News

Bryan “B-Dub” Washington has been named APD, Music Director, and afternoon drive host for 106.7 The Bull in Denver. As APD and Music Director he will assist in the day-to-day operations of the station’s music programming and scheduling of music logs.

The insurance giant stayed atop the pile of radio’s leading advertisers again last week with 41,831 spots played across the country, according to Media Monitors. Indeed Inc. jumped one place to second, with 34,667 commercials played.

GMPT Media, the joint venture between Gen Media Partners and The Tacher Company, has signed Magnum.Media’s 16 Wisconsin radio stations to exclusive national ad sales representation.

94.5 The Moose (WCEN/Saginaw/MI) raised $75,303 with the 15th Annual Moose Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon, January 25-26. In 15 years, over one-million dollars has been raised for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Brandon Young has been named Content Director of KYKX-FM/Longview, TX. Young will oversee the strategic, managerial, programming, and content functions in the market.

Stacey Proctor has been promoted to Director of Sales for Entercom’s Phoenix cluster which includes LIVE 101.5 (KALV-FM), 94.5 KOOL FM, and KMLE Country @107.9. Proctor has held various positions for the Phoenix cluster.

And it didn’t take long! The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has announced that the recent call for entries for the annual Gracie Awards was the most successful in the program’s history. 

Hispanic consumers: How much do you really know about this fast-growing demographic and where to find them? Has the political climate altered their shopping habits? Are Hispanics cocooning more and avoiding brick and mortar, especially in border towns, due to uneasiness in what are for some uncertain times?

You’ll see a lot of familiar faces on this list. There isn’t a lot of turnover in this group, which is one of the reasons the relationships with the record labels in Nashville and their artists has been so strong for so long. Not to mention the skills these individuals possess to make their stations the best in a format loved across the country, even with so much competition.

(By Jeff McHugh) Busy media talent are dividing their time between on-air, social media, blog pages, website content, events, station concerts, and podcasts. Is it all worth it? Consider which of those tasks are winners and which are losers by figuring out your return on investment.