How About A Big Round of Applause For Praise?
Urban One's WPZS-FM in Charlotte has picked up its first Stellar Award for Large Market Station of the Year. The Stellar Awards honors Gospel music artists, writers and industry professionals for their contributions to the industry.
Report: ESPN, Cumulus in Dallas Ending Partnership
In 2013 Cumulus signed an LMA with ESPN to manage KESN/103.3 FM. That relationship is ending and ESPN is expected to move away from local programming in that market.
iHeart Snags Seminoles
iHeartMedia Tallahassee/Panama City and Florida State University -- and its multimedia rightsholder, Learfield IMG College -- have signed a six-year agreement for iHeart to be the official broadcast and play-by-play home of the Seminoles.
Alpha Hauls In $186K For Wishes
Alpha Media Canton's 13th Annual AultCare Wish-A-Thon raised $186,011 for Wishes Can Happen, a charity that raises funds for children with life-threatening illnesses. The 36-hour live simulcast will allow Wishes Can Happen to grant another 37 wishes.
Radio One Helping School Kids
Radio One in Richmond, VA is working to help families with school age kids get ready for a return to class. Prep for Success has 500 back-packs with school supplies to give away.
Benztown Webinar On Branding
Benztown and P1 Media Groupwill host a free webinar entitled How to Brand Your Career and Station Like a Rock Star. The webinar is fourth in the Global Radio Ideas webinar series from top radio consultants.
VSiN Ready To Launch New Show
VSiN, The Sports Betting Network and sports betting platform BetMGM, are partnering for a new show. Betting Across America will offer sports betting data and detailed analytics.
SESAC Rates To Remain The Same For RMLC Stations
The rates radio pays to SESAC for use of works from the SESAC library will not change. The rates for music stations remains 0.2557% of net revenue and the rates for talk stations stays at 0.0575% of revenue. The agreement was reached in arbitration.
California Stations Unite
For the first time in California’s history, public radio stations up and down the state are uniting for one day of support. August 27 is California Public Radio Day.
Progressive Knocked Off Perch
Media Monitors says The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was the number one national radio advertiser last week with it's 50,249 commercials on radio stations across America.
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