NAB Also Objects
In a 29-page petition the NAB says the 3rd Circuit Court's decision to again reject ownership rule changes prevents The FCC from following the rules mandated by Congress and will distort every future quadrennial review of those rules.
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Radio.com Now Available In The Bixby Marketplace
Bixby is Samsung’s scalable intelligence platform. Radio.com is now available in the Bixby Marketplace, where Samsung smartphone users can add the Radio.com capsule.
Miltz Named Director Of Marketing & Promotions
Bonneville Denver — KYGO-FM, KOSI-FM, KKFN-FM, and KEPN-AM — has named Melanie Miltz Director of Marketing and Promotions for the cluster. Most recently, Miltz was Director of Marketing & Promotions for KSTP-FM in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
iHeart’s Plan To Go After Google And Facebook Revenue
iHeartMedia hopes a new product they've developed, that's now in Beta, will bring many smaller businesses now using Google and Facebook, over to radio. Here are the details.
Heffernan Joins PCB In Director’s Role
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation, has announced the appointment of Elsa A. Heffernan as their new Director, Sponsorship Sales.
González Gets Director Job In LA
Isabel “Isa” González is the new Content and Brand Director for Spanish CHR station KLLI-FM/Los Ángeles. González was most recently at Univision Radio where she was Sr. Content Director and Music Specialist for several stations.
iHeart Q3 Jumps 3%
Excluding political, iHeart's Q3 revenue would have been up nearly 5%. Behind a strong quarter from the its podcasting division iHeartMedia's digital revenue grew 33.4%. The network division (Premiere and Total Traffic) also had a positive quarter.
Urban One Radio Division Up Nicely
On a same-station basis, Urban One's radio revenue increased 4.2% in Q3, 5.5% excluding political. CEO Alfred Liggins said he was "pretty happy with the radio division's performance."
Christian Not Happy With Saga’s Q3 Results
With same-station revenue decreasing $1.4 million to $30.3 million compared to a year earlier, Saga CEO Ed Christian said the third quarter was unsatisfactory and he was not pleased.
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