Are We Still Having Fun?
(By Loyd Ford) Does your sales team have any fun anymore? I know, I know. We gotta reach this goal. We have to make budget. There’s that pesky pressure. So, I ask again in another way: when was the last time your sales team had fun?
‘Are You Sure This Ad Will Work?’ No!
(By Jeffrey Hedquist) We’ve all experienced it. We create a campaign we’re sure will bring success to our client, but nope. We have to adjust the course and go in a different direction. Or, we get a wild idea, shoot from the hip, hope… and it works.
Missouri AM Tower Collapses, Becomes Third In October Streak
A tower broadcasting a Missouri AM station is the third to be destroyed in October, after the 75-year-old structure collapsed on October 24. A snapped guy wire caused the tower for Joplin's KRMO-AM 990 to fall to the northwest, narrowly missing the transmitter housing.
Inspiring Through Thick and Thin
(By Deborah Parenti) Leadership is a fascinating dance of influence, and it becomes especially captivating when you consider how leaders inspire their teams during both good times and challenging periods.
Advertising Industry Investments In AI Soar in 2024
From local to global, the advertising industry is racing to better understand and leverage AI's capabilities headed into 2025. If 2023 was the year AI became a household name, then it appears 2024 is the year media bought in - in a major way.
New KUNR Studio to Bolster Local Journalism In Lake Tahoe
KUNR Public Radio has announced plans to build a new studio at the University of Nevada Reno/Lake Tahoe campus. With support from the University, the new facility is expected to begin broadcasting live from the lake by the summer of 2025.
Twin Cities Feel The ‘Amor’ With New Spanish AC Station
Santamaria Broadcasting has introduced AMOR Radio MN (KMNQ-AM), a Spanish Adult Contemporary station, to the Minneapolis/St. Paul airwaves. KMNQ now offers a new format after previously simulcasting Regional Mexican station La Raza 95.7 (KMNV-AM).
Industry Experts Revisit 2018’s Forecast for Country Radio in 2025
In four years, radio has seen a pandemic, the generative AI explosion, and the rise of infinite competitors. While it's been a perilous road to get to 2025, some of broadcasting's brightest gave their best guesses as to how it would turn out in 2018. How'd they do?
Cumulus Savannah and Harley-Davidson Team Up for ‘Ta-Ta’s’
Cumulus Media Savannah's I-95 (WIXV), teamed up with Savannah Harley-Davidson and the Savannah H.O.G. Chapter for the 4th Annual "Save the Ta-Ta's" Poker Run on October 19. The event raises funds for breast cancer awareness.
Lauren Burrows Coleman Named Beasley CFO, Tedesco To Retire
Beasley Media Group has announced the appointment of Lauren Burrows Coleman as Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1. She will succeed longtime CFO Marie Tedesco, who is retiring after 33 years with the company.
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