Tolbert Re-Signs With KNBR
KNBR afternoon driver Tom Tolbert has signed a new multi-year contract with the station. Tolbert has been with KNBR in San Francisco for 20 years, having started back in 1996.
McIntyre Returns To WRQX In D.C.
Cumulus names longtime Washington, D.C.-area on-air personality Kristie McIntyre nighttime host on WRQX MIX 107.3 in D.C. This marks a return to WRQX for McIntyre. She was on the air at WRQX from 2005 to 2010. She replaces Ashley Nickels, who moved to middays.
KPCC’s Steve Julian Dies At 57
KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, announced on its website that the 15-year host of KPCC's Morning Edition died from complications from brain cancer. KPCC's AirTalk host and Julian's best friend Larry Mantle said, "He was a singular talent. He is completely irreplaceable."
Reach Launches New Syndicated Morning Show
Award-winning gospel artist and reality TV star Erica Campbell will host a new morning show to be syndicated by Reach Media in collaboration with Radio One. The new four-hour show will be called Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell and roll out nationally May 10.
Scholarship Established To Honor Oscar Leverette
The Georgia radio legend passed away on April 28, at age 68. He had served in various capacities at a string of stations in the Macon market for over 50 years. To continue his legacy of mentoring young radio people, his family has established a scholarship in his name.
Mateo Leaving CBS Radio
She's been with CBS Radio's management team for about 13 years. This past Friday the SVP of Communications announced she's leaving the company in two weeks.
Weatherly Honored as Person of The Year
MUSEXPO 2016 presented its "International Music Person of the Year" award last week to CBS Radio's Sr. VP of Programming Kevin Weatherly. Weatherly also programs KROQ, JACK-FM (KCBS-FM) and AMP RADIO (KAMP-FM) in Los Angeles.
Radio’s Solid Position Within The Media Landscape
(By Bob McCurdy) The following data is very important for radio managers and sellers to have. I've written about this research before and have been a huge fan of it since its inception. This is the first time this new data is being viewed, it just came out.
Instagram’s New Algorithm: Upping Your Instagame
(By Stephanie Winans) Remember when (cue Alan Jackson for you country fans) Facebook was the only social network whose algorithm changes could get your panties or whitie-tighties in a bunch? Instagram recently announced that their feed will change from a chronological feed to an algorithm-based feed.
They Can’t Help It
(By Ronald Robinson) A startling revelation for me during the last few years of providing these articles has been the intensity of so many radio people who come barging in outraged, spitting cobra-venom, and hurling flaming defenses for music-radio’s status quo.
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