press release announcing earnings. By comparison, the company buying Pandora, SiriusXM, has 33.7 million paid subs. Here are all the details from Pandora's Q3.
Forecast 2019: Better Get In Quick!
There are only five seats left at Forecast 2019. And the agenda continues to grow. Do you really want to miss out on veteran CBS news executive Harvey Nagler having a sit-down and one-on-one conversation with David Field, CEO of Entercom?
GEICO Staying Put At Number One
Once again the insurance giant was radio’s biggest advertiser, according to Media Monitors weekly chart. GEICO aired 47,571 commercials nationwide last week — an increase of almost 2,000 spots over the previous week.
Westwood One Going Long On Election Day Coverage
It’s being billed as the most important congressional election in decades and radio will be working hard to keep listeners up to date. Westwood One News will be out in full force on Tuesday, November 6, providing continuous coverage from 7 p.m. ET until at least 1 a.m. ET.
“Tax Tips” Returns February 4
The Bloomberg Radio Network will again be providing its original series Tax Tips, to be broadcast during the height of the 2019 tax season. Tax Tips segments will be 30-seconds in length and written and anchored by Bloomberg’s team leader for tax coverage, Alexis Leondis.
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