Jenny Rises Like A Jet
Tulsa’s KWEN-FM has promoted afternoon DJ Jenny Law to Assistant Director of Branding & Programming. Law joined K95.5 in 2015. She was previously the PD at KKYS in College Station, TX and worked with CMG in Houston for nine years.
Q2 Radio Deals Amounted to $47.8 Million
That's according to SNL Kagan. The media research group said that was the lowest quarterly deal volume in 34 years for radio. The second quarter's largest radio deal was the $5.9 million sale of four FM stations in Florida’s Ft. Walton Beach market from Apex Media Corporation to Community Broadcasters. The last quarter without at least one radio transaction worth $10.0 million or more was the second quarter of 2010.
Preparing That Campaign Launch
(Bob McCurdy) Last week an agency working on a media plan for a theme park contacted me looking to access Nielsen’s channel planning tool, Commspoint, which lead to me spending 90 minutes on a video conference call with their head planner. The benefits of these kinds of sessions are immense.
NAB Show Express Success
An estimated 40,000 participants have accessed the inaugural NAB Show Express since the online event launched on May 13. According to the NAB more than 1.6 million minutes of video content was accessed through the event's broadcast channels, on-demand videos and social media streams.
Liberty Sells All iHeart Shares
According to an iHeartmedia SEC filing, Liberty Media has sold all 5,941,248 shares of the class A common stock it owned, at a price of $25.25 per share, for a total of $150 million. As a result, John Malone's company no longer owns any shares of iHeartMedia.
They Are Coming After Your Good Sellers
(Laurie Kahn) You think your biggest pain or challenge is to find new sellers for your team, but guess what? Other companies are also looking to hire, in media and outside of media, and they are coming after your people.
Dates For 2019 & 2020 Radio Show Announced
If you like to plan ahead, here are the details for the 2019 and 2020 RAB/NAB Radio Shows to be held in Dallas and Nashville respectively.
Pandora Rev. Up 22%. 154 Sellers Now On The Street
The streaming pure-play ended the fourth quarter of 2015 with revenue of $336.2 million. Excluding revenue from ticketing services, revenue was $326.0 million, an increase of 22% compared to $268 million in total revenue for the same quarter last year. Advertising revenue increased 22% in the fourth quarter of 2015 to $269.0 million, compared to $220.1 million in 2014.
How To Be Funny On The Radio (Or At Least Not Force It)
(By Randy Lane) Funny always scores at the top of why people listen to radio morning shows. Humor leads your brain away from information to an emotional response and gives your show the important surprise factor - and it's never been more critical than it is today.
Podcast Movement University Now Free – FOR LIFE
That decision was announced Tuesday after the management at Podcast Movement sent around an e-mail that said, after the first month, the University has not grown very much.
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