How Will Auto Sales Finish In 2018?
Forbes is reporting that this year sales could beat 2017, depending on how December finishes. Despite several challenging headwinds in 2018, sales could end up by 60,000 for one of radio's big advertisers, to 17.3 million.
FCC Still Open For Business
Despite the partial government shutdown The Federal Communications Commission has announced it has enough funding to stay open for business and pay its staff through January 2.
Lies The Internet Told Me
(By Barry Cohen) Obviously, not everything that's said about radio is true. And if certain assertions about radio's pervasiveness or utility are accepted as gospel, one can become quite discouraged. So let's lay to rest some of the common myths that aren't fair to our medium.
Home Depot Drops Out Of Top Five
GEICO was radio's number one advertiser last week after airing 46,356 commercials on radio stations across the country. Here are the top five from Media Monitors.
There’s A New Shark In The Bay
It’s Beasley Classic Rock station WPBB-FM/98.7FM The Shark in Tampa Bay. The station kicked off the new format at midnight on Wednesday, December 26.
Summer Comes Early To WTCB
Summer James is the new midday personality for Adult Contemporary station WTCB B106.7/Columbia, SC. James will be on-air 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
WIWF Latest Station To Flip
Country station WIWF-FM/Charleston, SC, launched Wednesday as The All-New 96.9 The Wolf, Charleston’s Classic Hits station.
Forecast Is Sunny In Ohio
iHeartMedia Akron/Canton has flipped its Variety/Adults Hits format to Light Rock SUNNY 101.7. To get things rolling, the station will feature 5,000 songs in a row with no commercials. The new lineup of personalities will be announced soon.
Feder: Mancow Is Back
Chicago media writer Robert Feder is reporting that Erich Mancow Muller will begin hosting mornings on WLS 890-AM starting January 3.
Is Rush Limbaugh Running The Country?
That's what some in Congress and the mainstream media are saying. Republican Senator Bob Corker is not pleased with the influence Rush, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, and Fox News have on president Trump, according to The Washington Post.















