Bold Gold With a Huge Haul For The Kids
Bold Gold Media's 11th Annual Thunder 102 & 104.5 Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon was recently held in Monticello, New York. The 2022 event raised $61,729 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This annual event has raised over $600,000 to date.
Preserve Local Journalism
Warning that "The economic foundation of local journalism is under assault," NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt has authored an op-ed in The Hill calling for the passage of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act.
Looking At Radio’s Immortality
The latest Borrell Local Marketing Trends podcast looks at radio resilience. Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media Strategies will join Gordon Borrell for a deep dive into the latest Jacobs Media Survey.
SXM Features Thomas Rhett
Thomas Rhett will perform an exclusive concert for SiriusXM subscribers and Pandora listeners on Tuesday, June 7. The show will feature Rhett performing songs from his recently released album Where We Started, as well as fan favorites.
ESPN Cleveland Nabs Knott
850 ESPN Cleveland (WKNR) is adding Andre Knott to its content team. Knott will join the Good Karma Brands Station as an on-air contributor, part-time and fill in host, and an active contributor to the station's subscription service, The Land on Demand.
Former RAB Exec Dick Rakovan Passes
Dick "Rackets" Rakovan, former Chicago radio executive and 20-year veteran of the Radio Advertising Bureau, has died. Joining the RAB in 1995, he was Senior Vice President, Membership.
New PD At KICT
Phyliss D'Eugenio is the new Program Director and personality at T95, Wichita, Kansas. She joins SummitMedia from Riverbend Communications, KCVI-FM, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
How One Music Station Covered The Buffalo Massacre
(By Tom Langmyer) The unfortunate conventional wisdom that has prevailed in radio during the last 20 years is We are a music station. We don’t do news. Unfortunately, this sentiment represents many people who set the tone for the industry and make these proclamations proudly, as the radio business becomes more and more irrelevant.
What One CEO Thinks About Radio’s Declining Listenership
Nick Martin is the CEO of Big River Broadcasting. In addition to running his Alabama radio stations, Nick is very involved in the industry. He's on the NAB Radio Board. He wants the industry to remain strong and vibrant and takes every opportunity to push radio in that direction.
Out of Prison, Onto The Radio
Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, who served two years in prison after pleading guilty to corruption charges, will be filling in for Larry Young on WOLB-AM. The station is owned by Urban One.
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