KYGO Partners with Walmart for Food Drive
Bonneville's Denver-based new country station KYGO (98.5 FM) is partnering with Walmart and Buehler Moving Companies for a week-long campaign to benefit a local food bank. The estation will conduct a live remote during the campaign.
Bauer Media Group Acquires Cork’s Red FM
Bauer Media Group says it has acquired Cord's Red FM, one of Ireland's biggest regional radio stations. The deal will bring more than 129,000 listeners to Bauer Media, which has a total of 61 million listeners across 9 European countries.
Altoona Stations Support Local Veterans
The Forever Media Altoona cluster of stations in Altoona, Pennsylvania collected more than 3,800 thank you cards for local veterans as part of their "Operation Thank You 2022" initiative. Local volunteers helped collect the cards.
KWBL Raises $460,000 for American Cancer Society
iHeartMedia's Denver-based country station KWBL and on-air host Denise Plante collected over $460,000 for the American Cancer Society during an event on November 5. The funds were raised at the "Champions of Hope Gala"
Indeed Keeps Position as Most-Run Spot
Employment services provider Indeed was the most-run spot on stations coast-to-coast for the second consecutive week in a row, even though the company ran fewer ads compared to the previous week. Progressive fell from 2nd to 47th.
Leading The Broadcasters Foundation into The Future
Tim McCarthy is president of the Broadcasters Foundation of America — the only organization that improves the quality of life for people in radio and television who find themselves in a financial struggle. He's also on the cover of our special Forecast issue of Radio Ink Magazine
Forecast 2023; What Should be Ahead for Radio
(By Mike McVay) Radio Ink's Forecast 2023 is this week in New York City at the Harvard Club. It’s one of the events that I really enjoy attending because I can be a “fly on the wall” and hear from the leaders of media, which includes various platforms.
It Doesn’t Have to Taste Good to Do Good
(By James Bahm) One of my favorite teachers in high school would often tell us that medicine doesn’t have to taste good to do good. I now tell my daughter that when giving her cough medicine. I hope one day her child rolls their eyes and says, “Mommy, you always say that!”
Jim Bohannon Dies at 78
Jim Bohannon, a Washington-based, right-of-center radio host whose namesake program was syndicated coast-to-coast by Westwood One, died on Saturday at the age of 78. The cause of death was cancer.
WRKO Raises $86,000 for Disabled Vets
iHeartMedia's Boston-based news-talk station WRKO (680 AM) raised over $86,000 for the Disabled American Veterans organization during its seventh-annual DAV Radiothon. The campaign ran for two days and featured several WRKO on-air talent.
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