Radio One Names McNiece DOS In Indy
For the past 10 years, Denene McNiece has served as Entercom’s General Sales Manager for its Indianapolis cluster. One of those stations, WZPL, was consistently the number one billing radio station in Indianapolis during her tenure.
Alabama Personality Lisa Mason Has Died
Award-winning morning show personality Lisa Mason has passed away due to health complications. Mason was a longtime Birmingham radio veteran and spent over 17 years as an on-air personality on WBPT-FM 106.9 The Eagle.
Matty Sells Out The Wilbur… Again
Since the fall of 2018, KISS 108’s Matt Siegel has been hosting "An Evening With Matty in The Morning" at The Wilbur Theater in Boston. He has now sold out his ninth show.
Atlanta Homecoming For Lowe
Longtime Atlanta radio personality Axel Lowe is the new PD for Cumulus Atlanta’s Rock 100.5. Lowe heads home to Atlanta from Cincinnati where he was PD and PM Drive on-air personality for WFTK/96 Rock.
DJ Sir RJ Makes A Richmond Switch
Radio One Richmond, VA, has signed on-air personality DJ Sir RJ to take over nights on WCDX – iPower 92.1FM/104.1FM. Also known as Richie Savage, DJ Sir RJ makes the move from Entercom Richmond.
Mike Lang Passes
Fourstateshomepage.com is reporting the passing of longtime Joplin, MO, radio personality Mike Lang who passed away on July 4. He was 70.
Scadden Joins Miller Kaplan
Accounting firm Miller Kaplan has named Steve Scadden its new Director of Media Services. Scadden is a seasoned sales executive with 27 years of experience in the media industry.
Political Season Will Rely On Radio’s Reachability
Nielsen tracking shows radio reaches 92 percent of U.S. adults 18+, every week. Roger Rafson, SVP Political/Issue Advocacy & Strategic Alliances for Gen Media Partners, tells Radio Ink it's the reachability and targetability of radio that has advertising-dollar decision-makers looking forward to this political season.
WBAL NewsRadio Earns Multiple Honors
Baltimore's WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5 earned the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association first-place award for Outstanding Spot News for its coverage of the Capital Gazette shootings in Annapolis in June of 2018.
Nielsen Launches New Podcast Buying Service
The new service comes from Nielsen Scarborough and launches with iHeartMedia, Westwood One, Cadence13, Cabana, and Stitcher as early clients.