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And he collects about $40 per hour. ZRock Lexington Morning Man Twitch was posing as a panhandler to figure out if offering panhandlers jobs for $9 an hour is enough to get those people off the streets.

As we reported last month, Judge James Whittemore has set Todd Clem’s ratings-tampering trial for the term that begins January 2, 2018. Two lead Nielsen attorney's have scheduling conflicts during those dates, with other jury trials, and are requesting judge push back the trial to the term that begins in February.

(By Heidi Raphael) If you’ve ever been directly involved in any sort of home improvement project, you know that having the right tools is essential to getting the work done properly. The same holds true in promoting your station or company. The type of tools you use can effectively make or break getting your announcement out to the audience you are trying to reach.

(By Wayne Ens) After putting all your effort and creativity into a presentation, you would probably rather endure a root canal than hear your prospect say no. But understanding what to do after your prospect says no is one of the most valuable steps toward yes in your entire sales process.

2017 marks the 25th year of the Dave Ramsey Show which is now heard on 585 stations with a weekly listening audience of 13 million. The show that focuses on financial advice, avoiding money mistakes, and Ramsey's step-by-step plan to beat debt and build wealth has earned the host an NAB Marconi Award and a spot in both the NAB and National Radio Halls of Fame.

The parent company of Springdale's La Zeta 95.7 and Little Rock's 106.3 FM, recently raised a whopping $326,579 for Arkansas Children's Hospital. Over the last eight years, EZ Spanish Media radiothons in Northwest Arkansas and Central Arkansas have raised $1.9 million dollars.

Benztown has partnered with BMG Production Music, to offer BMG PM’s commercial production music library to radio stations. Through this partnership, BMG Production Music has granted Benztown the exclusive right to distribute and offer its catalog of production music and elements to the U.S. radio market.

That from Caroline Beasley on the Beasley first-quarter earnings call Tuesday. She wasn't specific but you could speculate that one of those surprises took place in Philadelphia where eight Account Executives jumped ship right as the deal to purchase Greater Media was closing. No reason was given for the mass exodus. That's a lot to overcome in a major market and as a result it had an impact on revenue with Philadelphia down 13%.

The company reported a same-station revenue decline of $2 million in the first quarter, blaming 35% of the decrease on the absence of political revenue. The remainder of the decline was partially attributable to the reformatting of a station in Tampa (the old Bubba the Love Sponge station) and integration issues in Philadelphia.

Broker Michael Bergner tells Radio Ink that the $11 million purchase of five Greenville-New Bern Beasley stations by Curtis Media has closed. This transaction was announced back on February 6. The stations Curtis picks up are WNCT-AM and FM, WSFL-FM, WIKS-FM, WMGV-FM and WXNR-FM. Curtis will spin-off WNCT-FM to Inner Banks Media.