The Bifurcation of Country
(Mike McVay) Country, as a radio format, has been eroding for several years. Country is seeing an audience rating slide that’s greater than that of other mass music formats.
Lean Forward: A Lesson from Super Bowl Ads
(By Rick Fink) The goal of every ad is to get people to “listen to the ad” and “recall” the ad. I refer to it as...“leaning forward”.
Is It Time To Hire?
(By Laurie Kahn) We recently participated in the Rising Above Summit. The pandemic and hiring were among the many questions raised by radio managers.
Encouraging Sellers Part I
(By Loyd Ford) When you sell for a living, you hear a significant amount of resistance or negativity and objections regularly. Encouragement, sales team care and attention can make a critical difference in better results inside any business.
iHeart, BBC, APM Partner For New Podcast
The BBC World Service, iHeartMedia and American Public Media are jointly releasing a new podcast called Deeply Human. Hosted by writer and musician Dessa, the show's goal is to answer questions about the inner self.
Beck Joins iHeart
iHeartMedia has hired John Beck to run its St. Louis market. The 30 year vet joins iHeart from Emmis, where he most recently served as the SVP, overseeing St. Louis' heritage rock station, KSHE. He began his career at WFFM in Pittsburgh.
KALC-FM Denver Comes Up Big For Kids
The station raised $1.3 million for Children’s Hospital Colorado, part of the Children’s Miracle Network during Alice 105.9’s Cares for Kids Radiothon in Denver. The amount donated during the 20th annual radiothon brought the overall fundraising total to over $24 million since 2001.
Saga Collects Coats
The Columbus Radio Group hosted “COATS FOR A CAUSE,” to benefit the Columbus Homeless Families Foundation, and the response was overwhelming. GM Erik Schmidt said, “Our listeners answered the call for donations of new coats, hats, gloves, & scarves as the area was hit with the largest snowfall of the season so far."
CBA Teams With Lytle
Members of the Colorado Broadcasters Association now have free access to Chris Lytle's Instant Sales Training service.
Mark Kaye Moving In Jacksonville
WAPE-FM morning co-host Mark Kaye is moving over to Cox Media Group sister station, WOKV-FM. He will focus exclusively on his talk show on the news/talk station.
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Lifetime Leadership Award Honoree Harvey Nagler
The $250 Question: Inflation and Contesting
