Audacy To Carry Wizards Games
On Tuesday the NBA's Washington Wizards announced a new partnership with Audacy's WTEM-AM to broadcast all 82 games of the 2021-22 season. The games were being carried on Hubbard's WFED-AM.
Marketron Launches New Platform For Sellers
It's called REV and it was built for salespeople. According to a company press release REV unifies the entire sales process on a single platform.
The Late Bob McCurdy’s Book is Out
Radio industry favorite Bob McCurdy, who passed away a little over a year ago, had just completed writing a book about the quest for excellence. Townsquare COO writes a nice review about the book HERE on Amazon and McCurdy's close friend Buzz Knight writes one for us here...
The Fan Denver Adds New Show
Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan (KKFN-FM) has added'Chad and Nate' to a new line-up. Chad Brown and Nate Jackson both played in the NFL before retiring to careers in media.
Inspiration Station Covering New Orleans
Heaven 106.7 FM/KKND New Orleans’ Inspiration Station has been launched by Cumulus Media. The flip from Hot AC creates a 100,000 watt Gospel station in the 50th largest radio market in the USA.
KRIB Joins Iowa R&R HoF
The radio station to be forever linked to "The day the music died", has been inducted into the Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Mason City Iowa station KRIB was a sponsor of 'The Winter Dance Party' at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa on February 2nd, 1959.
Radio’s Female Audience is Back
Nielsen has released its Spring 2021 “Nationwide” report which is a roll up of all AM/FM radio listening from U.S. markets and counties produced twice a year. As Cumulus' Pierre Bouvard points out, the Nielsen data indicates female listeners have returned to pre-COVID levels.
DeDe Donates $10K To Hurricane Ida Families
The DeDe McGuire Foundation has joined forces with the 100 Black Men of Metro New Orleans and 100 Black Men of Baton Rouge to help relief, recovery and restoration efforts after the devastating effects of Hurricane Ida.
Streaming Rules The Revenue World
The RIAA released its revenue figures for the first half of 2021. Overall revenue grew 27% to $7.1 billion over 2020. Revenue from streaming grew 26% to $5.9 billion.
Privacy is Radio’s Top Advertiser For The Week
Privacy protecting search engine DuckDuckGo took over the top spot on the Media Monitors radio chart last week. The Duck hopped from second to first by airing over 50,000 commercials on radio stations across the country. Here are the top 5.
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