Acoustic Alley Lineup Set for CRS
On Feb. 24, hit songwriters, artists, and CRS 2022 attendees will come together for “Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley,” hosted by Fitz of Country Top 40 with Fitz. Radio Ink will also be handing out the 2022 Best Country Program Director awards during the event.
BIN Grows The Team
Black Information Network announced that media personality Ramses Ja will be joining the network as the host of The Black Information Network’s Our Daily Story with Ramses Ja, a new daily podcast.
DeDe Awarding Scholarships
DeDe McGuire is marking Black History Month by awarding five-listeners $2,500 tuition scholarships for study at a HBCU institution. Achieve the Dream scholarships are provided by the syndicated morning show host's Dede McGuire Foundation.
Digital Benchmark Webinar
Gordon Borrell hosts the 10th annual Borrell-RAB Digital Benchmarking Report. Finally, A Digital Bounty, is set for February 16 at 1p.m. EST.
WTMJ-AM Fulfills Big Game Dream
On January 27, Milwaukee Police Officer Herbert Davis was shot multiple times while responding to a welfare check. Recovering, Davis, a huge Cincinnati Bengals fan, will be going to the big game February 13 thanks to WTMJ-AM.
Finding the Moment
(By Buzz Knight) Radio is in the immediacy business. When a client needs a quick response in the moment it produces a call to action. The medium produces action in communities when disaster hits. Sometimes there are timely and topical moments that are optimized as well.
A Big Day for Radio on The Hill
And NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt will be there to defend radio from musicFIRST's latest push to get radio to pay a tax for airing music. We spoke to LeGeyt about what he plans to say today and what radio stations around the country need to do.
NABOB Urges Congress to Reject H.R. 4130
In a letter to House Judiciary Committee members, Democrat Jerry Nadler and Republican Jim Jordan, NABOB President Jim Winston has let it be known he is not a fan of any new taxes imposed on broadcasters.
Nielsen Hosting Free Political Webinar Today
The name of the webinar is Optimize Your Local Media Buys to Reach Swing Voters and will focus on how Radio, TV, Digital, Social and Connected TV can optimize swing voter reach. Details HERE.
KOMO Newsradio Becomes KNWN – Northwest Newsradio
As of today, KOMO AM/FM in Seattle will become KNWN AM/FM. The change was a condition of Sinclair Broadcast Group’s sale of radio stations (KOMO, KPLZ/STAR 101.5 and KVI) to Lotus Communications.
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