Smiley, Radio One Bringing The Community Together
This week, Radio One Atlanta stations Hot 107.9, Majic 107.5, Praise 102.5, and Boom 97.5/102.9 hosted the #StrategyForChange Town Hall meeting in Decatur, GA. Syndicated radio host Rickey Smiley hosted the event.
New Public Repertory Database Site For ASCAP
ASCAP has launched a redesigned version of ACE, its public repertory database. ACE ("ASCAP Clearance Express") is a searchable database that contains information relating to musical works in the ASCAP repertory of 10 million works, and is updated weekly.
Entercom South Carolina Expands Blood Drive
WROQ-FM/Classic Rock 101.1, WTPT-FM/93.3 The Planet, and The Blood Connection will kick off their 12th Annual Rock N Roll Up Your Sleeve starting Thursday. The successful blood drive has become South Carolina Upstate's largest over the last 11 years and is expanding to three days this year.
Spotify Launches Two “Radio-Like” Stations
Tech sites are comparing the two new stations, or shows, to Apple's Beats 1 radio station. One show, called AM/PM, features artists like Jean-Michel Jarre and Terry Hall of The Specials discussing music they like listening to when the make music. The other station is called Secret Genius, which The Verge reports features songwriters and producers discussing major songs, and features more well-known artists.
Former Ford Exec Talks Connected Car
On the second Jacobs Media podcast focusing on the connected car, former Ford executive John Ellis, who launched his own company called Ellis and Associates, talks about the increasing role of software in today’s connected cars. He discusses the impact of Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto operating systems on radio in the connected car. LISTEN HERE
Evarts New Podcasts Gives The Skinny
It’s a husband-and-wife show that has “mass appeal” written all over it. PodcastOne announced Wednesday the launch of The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast, hosted by blogger and digital influencer Lauryn Evarts. Evart’s husband, Michael Bosstick, will co-host and provide the male perspective on a variety of topics, including branding, blogging, entrepreneurship, relationships, wellness, travel, marketing and social media, and more.
Kestecher Takes NAB Lead For ESPN Radio
Marc Kestecher has been with ESPN for 17 years, and now he has a new role to add to his slate: lead play-by-play commentator for the NBA on ESPN Radio. Kestecher replaces Kevin Calabro who is now commentating for the Portland Trailblazers.
Has Radio Lost Music Discovery Too?
How many recent reports have we read that stated radio was the tried-and-true blue way to discover new music? Is that a positive stat that can no longer be proudly touted by radio executives at radio conferences? Well, that would depend on whether you want to believe the Music Biz study just released this week? Let's dig into the numbers.
FCC At Odds Over Media Ownership Rules
And that's why at least two more years will go by with very little change in the rules (as we reported HERE), even though everyone agrees the media landscape has changed and the rules are from the dark ages. FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler and Commissioner Michael O'Rielly made it clear what the problem is when things got a tad heated between the two in front of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Tuesday.
Wheeler Happy With Pirate Enforcement
FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler told the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Tuesday that 91 actions have been taken so far this year against pirate radio stations. That, Wheeler says, compares to 130 actions taken all of last year. What he didn't say was how that 91 compares to how many pirate radio stations the Commission believes are in operation across the United States.
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