The Traits Of A Great Program Director
(By Jay Stevens) The focus of this article is the parallels between great movie directors and great program directors. Follow me here. If you read the many articles on what it takes to be a great film director, you will find these traits...
Baseball Parting Ways With Radio is Bad For Baseball
The "National Pastime" may become a thing of the past on radio. The news this week out of Oakland that the A's will not be on local radio this season has started speculation about a possible divorce between radio and baseball.
ACM Radio Winners Announced At CRS
The Academy of Country Music has revealed the full list of Radio Awards winners for the 55TH Academy of Country Music Awards, including National On-Air Personality of the Year winner, The Bobby Bones Show.
How Radio Can Lift Political Campaigns
This week’s Westwood One blog looks at how political campaigns can reach more registered voters without having those campaigns increase budgets. Pierre Bouvard analyzes several campaigns with a little help from Nielsen HERE.
Research: Fans Wants To Hear More Female Artists
All eyes are on country programmers in Nashville this week. How will they respond to the red-hot controversy of female artists getting the cold shoulder on their radio stations?
Beasley Revenue Drop Blamed On Political
Beasley’s fourth-quarter net revenue of $72.1 million was down $3.5 million from Q4 2018. The company says $2.8 million of that total was from political revenue in 2018 that was not offset by other ad dollars. Six of Beasley's fifteen markets saw an increase in revenue.
Entercom Sells Boston Rocker For $10.75 Million
Educational Media Foundation rolls into another major market and will flip the station to its KLOVE format, under a Network Affiliation Agreement, beginning February 22. WAAF has been playing Rock music for 50 years.
Big Brands Are Doing It. Are You?
The Hispanic Radio Conference is proud to announce that the Association of National Advertisers Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing will present a special session on "Reframing Marketing in the 21st Century" at this year’s conference.
Progressive The Top Advertiser Again
The folks at Progressive clearly appreciate the value of advertising with radio. The insurance giant is once again top of the Media Monitors list of leading advertisers on radio around the nation, running a total of 49,677 ads last week.
WRAU-FM Washington Is Being Sold
WAMU-FM, Washington’s NPR news station, will sell WRAU-FM to Delaware Public Media in 2020.
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