Craft And Refine Your Narrative
(By Bob McCurdy) I’ve written previously about the importance of hanging onto and re-purposing the powerful stuff that’s published about radio. In the past few weeks there’s been some outstanding material that we should be aware of and share with clients.
Even The Best Features Get Stale
(By Randy Lane) Spring is a great time to initiate change, clear out the cobwebs, refresh, and update. How about spring cleaning around your show’s features and benchmarks? It can be fun, inspirational, and productive.
Radio: Still Refusing To Get With It
(By Ronald Robinson) Fine. Let’s just acknowledge there are a couple of hundred fantastic radio stations operating around the country. These outfits are sporting superior staffs, generating terrific numbers, and have eager advertisers lined out the door.
GAB Radio Talent Institute Opens Today
The GAB Radio Talent Institute opens today with Mike McVay and CMG's Tim Clarke. They will be followed, over the next 10 days, by 40 broadcasters from Cumulus, Cox, Beasley, Entercom, Urban One and iHeart.
Alpha Host Will Not Return
Mathew Rydberg, known as Matt McKay on Alpha’s KFRX-FM in Lincoln, who was arrested and charged with domestic assault April 20th will not be returning to his job. The station posted this short message to Facebook.
People Are No Longer Dependent On Radio
That's what St. Louis Public Radio contends with the launch of its new podcast, The Gateway, another short (7-15 minutes), daily news podcast. Here's what they had to say about the new show.
Florida Stations Embrace Trump
Gulf Coast Media, which operates three FM signals in Panama City will be broadcasting all of President Donald Trump's speeches from now until the 2020 election. Gulf Coast owns 3 stations in the market.
Podcast Has Commercial Real Estate Covered
Launching May 17, CRE News Hour is a recorded one-hour show that will be distributed on the StateBroadcastNews.com website through traditional podcast platforms. It will publish on the SBN website and podcast channels at 8:00 a.m. ET every Friday.
iHeart Brings Fallon To Northwest
Jared Fallon has been named Program Director for 106.1 KISS FM. Fallon joins the Seattle market from iHeartMedia’s Q102 Philly, where he most recently served as PD and afternoon drive host.
Stitcher Fills Two Senior Roles
Stitcher has added two industry veterans to its leadership. Sarah van Mosel (pictured) will join Stitcher as Chief Revenue Officer, and Daisy Rosario will join the content team as Executive Producer.