2nd Radio Cares Radiothon is Today
The IBA, in partnership with Benztown, McVay Media and Vipology, is hosting the one-day Radio Cares event for Feeding America. Last year 3,400 stations helped raise enough money for 5 million meals. All the money raised goes directly to “Feeding America.”
Gorka Loses YouTube Channel
The Washington Examiner is reporting that after repeated violations of YouTube's "presidential election integrity policy," YouTube removed the channel for a radio show hosted by Sebastian Gorka.
Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
(By Rick Fink) When you were growing up, you may have heard the expression, “Some things are just better left unsaid”. It was another way of saying hold your tongue because if you say it out loud, it could land you in trouble, or it may cause unpleasantness.
Vinylthon Returns On Over 100 Stations
This Saturday, radio stations will celebrate the format of vinyl records by going vinyl-only during Vinylthon 2021. The event is organized by the non-profit College Radio Foundation and open to all radio stations.
(SPONSORED) Turn Your Unsold Inventory Into Cash
If you are a community-focused radio station in a small to mid-sized market, Transition Squad's Community Gift Card Auctions are a fully managed revenue share program to turn unused inventory into cash and get local advertisers back on air. See how HERE.
WE WANT YOUR BLAST FROM THE PAST
David Weiss shared his 1980 Blast From The Past from WARA-AM (1320) in Attleboro, MA. He tells Radio Ink, "I was one of the news anchors there, and here I am 'ripping and reading' rolls of AP copy." Send your Blast From The Past photo to [email protected].
The Boss In The Radio Spotlight
As part of her Women To Watch in Media profiles, host Susan Rocco will be interviewing Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti. The show airs every Sunday night on WPHT-AM in Philadelphia and Saturday mornings at 6AM on WABC-AM in New York. The show is also loaded up as a podcast HERE.
CSS Gets a New D.O.S.
Elissa Nauful has joined the leadership team at The Center for Sales Strategy as Director of Sales. Nauful spent the last 15 years running two digital marketing agencies, the Ingenuity Group and BallywhoSocial.
Bob Becker Passes
Veteran Cleveland Broadcaster Bob Becker (Robert Roy Becker) has died. He was a mainstay in Cleveland radio and TV broadcasting for nearly four decades.
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