Jason Barrett Names His Top PDs
98.5 The Sports Hub/Boston’s Mike Thomas (pictured) has been named Barrett Sports Media's Major Market Program Director of the Year. In the Mid-Market category, Ryan Haney of WJOX in Birmingham claimed the top spot
Afentra A Great Alternative In KC
Alternative station X105.1 KCJK-FM/Kansas City launches The Afentra (Show) on Thursday, February 7, bringing in the established KC star.
“One More Time” Says Joyner
How to celebrate 25 years of radio syndication? If you’re Tom Joyner, you take the show on the road. Joyner has announced the One More Time Experience multi-city tour, which includes concerts that bring the music and celebration of his daily show.
Will Saga Be Next To Get Big?
That's never really been the philosophy of the only CEO Saga has ever had, Ed Christian. He's always been slow and steady at growing his company. Broker Michael Bergner has a different take on the future of the company in part three in our series on the future of radio.
Students Ticked Radio Course Dropped
Where's Dan Vallie when you need him? Jacob Vitali is the president of WJJW FM, MCLA’s radio station. He told WAMC Radio that he's incensed that the college decided to drop its Radio Practicum course this semester at the Massachusetts College Of Liberal Arts.
Still Fighting After All These Years
Irving Azoff’s Global Music Rights and the Radio Music Licensing Committee are still going at it. This week we found out that the RMLC accused GMR of bullying tactics and Entercom is in the middle of this particular firestorm.
2018 Was Record Year For SoundExchange
The organization says it distributed more performance royalties to artists and rights owners than in any other year of its 15-year existence – a record $953 million. The big 2018 number was buoyed by a strong fourth quarter, where $345 million was doled out.
Can Gospel Be Saved In Philadelphia
About a month ago Urban One flipped Praise 107.9 (Gospel) to Classix 107.9 (R&B) and listeners in Philadelphia are not happy about it. The Tribune reports that local executives, artists and hosts held a meeting to come up with ideas to save Gospel music in their hometown
A Decade Of Sports Success
Kudos to our friends at Compass Media Networks. Once the Super Bowl ticker tape flies in Atlanta bringing the 2018-2019 season to an official close, it will also put a bow on a decade of broadcasting NFL games to radio for Compass.
Alpha Helping The Poor, Hungry Of Joliet
The company's Joliet, IL, cluster raised $35,000 with a radiothon for MorningStar Mission’s Hope to the Hungry. The radiothon took place November 8, 2018.
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