Can You Accept Pot Ads?
And wouldn't that be a nice new revenue stream? As states approve the retail sale of marijuana across the United States, these new business owners are looking for ways to stand out in this increasing crowd of sellers. If you get that call with an order to promote pot, what do you do?
NABEF Leadership Program Accepting Applications
Broadcasters looking to advance their careers might want to develop their leadership skills through the NAB Education Foundation's 2020 Broadcast Leadership Training program. You can apply here...
K99.1FM, King Of The Kids
K99.1FM/Dayton, OH, personalities Nancy Wilson and Frye Guy will head to Orlando for Children’s Hospitals Week from March 19-22 to receive their award for Radio Station of the Year for their work with Children’s Miracle Network.
iHeart Dedicates AM Signal To Podcasts
Podcasts. Nothing but podcasts. iHeartMedia in Allentown has debuted "The iHeartPodcast Channel." One podcast after another, most of them one hour long, will be played on AM 1470 in Allentown. Here are the shows iHeart has chosen for this station.
Ed Christian – The Goldilocks Of Radio
Saga is in acquisition mode and looking to grow. CEO Ed Christian says a couple of brokers have nicknamed him Goldilocks. The reason, Christian says, is his game plan to purchase a single station here, or a single station there.
Saga Net Revenue Up 4.7% In Q4
On Tuesday Saga Communications reported a net revenue increase of 4.7% to $32.9 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2018. On a same-station basis for the 12 months ended December 31, 2018, net revenue increased 1.1% to $116.5 million.
Salem Q4 Revenue Up Slightly
On a busy earnings day, Salem was the final company to report Tuesday with same station net broadcast revenue increasing 1.9% to $50.3 million from $49.3 million in Q4 of 2017. Digital revenue increased 4% to $11.5 million from $11.1 million.
Beasley Gives Dunn Another Market
Beasley has promoted Kent Dunn to the position of Regional VP for Augusta and Fayetteville. Dunn has been overseeing the company’s cluster in Augusta. He replaces Erika Beasley who was running the Fayetteville cluster and is now Corporate Digital Content Director for Local Markets
Stevens Now Region SVP, iHeart Atlanta
Kudos to Meg Stevens who has been named Region Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeart's Atlanta Region. Stevens joins the Atlanta Region from WKKT 96.9 The Kat.
Latinos Under Fire Like Never Before
That's the opinion of former Housing and Urban Development Director Henry Cisneros, who was a keynote speaker at the Radio Ink Hispanic Conference in Miami, Tuesday. Cisneros asked Hispanic Broadcasters to use their voice to make sure their audience understands how President Trump is singling them out.















