Congressmen Form Broadcasters Caucus
The NAB just got a little help from its friends on Capitol Hill. Republican Minnesota Congressmen Tom Emmer (pictured here) and Democrat Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania have formed a new Congressional Broadcasters Caucus. Both Congressmen are former broadcasters
Breast Cancer Awareness Walk
Nashville's Hip-Hop and R&B station WUBT, and Gospel station WNRQ, will hold the 6th Annual Sista Strut Breast Cancer walk to promote breast cancer screenings in the African American community.
Are Four St. Louis-Area AM Stations Dead?
(By John Garziglia) For four St. Louis area AM stations, license renewal applications from the year 2012 have remained ungranted. As reported by Radio Ink in “Was A Convicted Felon Running Radio Stations?”, the FCC designated those license renewal applications for hearing in 2019.
Monumental Radio Events Pull in Big Numbers
That's what Media Monitors says happened on the final broadcast day for 50-year Boston rocker WAAF. Entercom sold the station to EMF last week and the staff said goodbye on Friday.
Progressive #1. Bloomberg Rising.
Once again Progressive has landed on top of the Media Monitors chart of radio’s leading advertisers around the country. That's five visits to the number one slot in 2020 for the insurance giant. Mike Bloomberg is also spending some of his personal wealth on the radio.
Resler Joins Buzz On His Next Webinar
This Friday at 1 p.m. ET Buzz Knight will be joined by Jacobs Media's Seth Resler for a webinar on podcasting. The focus of Buzz's webinars is to help broadcasters looking for ways to rebuild their career. REGISTER
Plunge Raises $2.5 Million
Townsquare's New Jersey 101.5 (WKXW-FM) partnered with New Jersey Law Enforcement and Special Olympics New Jersey for the 27th annual Polar Bear Plunge this past weekend.
Radiothon Helps Akron Hospital
The final tally is in for the WKDD-98.1 FM/Akron Children's Hospital Radiothon. The two-day event raised more than $386,000, with all funds raised going toward patient care.
Meruelo Supersizes St. Jude Fundraiser
Meruelo Media will kick off its annual St Jude Rocks fundraiser this Thursday. This year, KLOS-FM in Los Angeles will not be alone. Meruelo is pulling in listeners and talent from KLOS’ new sister stations, Power 106, 93.5 KDAY, the new Cali 93.9, and KWHY-TV.
Radio Is A Jewel For This Local Business
For more than 130 years, Michaels Jewelers has served Connecticut with 10 locations throughout the state. "We have been doing radio for decades," says fifth-generation family member Lindsay Michaels, Marketing Manager for the company. Our weekly advertiser success stories are sponsored by specbyte.com.