ESPN-Portland & The FAN Do College Football Deal
The two stations (KMTT and KFXX respectively) have agreed to a multi-year affiliation agreement with the Washington State-IMG Sports Network. Cougar game-day broadcasts will now be broadcast on 910 ESPN-Portland for that city, with select games also airing on 1080 The Fan.
Entercom Stations Honored In South Carolina
Ten years of dedicated support has earned Entercom Upstate, a collective of seven regional radio stations, the accolades of the Greenville Health System. Upstate has supported the Children’s Hospital over the past decade and now the hospital is dedicating its fifth floor family room to the radio group.
Piazza Rebroadcast Recalls 9/11
On Thursday evening, Mets flagship 710 WOR-AM will again broadcast the home run that former star catcher Mike Piazza belted on September 21, 2001. It was the first homer by a New York player in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy. Airing at 6 p.m., it will be part of the lead-up to Saturday night’s ceremony retiring Piazza’s number.
Ford Making it Easier to Connect Smartphones
Ease of use has been one of radio's biggest advantages in the automobile. You turn it on, press a button, and there it is, your favorite radio station. Over time that advantage will come to an end as manufacturers discover ways for consumers to easily connect their smartphones with fewer hassles, over WiFi, and with big easy-to-navigate touch-screen buttons.
Sale Rumors Still Swirl Around Pandora
The streaming company has now hired Centerview Partners to give it advice on how to deal with activist investor Corvex Management, according to Bloomberg.
iHeart Announces Date, Lineup For Festival
It's the 6th annual iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. The dates are September 23 and 24 and your friendly host will be Ryan Seacrest. This year the lineup includes U2, Sting, Drake, Britney Spears, Sam Hunt, Billy Idol, Florida Georgia Line, OneRepublic, Tears for Fears, Ariana Grande, Pitbull, and Usher.
Walgreens Jumps Into Top Three
The Home Depot and GEICO held onto their top spots, 1st and 2nd respectively, in the weekly Media Monitors chart. Walgreens moved up from 10th to 3rd by airing 28,439 commercials last week.
Westwood One All Over Both Conventions
In our continued coverage of how radio is covering the two political conventions, today we check in with our friends at Westwood One. In Cleveland, the Westwood team included correspondents Bob Costantini, Jim Roope, Alan Scaia, and Karin Caifa. Chas Henry anchored longform coverage and Michael Toscano anchored evening short form special reports.
Teach Your Advertisers Why They Should Buy Radio
(By Bob McCurdy) I had the good fortune of spending a considerable amount of time over the years with a giant in the advertising business, Erwin Ephron. You don’t get named by American Demographics magazine as one of the five most influential media people in the past 25 years (2003) by not being pretty good. Erwin’s gifts were many but one of his most notable was being able to make the complicated, simple.
Your Listener Is In A Silo
(By Jeff McHugh) Benchmarks are an essential component for a successful radio show or podcast. Packaged features like “Carpool Karaoke” on The Late Show with James Cordon or “Can’t Beat Kelly” on Fresh FM’s The Tommy Show in Washington, D.C., get listeners familiar with content and characters fast.
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