Guess Who’s Jumping Into The Audio Game
Everyone wants a piece of the audio action these days. Twitter has just released a new feature where users can add 140 seconds of audio into their tweets.
Sweeping Changes At Voice of America
After two years of waiting, President Trump's pick to lead the agency that oversees Voice of America, Michael Pack, was finally approved recently. Pack showed up to the office this week and cleaned house.
NAB Names Duke Chief Diversity Officer
The National Association of Broadcasters has created a new position of Chief Diversity Officer. Michelle Duke will lead the NAB's internal efforts to further equity and inclusion at all levels of the organization and elevate NAB's external role as a resource to members efforts to increase and promote diversity in the industry.
Chase Replaces Brannigan
On Thursday SummitMedia named Randy Chase SVP of Programming where he'll oversee all of Summit's country stations. Chase replaces Beverly Brannigan who left the company abruptly earlier this week. For the past seven years, Chase was with EMF as VP of Radio.
iHeart Launches Brilliantly Black Initiative
Brilliantly Black is an initiative to support local black-owned businesses, restaurants and non-profits in Chicago. Listeners on all six iHeart Chicago stations are encouraged to visit station websites and enter the keyword “brilliant.”
Social Justice And Sports
On Friday, ESPN Radio and The Undefeated – ESPN’s multiplatform content initiative will debut The Intersection at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio. The two-hour, weekly show will feature discussions that will continue the conversation around the impact of social justice on sports and society.
Foxx Trots To Charlotte
Entercom has hired Terry Foxx as Brand Manager for Charlotte sports station WFNZ. Foxx moves to Charlotte from Entercom's sports station WZGC-FM in Atlanta where he was also Brand Manager.
Jimbo Hosts Another Radio Legend
Radio legends continue to talk with radio veteran Jim "Jimbo" Kovacik. The latest Podcast episode features Walt "Baby" Love.
New ND At KKOB
John Summers is the new News Director at News Radio KKOB 96.3FM/770AM in Albuquerque, NM. Summers joins Cumulus Media from Saga Communications.
Juneteenth Celebration Set for SoCal
94.7 The Wave (KTWV-FM) in LA will air Justice Now!-Communities 2 Unity Friday. The program will be carried the Entercom station and nationally on RADIO.COM.