The Power of WJR
Cumulus Media's Detroit News/Talk station WJR-AM raised more than $1.74 Million to help The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit combat hunger and homelessness during its 35th Annual Bed & Bread Club Radiothon.
Webinar: What Listeners Want
Benztown and P1 Media Group continues the free webinar series Global Radio Ideas. What Listeners Want Tomorrow is set for Thursday, October 22.
Westwood One Part Of New Podcast Network
Award-winning podcaster Jessica Cordova Kramer and best-selling author Stephanie Wittels Wachs have joined forces to form a new podcast network, Lemonada Media. Lemonada will partner with Westwood One to distribute, sell, and market their new shows.
Rebranding Your Radio Station? Solve For ‘X’
(By Buzz Knight) Twitter's rebranding to X got me thinking about the upside to rebranding and the potential nightmare. While most radio owners are not mercurial billionaires, there are certain questions that they should think about before they also rebrand.
Heritage New York AM Gets A Boost
WJTN-AM is located in Chautauqua County and has been serving the local upstate New York community since 1924. Now it will also be heard on the FM dial at 101.3 after Media One Group picked up a new FM translator.
Radio Making More Miracles
New South Radio’s Jackson, Mississippi cluster aired their 21st annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon at Children’s of MS Hospital March 2-4 and raised a whopping $441,544 dollars for the state’s only hospital for children.
Need Capital?
The Access to Capital Working Group of the Federal Communications Commission’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment and the FCC’s Media Bureau will co-host a virtual symposium: Path to Media Ownership and Sustainability on November 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Urban Radio Forum Set For October
The keynote address will be delivered by Fay Ferguson, Co-CEO of Burrell Communications Group. Burrell is the African-American advertising agency responsible for McDonalds, Walmart, P&G, Comcast, and several others.
Saga Launches Fox Sports Radio Affiliate For Central Virginia
Saga Communications has forged a partnership with FOX Sports Radio that culminated in this week's launch of Charlottesville's FOX Sports 102.9 FM and 1450 AM (WVAX-AM). The station will air the full network line-up of FOX Sports Radio's programs.
Cumulus Stations Made 2017 A Good Year For Dallas Charities
The company's Dallas cluster raised a total of $1,637,200 for Dallas-Fort Worth charities during 2017. The radiothons, events, and fund drives held by the seven stations benefitted a wide array of charities in the greater D-FW area.