Urban One Casino

The Odds Are 50/50

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That's what Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins said the chances are to land a new casino in Richmond. Urban One is part of a group hoping to build a new casino in Richmond. Political horse-trading is now part of the equation which is never a good thing.

One More to Go For The Sports Pope

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Thursday was Mike Francesa's second to last show on WFAN in New York City, after spending 30 years on the air there. Francesa did his show in front of a live audience from The Paley Center. He'll broadcast his final show today from the studio, which it looks like from this picture with Entercom Sports Format Captain Mark Chernoff, has been named after him.

Owner Relents, Pulls Porn PSA. Was It The Right Thing To Do?

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Yesterday we reported on KAVV's owner Paul Lotsof who decided to use his radio station to advance his personal agenda. He did not agree with a law on the books in Arizona and he ran PSA's saying so. After it was posted to Facebook this week, the community backlash was instant (it's important to note that Lotsoff had been airing the PSA's for the past two years).
Media Monitors

Radio’s New Advertisers

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Media Monitors took a look at the new creative being played during the month of April on radio stations across the country. New unique creative on radio increased 44.6% in April, with 20,933 more instances than April 2020. So who were the top advertisers?

Radio To The Rescue: Learning To Lead In Times Of Need

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To help AMs and FMs on their path to success, Radio Ink presents the latest in a series of short podcasts focused on Hispanic radio in advance of the 2018 Hispanic Radio Conference, March 13-14 in Miami. In our second installment, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam Jacobson chats with Francisco Montero, co-Managing Partner of Fletcher Heald & Hildreth, on the importance of AM and FM radio during an emergency.
Vote

How to Win More Political Dollars

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The Cumulus Media/Westwood One Audio Active Group has released a new analysis of two creative approaches to political ads. And they say the results show that utilizing candidate-voiced ads in political campaigns and customizing the copy with station-specific language asking for input from listeners drove greater voter intent and were more uplifting.

CPB Gives $1.5 Million Grant To APM

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American Public Media is receiving a $1.5 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to lead a new investigative journalism initiative with Southern California Public Radio (KPCC), Kansas City Public Media (KCUR), New York Public Radio (WNYC), and Public Broadcasting Atlanta (WABE).

Making Radio Tangible: Get Credit For Your Results

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(By Barry Cohen) When I started selling radio (in the Pleistocene Era), we entered into daily battle with the dinosaurs known as newspapers. These monsters devoured the local clients’ ad budgets, breathing fire and scorching the earth. The number one client objection we faced on a daily basis: “When I advertise in the newspaper, I know it’s working because customers bring my ad in. I never know if radio is working for me or not.”
John Shomby

Leading From Behind

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(By John Shomby) As more of the radio station workforce is represented by Millennials and Gen Z, the role of the manager is changing. Those of us from older generations: understand that we are the ones who need to adapt - for several reasons.
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Another Big Quarter For SiriusXM

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SiriusXM reported $1.3 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2017, that's up 9% from Q2 of 2016. In addition net income of $202 million was up 16% from $175 million in the second quarter 2016. The company now has 32 million subscribers with the addition of 466,000 net new self-pay subscribers in the second quarter 2017.

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