Townsquare Now Has a Blueprint for Licensing Its CRM Software
Townsquare Media's second-quarter earnings call produced more than the usual round of revenue numbers. CEO Bill Wilson used the call to disclose that the company has signed its first technology licensing deal for the in-house CRM platform built for its own sales team.
Layoffs Hit Sales, Programming, and Podcasting at Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media is working through a fresh round of layoffs across both sales and programming as the company awaits its formal exit from bankruptcy. The cuts are touching stations in multiple markets, as the company's restructuring effort continues to unfold.
Radio Wayne Awards: Honoring Leadership With Nowhere to Hide
Whether the book is a winner or a loser, whether budgets are made or missed, the buck ultimately stops at one desk: the General Manager. It's also the seat with the most at stake in keeping a team together and giving each department the best chance to succeed.
Platform, Not a Purpose
(Greg Tantum) When the printing press arrived in the 15th century, cultural elites feared the mass democratization of text would dilute scholarship and rot society's collective attention span. We face a nearly identical psychological barrier today with radio.
WWNN Weekends Bring Wall Street to Washington’s WTOP
Markets don't take weekends off, and now neither does Red Apple Media's Worldwide News Network's business coverage. WWNN Weekend Business Reports debuted on Hubbard - Media That Connects's WTOP in Washington as the service's first affiliate partner.
Colombia’s Consul Honors SBS’s Caracol America
Spanish Broadcasting System's newest Miami station is getting international recognition just months after signing on. The Consul of Colombia presented Caracol America 106.3 (WRAZ) with an award, citing the station's growing popularity among Colombian listeners.
Entravision Expands AI Co-Hosted Show To Five Markets
Entravision's show built around an AI co-host is expanding well beyond its LA launchpad. Geraldine "GeeGee" Guzman and AI personality Coyotec are expanding to five Fuego Network markets, adding more English to match the network's bicultural audience.
Magnum Media Buys Out Sparta-Tomah In Wisconsin
Magnum Media is expanding its western Wisconsin footprint, striking a deal to acquire four signals from Sparta-Tomah Broadcasting, including flagship country outlet Cow 97 (WCOW). The sale marks Sparta-Tomah's full exit from the radio business.
IEEE Sets New Broadcast Technology Forum For NAB HQ
The IEEE Broadcast Technology Society is starting a new event to walk through the entire broadcast delivery chain in a single room. The IEEE Broadcast Technology Forum will bring engineers, executives, and researchers together at NAB headquarters in Washington, DC.
Kentucky’s Forcht Media Joins The Radio Rebrand List
Forcht Broadcasting is now Forcht Media in a rebrand that places the Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois operator among an enlarging list of radio groups that have dropped or altered their names to reflect a broader focus beyond AM/FM, as digital advertising grows.
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