Tilt the Clock: Control Your Time, Control Your Sales
(Loyd Ford) When coaching sales talent, I encourage individual sellers to do all they can to naturally raise their “Time Spent Selling.” The most valuable shift a local radio salesperson can make is not learning a new closing line or a new pitch; it is learning how to control their time.
Engage Listeners Throughout the Commercial
(Jeffrey Hedquist) Your audience is distracted, they’re over-communicated, they’ve had too much coffee, or not enough. In other words, they’re difficult to engage. How do you keep their attention for a full 15, 30, or 60 seconds? Hook ‘em and keep pulling. What pulls? Consistent variations.
Beasley Detroit Partners With Forgotten Harvest In Hunger Fight
Beasley Media Group Detroit is joining hands with Forgotten Harvest in a year-round commitment to fighting food insecurity. The expanded effort will center around raising community awareness of the reality that 69% of Detroit households face food insecurity.
Peter Rosenberg Gets ‘Real Late’ Relaunch on SiriusXM
Real Late with Peter Rosenberg is back, this time on SiriusXM's Shade 45. The late-night hip-hop series, which was previously heard on Sunday nights at MediaCo's Hot 97 (WQHT), returns to the channel every Thursday from 10 PM to 12 AM ET.
Jeff Dantzler To Takes Over Georgia Bulldog Football Play-by-Play
A three-decade Georgia Athletics fixture is moving into a new booth. Jeff Dantzler will take over football play-by-play duties for the Georgia Bulldog Radio Network beginning with the 2026 season, with former Bulldog offensive lineman Jon Stinchcomb joining as analyst.
SAG-AFTRA West Coast Public Media Deal Sets OPB Pay Floor
Twenty months of bargaining have resulted in a first-ever three-year contract between Oregon Public Broadcasting and its content creators. Members of the largest SAG-AFTRA-represented West Coast public media organization voted unanimously in approval.
Rumor Mill Ablaze With Talk of Possible iHeart/SiriusXM Merger
Multiple reports broke out late Friday that say media mogul Irving Azoff is exploring the possibility of acquiring both iHeartMedia and SiriusXM, with the goal of merging the two into a single audio powerhouse, with all parties allegedly meeting in talks.
Tampa Bay Rowdies Land First-Ever Radio Deal With Beasley
The USL's Tampa Bay Rowdies have found a 2026 radio broadcast home with the Florida Alumni Radio 1100 (WJBR–AM) in a partnership with Beasley Media Group. The Rowdies radio broadcasts will also reach 92.1 and 103.1 (WIRK) in South Florida.
Liberman Enters MLC As Senior Advisor After Entravision Exit
Following the end of his tenure as Entravision Communications' President and COO, Jeffery Liberman has found his new chapter as Senior Advisor for MLC Media, the largest independently owned Spanish-language distributor of syndicated radio content in the US.
Techsurvey: Radio’s Core Aging Out Of Demo; Digital Gap Closing
Radio's biggest fans are still tuning in in a major way, but Jacobs Media's Techsurvey 2026 raises two questions the industry can't afford to keep kicking down the road much longer: who's actually listening, and for how much longer will they be doing it over the air?
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