California Stations Expanding News Coverage
Radio pretty much gave up the battle to cover local news long ago, opting for more music and highly researched programming to please the PPM. Public radio stations across California are taking a different approach in attempt to get radio back in the local news game.
Report: Rush To Return Today
Rush Limbaugh was expected to return to his show Thursday, after announcing Monday he had advanced lung cancer. He told listeners he'd be taking Tuesday and Wednesday off to focus on treatment. He was not on Thursday and now Fox News is reporting that Rush will return today.
CNN Airs Rush Hit Piece
Days after announcing he had advanced lung cancer, CNN's Sara Sidner put a 3-minute piece together entitled "Rush Limbaugh's Controversial History."
Betting Getting Bigger And Bigger
The XFL season is about to begin and the league, iHeartRadio, and VSiN are teaming up to bring sports betting content to XFL fans. The three companies will create audio BetCasts for two games each week during the regular season.
RAB To Host 5 Sessions At Vegas NAB Show
The Radio Advertising Bureau will present five revenue and professional development-oriented sales and marketing sessions at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 18-22.
iHeart New Haven News Station Adds FM
WELI-AM in New Haven is now also broadcasting on a translator at 96.9 FM. The station carries local weather and traffic, and features conservative talkers Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity.
MasterCard Chief Talks Marketing
This week on Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing hosted by Bob Pittman, the Chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia sat down with Raja Rajamannar, MasterCard's Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Content Officer, and President of Healthcare Business
Rush Diagnosis Brings Out The Ugly in People
Whether it was the jealousy of his decades-long success or the disagreement with his politics, the hate heaped upon Rush Limbaugh following his announcement that he had advanced lung cancer was alarming.
RAB: Digital Ad Revenue Now 10% of Radio’s Total
According to the Radio Advertising Bureau, with help from new research from Borrell & Associates, in 2019 radio's digital ad revenue topped $1 Billion for the first time and now totals 10% of radio's overall revenue.
I Cried When I heard My Song on The Radio
That's what country singer Cody Johnson tells The Boot in a feature called Fist Time Stories. Johnson's story is one of so many from artists who know that when they hear their music on the radio (not Spotify or Pandora or SiriusXM) they've become stars.
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