Radio Was A Prime Holiday Destination For National Advertisers
Advertisers gave radio a great Christmas present - the biggest national spot play week of the year, per Media Monitors. In the week leading up to Christmas Day, Pfizer surged to the top of the chart, reflecting a robust end-of-year market.
Paige Nienaber’s Weekly Idea Dump: A Sultry Valentine’s Dump
(By Paige Nienaber) I was in a station meeting regarding a Father's Day promotion. The OM said, “I want to K.I.S.S. it,” and because he thought we were idiots and unfamiliar with cliches, added, “Keep It Simple, Stupid.”
Do Your Sales Meetings Create Opportunities?
(By Loyd Ford) In the real world, people don’t like meetings. You know it. I know it. People make memes and jokes about it. Still, sales meetings are generally the way companies funnel directives and try to motivate sellers.
Ask and You Just Might Receive
(By Rick Fink) Whether you’ve been in the media sales game for six months or 60 years, one of the battle cries has always been, “Get more 52-week business on the books.” So why does it get left behind?
In Baltimore and DC, Laughs Have Big Payoff For Fisher House
iHeartMedia DC/Baltimore's Intern John raised more than $100,000 for the Fisher House Foundation right before Christmas. The Fisher House Foundation provides comfort homes at no charge for military and veteran families while their loved ones receive hospital care.
Adams Radio Group Trades Kool For Vibe In Tallahassee
At noon on Tuesday, Adams Radio Group's Kool 106.1 (WQTL) became Vibe 106.1, switching from oldies to "Tallahassee's Hip-Hop and Throwbacks." WQTL's new programming lineup includes DeDe in the Morning and Baka Boyz.
FCC Issues Warning To Oklahoma AM Over Second Failure
Birach Broadcasting Corporation, the licensee of an Oklahoma AM, has been admonished by the FCC in a partial license renewal over the station's history of prolonged inactivity and unauthorized reduced power operations.
Salem Media Sheds Publishing Woes With Sale Of Regnery
Salem Media Group has announced an agreement to sell Regnery Publishing to Skyhorse Publishing, anticipated to be finalized by the end of the year. This is Salem's second major division divestment, following the $30 million sale of Salem Church Products.
So You Went All-Christmas… Now What?
(By Mike McVay) Welcome to what they call "Boxing Day" in Canada and the United Kingdom. It’s when people return gifts. (Thus that name.) In American radio, we call it “the day programming returns to normal."
Leading From Behind
(By John Shomby) As more of the radio station workforce is represented by Millennials and Gen Z, the role of the manager is changing. Those of us from older generations: understand that we are the ones who need to adapt - for several reasons.
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