Greater Media Tweaks ALT 92.9 In Boston
The company is giving WBOS a new look and a new logo. The music will remain Alternative but the station will now cut out a lot of the clutter. PD Ken West said, "We are passionate about delivering our content in a non-cluttered, non-controversial, pure-play music environment by playing the most music. In doing so, we are offering the ALT 92.9 Promise: 60 minutes of music after every commercial break."
As Expected, New Faces Show Sells Out
One day after opening registration for CRS 2017, Country Radio Seminar officials announced the New Faces of Country Music show is sold out. It's the second consecutive year New Faces tickets sold out the same day they became available.
Smiley, Radio One Bringing The Community Together
This week, Radio One Atlanta stations Hot 107.9, Majic 107.5, Praise 102.5, and Boom 97.5/102.9 hosted the #StrategyForChange Town Hall meeting in Decatur, GA. Syndicated radio host Rickey Smiley hosted the event.
New Public Repertory Database Site For ASCAP
ASCAP has launched a redesigned version of ACE, its public repertory database. ACE ("ASCAP Clearance Express") is a searchable database that contains information relating to musical works in the ASCAP repertory of 10 million works, and is updated weekly.
Entercom South Carolina Expands Blood Drive
WROQ-FM/Classic Rock 101.1, WTPT-FM/93.3 The Planet, and The Blood Connection will kick off their 12th Annual Rock N Roll Up Your Sleeve starting Thursday. The successful blood drive has become South Carolina Upstate's largest over the last 11 years and is expanding to three days this year.
Has Radio Lost Music Discovery Too?
How many recent reports have we read that stated radio was the tried-and-true blue way to discover new music? Is that a positive stat that can no longer be proudly touted by radio executives at radio conferences? Well, that would depend on whether you want to believe the Music Biz study just released this week? Let's dig into the numbers.
FCC At Odds Over Media Ownership Rules
And that's why at least two more years will go by with very little change in the rules (as we reported HERE), even though everyone agrees the media landscape has changed and the rules are from the dark ages. FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler and Commissioner Michael O'Rielly made it clear what the problem is when things got a tad heated between the two in front of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Tuesday.
Wheeler Happy With Pirate Enforcement
FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler told the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Tuesday that 91 actions have been taken so far this year against pirate radio stations. That, Wheeler says, compares to 130 actions taken all of last year. What he didn't say was how that 91 compares to how many pirate radio stations the Commission believes are in operation across the United States.
What is Radio’s Grade For Hiring Women and Minorities?
Professor Emeritus at Hofstra University Bob Papper, in his eighth in a series of reports developed from RTDNA's annual survey of newsrooms across the United States, says that while the minority workforce in TV was up over the past year, it was down in radio. And, overall it was a mixed picture for minorities and women in radio. Here are the specifics.
Will Old Radio Show Hurt Trump?
The feature called Trumped was syndicated by Premiere and heard on several hundred radio stations from 2004 to 2008. Both Fortune and The Wall Street Journal have now run stories saying Trump used the radio show repeatedly as a platform to objectify women.
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