Townsquare Ignite Adds SC’s Midlands to Media Partnerships
Midlands Media Group is the latest in radio to form a strategic partnership with Townsquare Ignite's white-label digital advertising service, pairing the Columbia, SC, operator's local radio and news brands with Townsquare's proprietary programmatic technology.
iHeartMedia’s Pollack Adds Mediabase President Title
iHeartMedia is putting Alissa Pollack in charge of both its chart data business and major label marketing. Pollack has been promoted to President of Mediabase at RCS Worldwide, while continuing to serve as President of Global Music Marketing.
Nicole Pezzola Leyden Joins AdLarge, fwd. network
Nicole Pezzola Leyden is bringing her decades of building sponsorships for brands including TED, Discovery, and the NHL to AdLarge, which has named her Vice President, Brand Partnerships across the audio ad sales company and its fwd. podcast network.
Former DLC Owner Dave Crooks Joins Bob & Tom In Affiliate Role
The Bob & Tom Show has added Dave Crooks as Affiliate Relations Director, making Crooks the primary liaison between the show and its nationwide network of affiliate stations. He will also work in tandem with Cumulus Media's Westwood One on affiliate recruitment.
Dan Bongino Announces Return To Syndicated Radio
Dan Bongino is headed back to radio, teaming with Shawn Farash for a new three-hour weekday program on Westwood One that marks his first regular return to the airwaves since leaving his nationally syndicated show in 2024 for a stint in the Trump administration.
MediaCo Secures Debt Waiver; Revenue Climbs For Fifth Quarter
MediaCo's bet on streaming and free ad-supported television pushed revenue higher for a fifth consecutive quarter, even as the multicultural broadcaster disclosed that it secured a lender waiver just in time to avoid a debt default this month.
CMG Latest to Press FCC on Radio Ownership Rules
The FCC's Local Radio Ownership Rule has drawn a steady stream of visitors to commissioners' offices this summer. Now Cox Media Group is the latest broadcaster to press the case for looser radio ownership rules directly to commissioners.
Meeting Quota Shouldn’t Be Your Goal
(Loyd Ford) Your sales manager is responsible for revenue, activity, forecasting, accountability, morale, and often explaining performance to someone above them. You can either become another problem they have to manage, or become one of the reasons they sleep better at night.
Make Your Customers’ Dream(s) Come True
(Jeffrey Hedquist) In actors’ training, one way to prepare for a scene is to ask ourselves, “What is my character’s dream, and what can I do to make this dream come true today?”That’s the same question we should be asking about our client’s customer.
Grunge Garage, Britpop Show Syndicated Host Bob Stei Dies
A Baltimore-bred radio host and syndicator of The Grunge Garage and The Britpop Show is being remembered as, "a light in so many people's lives, both personally and through his radio career," after Bob Stei's unexpected death on August 13, his daughter said.
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