Headlines

(By Jeff McHugh) As a lifelong fan and coach of media personalities, I am sad when talented people shoot their career in the foot. I wrote an article beginning with those words in 2017. Blending those ideas with some new advice, here's a 2020 update...

(By Loyd Ford) In today’s world, radio personalities have to consistently build their value, value the local politics of their cluster and they should still put significant effort into building their personality brand.

Wisconsin Public Radio is dropping its longtime weekend broadcasts of old-time radio shows from the 1930s to the 1960s. They say they are unable to find any shows without offensive content.

Max Media is bringing financial news radio to the Norfolk-Virginia Beach area Monday, June 15. Money Talk 1310 /100.9 Money Talk will carry a variety of syndicated financial news and talk shows.

Missing your copy of Radio Ink because it's sitting in the mailbox back at the station and you're still working from home? We've made it easy for you to change your mailing address so you never miss another issue of your favorite magazine. GO HERE

On Thursday Westwood One Executives Suzanne Grimes and Pierre Bouvard made a presentation called The State of Consumers, Audio and Media. It was an in-depth look at consumers behavior now that states are opening up, and, in the midst of protests over the murder of George Floyd.

57 year old Tyra Womack was fatally shot outside her home Wednesday night. She worked for Gospel station WEAA-FM. Baltimore Police say it was a senseless, tragic murder, and may have resulted from a dispute with a neighbor. They are still searching for the shooter.

Our special Facebook Live event Thursday featuring Angela Yee, Frank Ski and Kenny Smoov, Ending Racism in America, What is Radio's Role? was a smashing success. Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti said, as a broadcaster and a trade publisher, I have never been involved in a conversation so important and meaningful - and during which I felt both privileged, humbled, and proud to participate." Watch it.

The NAB says The FCC has an obligation to collect $339 million in regulatory fees in 2020, the same amount as 2019. Radio's contribution to that total is approximately $30 million. However, The Commission is proposing an increase on broadcasters and that has the NAB up-in-arms. 

500 more stations have shown interest in joining an Independent Broadcasters Association according to Adams Media Group CEO Ron Stone who's organizing the effort. That brings the total number of interested stations to 1,850 after only two weeks.