Matt Pinfield Joins LA’s ‘SoCal Sound’ For Afternoon Drive
Revered rock radio host and television personality Matt Pinfield is joining Los Angeles' The SoCal Sound 88.5 as the new afternoon drive host, taking over from Andy Chanley who moved to Audacy's WXRT in Chicago.
If Radio Was A Product
(By Ronald Robinson) Although touted as an entertainment/information/advertising service, what would be the implications if radio were, instead, considered a product? It is important to realize that radio, generally, is too often accepted as questionable as an entertainment medium, suppressed as an information medium, and haphazard as an advertising medium.
Pittman Sounding Very Optimistic
iHeartMedia CEO, and radio's Most Powerful Executive for the last decade, says he's seeing a steady climb out of the pandemic and all signs are very positive. The entire radio industry would like nothing more than to get back to normal and as far away from double digit quarterly revenue declines as possible.
6 Navy SEALs Lessons For Your Sales Team
(By Loyd Ford) What if your sales team made the decision together to learn to function more like a Navy SEALs team? Let’s look at 6 characteristics that could benefit your revenue and also your team.
Congratulations to Edison Research
Edison Research is expanding. The New Jersey-based market research company is doubling in size, with the purchase of more office space at its Sommerville offices. The company also made several promotions and a new hire.
The Future of Audio
(By Buzz Knight) Today, we begin a new series of interviews with industry thought leaders on The Future of Audio. First up Fred Jacobs, the founder of Jacobs Media.
Forever Sells 46 Stations to Seven Mountains
According to an FCC filing, Kristin Cantrell's Seven Mountains Media is picking up 46 Pennsylvania stations from her father Kerby Confer's Forever Media. Although no money will exchange hands, the deal is valued at about $17.4 million. Seven Mountains will assume Forever Media's debt.
Online Audio Listening Continues to Grow
Whether it's Pandora, iHeartRadio, or your local radio station. Whether it's on a phone, a table, or an Amazon Echo, "Time Spent Listening" to online audio continues to grow, according to the latest Infinite Dial study. Edison Research and Triton presented the data yesterday and here's what they said...
How Townsquare Is Dominating Digital
In the most recent issue of Radio Ink Magazine, Townsquare CEO Bill Wilson is our cover story. Wilson has been part of Townsquare since its founding in 2010. He became co-CEO in 2017 and was named sole CEO this year.
iHeart To Launch Quinn on 35 Stations
The Martha Quinn Show will debut nationwide on January 10. The midday show will launch on over 35 stations. Quinn was one of the original VJs when MTV launched in 1981. She joined iHeart in 2016 as the host of the Martha Quinn Morning Show on KOSF in San Francisco.