Congressmen Form Broadcasters Caucus
The NAB just got a little help from its friends on Capitol Hill. Republican Minnesota Congressmen Tom Emmer (pictured here) and Democrat Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania have formed a new Congressional Broadcasters Caucus. Both Congressmen are former broadcasters
Breast Cancer Awareness Walk
Nashville's Hip-Hop and R&B station WUBT, and Gospel station WNRQ, will hold the 6th Annual Sista Strut Breast Cancer walk to promote breast cancer screenings in the African American community.
“Crime Beat” To Be Adapted For TV
The popular podcast by Global Calgary crime journalist Nancy Hixt is the first podcast in Canada to be picked up by TV. Crime Beat is set to premiere as a television series of the same title on March 7.
Are Four St. Louis-Area AM Stations Dead?
(By John Garziglia) For four St. Louis area AM stations, license renewal applications from the year 2012 have remained ungranted. As reported by Radio Ink in “Was A Convicted Felon Running Radio Stations?”, the FCC designated those license renewal applications for hearing in 2019.
Monumental Radio Events Pull in Big Numbers
That's what Media Monitors says happened on the final broadcast day for 50-year Boston rocker WAAF. Entercom sold the station to EMF last week and the staff said goodbye on Friday.
ABC Moving Johnson Over To Podcast Division
Eric Johnson is joining ABC Audio as the new Director and Executive Producer of Podcast Programming beginning mid-March. Johnson has been with ABC News for more than 13 years.
Former KROQ Star Joins Podcast Radio In The UK
Gene Baxter co-hosted the Kevin and Bean morning show on KROQ in LA for 30 years. He retired at the end of 2019 and moved back to the UK, where he was born. Baxter has been hired as the second of Podcast Radio’s "podjocks" – a cross between a DJ and announcer.
Hubbard Takes Charge At KOSU
Rachel Hubbard has been named the Executive Director of Oklahoma State University’s public radio station KOSU. The news and Triple A station broadcasts throughout central, northern, and northeastern Oklahoma, and portions of Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas.
Vibenomics Promotes Brenner
Paul Brenner has been promoted from Chief Strategy Officer to President and Chief Strategy Officer for Vibenomics. Brenner will now own the overall vision and go-to-market strategy for Vibenomics’ audio out-of-home advertising, according to a company press release.
McLaughlin Gets One-Hour Show
Hubbard St. Louis has announced that Dan McLaughlin of Fox Sports Midwest has joined 101 ESPN (WXOS-FM) as the station’s lead St. Louis Cardinals contributor. McLaughlin will provide daily Cardinals reports, interviews, and host a one-hour weekly show on the Cards.
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