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.
Lee Harris To Lead Forecast 2025 Exec Panel With Alesse, Babin
NewsNation New York Bureau Chief and Radio Hall of Fame inductee Lee Harris is joining the lineup for Forecast 2025. Harris will be moderating the annual Executive Super Session, which features top-tier broadcasting leaders from both radio and television.
Women to Watch: Emily Ward, Midwest Communications
(By Charese Frugé) Emily Ward is the Sales Manager for Midwest Communications in Nashville. Before relocating, she served as a GSM in Atlanta after starting her radio sales journey in Jacksonville, FL, and working multiple markets leading to her current position.
Radio Recruitment Dollars: Lesson Seven
(By Chris Stonick) Does copy matter in recruitment ads? Only if you want to get results for the client. A recruitment ad should be as compelling as a retail ad… maybe even more so. Think about it: we’re not trying to get someone to buy a candy bar or attend a concert.
LeGeyt: Trump’s Broadcast Threats Undermine First Amendment
NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt has strong words for Donald Trump over continued threats by the former President to media outlets and calls to revoke broadcast licenses of networks due to content disagreements.
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