Peoria’s Mix 106.9 Welcomes New Morning Co-Host
Alpha Media, Peoria announced that Stephanie Blue will join veteran Morning Mix host Randy Rundle on Mix 106.9 (WSWT), effective February 15. Blue has been in the radio industry for 11 years.
No Changes For Radio’s Top Advertisers
It was steady as she goes for radio's top five advertisers for the week of January 25. Walgreens held onto the top spot airing 63,506 commercials, followed by GEICO with 42,226.
Despite Snow, January Auto Sales Look Strong
J.D. Power reports that radio's largest advertising category will report a very good month to start off the year selling an average of 36,499 new-vehicles every day. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) for January is expected to reach 13.9 million units, up from 13.8 million in January 2015.
NPR Picks Triton For Podcast Distribution
NPR’s podcast catalogue includes Fresh Air, TED Radio Hour, Hidden Brain, Invisibilia and a wide variety of additional on-demand content covering science, music, pop culture, comedy, and news. NPR has chosen Triton’s Tap Podcast for distribution and monetization of its podcast content.
Nolan Promoted to CFO At Greater Media
Edward Nolan has been promoted to Senior Vice President/ Chief Financial Officer at Greater Media. He joined the company in 1989 as head of the corporate Internal Audit Department.
iHeart Launches Global Music Marketing Initiative
Alissa Pollack will run the program, as Executive Vice President, which iHeart hopes to use to leverage its pool of listener data and music and consumer insights in front of advertisers and music labels.
Radio Nominees Announced For ACM Awards
In the National On-Air Personality category, the nominees who are up for the ACM award are: Blair Garner and Chuck Wicks from America’s Morning Show, Cody Alan (CMT After MidNite), Lon Helton (Country Countdown USA), Lorianne Crook, Charlie Chase (The Crook and Chase Countdown), Sam Alex (Taste of Country Nights), The Bobby Bones Show, Whitney Allen, Jackie Stevens, Mike McNamee (The Big Time). The winners will be announced in Las Vegas on April 2. Here’s a complete list of this year’s ACM radio nominees:
Shomby Gets Big Role at NASH Network
Cumulus has hired John Shomby as Director of Programming for the NASH Network. It's a newly created position where Shomby will oversee all NASH programming for the network and syndication operations.
Two Weeks Left To Apply For BMI Scholarship
The BMI Foundation's Founders Award is an annual scholarship competition open to radio broadcasting students for the purpose of cultivating future innovators in radio. A $5,000 scholarship will be awarded for the best original essay response entry.
Access1 Sells WWRL-AM New York
The buyer is NJ Broadcasting, owned by Dr. Shukla, a pediatric physician, who also owns, 7 Days Pediatrics, located in Edison, New Jersey. Shukla is now operating the station under an LMA. The station will provide programming for the South Asian Community and it will be called “Radio Zindagi."
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