Mercury Winners To Be Announced Next Month
2020 Radio Mercury Awards are virtual this year and the best in radio creativity will be announced, rewarded and honored October 6.
Tim & Chelsea Score Over 20,000 Meals
What started out as an on air conversation between WIRK’s Tim Leary and Chelsea Taylor, resulted in a donation drive for the Palm Beach County Food Drive that raised enough money to buy 20,400 meals for those in need.
Monticello Media Collects Spare Change
Charlottesville based Monticello Media is holding Change for Charity events throughout September. Money collected will go to support the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.
29 Miles On September 29
ESPN Chicago 1000 AM morning show co-host, David Kaplan, will walk 29 miles on September 29 for charity. Walk as One is to raise awareness for Bernie’s Book Bank.
Field Buys 248,000 Shares
In an after hours filing Tuesday night it was disclosed that Entercom CEO David Field has purchased 248,000 shares in his company over the past few days. At an average price of $1.42 a share the total cost of the purchase was about $352,200.
When The Community Needs Help Radio Delivers
Advanced Media Partners in Peoria and Brewers Distributing presented a check for $20,035.28 to the local food bank. The money was raised through the Central Illinois Food Drive Radio-thon.
AnalyticOwl Launches New Attribution Service
The Analytics company launched a new service that allows media sellers, ad agencies and advertisers to access industry-specific attribution data from over 4 billion responses to advertising. The insights could help radio sellers show how radio gives advertisers a strong R.O.I.
Are You Evolving or Stuck in The Past?
(By Jay Stevens) When I was programming day to day at WPGC in DC I created an acronym, I.L.T.E. We pronounced it Ill-Tee and it stood for: Interesting, Local, Topical, Entertaining. This was the filter that content had to go through to make it on the air.
Beasley Hauls In $13K For Local Hospital
Beasley New Jersey’s WMGQ-FM and WCTC-AM recently hosted its first Give Hope Radiothon in conjunction with the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Over $13,000 was raised to benefit the hospital's COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund.
NAB Launches First Amendment Campaign
The National Association of Broadcasters has launched a new campaign promoting the First Amendment and its guarantee of free speech and the press. The campaign can be found HERE and includes radio ads, web content and social media posts.
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