Westwood Urges Registration Of C Band Downlinks
Westwood One is continuing to urge all major commercial broadcast radio stations to register their existing C Band downlinks with the FCC before the Commission evaluates the 3.7-4.2 Ghz C Band for additional mobile broadband data services.
Entravision To Broadcast “Sunday Night Football” In Spanish
The company has renewed its NFL agreement for three more years and will be the official NFL Spanish-language radio broadcaster for Sunday Night Football through the 2020 season.
Entercom Hopes To Raise Mental Health Awareness
The company has announced a two-hour, live, commercial-free broadcast special to raise awareness around mental health and suicide prevention as part of its "I’m Listening" campaign.
Radio Pulls in $4.4 Million For Jimmy Fund
Entercom has announced the results of its Boston station’s annual “WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon.” This year’s event raised over $4.4 miillion, which brought the fundraising total to over $53 million since the radio-telethon’s inception.
NextRadio On Samsung Galaxy Note9
The NextRadio app is now available on the new Samsung Galaxy Note9. The Galaxy Note9 is the latest device to support NextRadio by integrating the FM Chip in their new smartphone model in North America.
$50K in Station Revenue From This Success Story
Our thanks to Megan Black of Second Street for sharing another advertiser success story with Radio Ink. This one comes from Entercom Portland's Sam Tongue and involved taking an annual Home Improvement sweepstakes to the next level. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media).
Radio’s Resilience: It’s Not Just In Your Head
(By Andrew Curran) Research continues to show that social media platforms can increase anxiety/stress/depression, and for some, phones are becoming an addiction.
When To Get Up And Leave Your Client Meeting
(By Paul Weyland) Have you ever hosted a party and later had to deal with the last person to leave? I have. Not pleasant. You’re worn out and it’s time to get back to work and clean up, but that person is still there, taking up space and not helping.
Can You Hear Us Now?
(By Bob McCurdy) WARC last week had another interesting article worthy of note, titled "Advertisers Are Shouting at an Audience Who Can’t Hear."
Are Your Podcasts Legal?
Broadcast attorney David Oxenford has written extensively about legal issues for broadcasters thinking about getting into podcasting. In his latest blog Oxenford takes on another legal issue involving podcasting that's come up in the news lately.
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