Walgreens Challenges GEICO For Top spot
The pharmacy chain jumped into the second spot (up from ninth) by airing just over 40,000 commercials on radio stations all across the country last week, according to Media Monitors.
Trump Shows Signs of Using Radio
According to Media Monitors, with the leadership shift at the Trump campaign, the Republican candidate is starting to spend money on radio.
iHeart’s WMZQ Adds Dee Jay Silver
Sun Broadcast Group's "The Country Club with Dee Jay Silver" will now be heard on iHeartMedia's country station in Washington D.C., WMZQ from 7p-12a. The Country Club is now heard on over 70 stations across the country, including 16 iHeartMedia stations.
iHeart, Pandora Top Triton’s June Ranker
There's also a company called Prisa Radio battling the regulars (iHeart, Pandora, Spotify, and NPR) on the top of the Triton chart. Prisa Radio is a Spanish-language radio group, with a presence in 12 countries, including Spain, Colombia, and Chile.
WideOrbit Lands Townsquare Account
Advertising management software company WideOrbit announced Monday that Townsquare will now use WideOrbit’s WO Traffic platform at all 310 of its radio stations. Townsquare becomes WideOrbit’s largest-ever deployment of its traffic platform at a single radio station group.
Hovel Joins iHeart As Senior VP
Dave Hovel resigned from his PD position at West Virgina Radio last Friday, as well as his morning show host gig at WICL in Williamsport, MD, to take on a new role with iHeart as Senior VP for Programming in the Salisbury, Maryland, market.
DMR To Study Podcasting
With the recent explosion of podcast listening, DMR Interactive has decided to embark on a new study. The company is teaming up with Texas A&M University’s Digital Media Research and Development Lab to examine the podcast space during the 2016-2017 academic year.
Sterling Calls 4,453 Consecutive Yankees Games
Newsday did the math and came to the conclusion that Yankees radio announcer John Sterling has called 4,453 consecutive games. It’s a streak that spans 28 baseball seasons.
The “Miracle” Of Reach & Frequency
(By Ronald Robinson) Apparently, the reach/frequency discussions have not stopped. Those having them, however, have been over-medicated and put to bed with the resultant hallucinations of fruit, candy, and cash that are part of the experience.
Alpha Media Cleans Up In Topeka
Cleans up awards, that is. Thirteen, in fact, from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, including three 1st Place awards, four 2nd Place awards, and six Honorable Mentions. See the full listing...
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