AI Weighs In With Loyd Ford On Radio’s Employment Crisis
The Encouragers: The Radio Rally podcast turned to an unusual guest for its take on the industry's job market this year: ChatGPT. On a recent episode, Loyd Ford interviewed Sol, an AI built to analyze radio employment trends, from job security to needed skills.
Compass Media Networks Extends Big Ten Audio Partnership
Compass Media Networks has renewed its exclusive national audio rights to the Big Ten men's basketball tournament and football championship game, while adding coverage of the conference's women's basketball tournament under a fresh multi-year agreement.
Attorney Says Radio Contracts Have An AI Clone Problem
An attorney is warning radio talent that AI voice cloning is becoming a major blind spot and largely unregulated threat in broadcast employment agreements, with many current contracts offering little protection when it comes to protecting talent’s own voices.
Would You Give Away Your Over the Air Audience?
(Mike McVay) Jan Muller, CEO of the newly purchased My 105 FM in Zurich, Switzerland, has an avant-garde approach to selling commercial time on his station: they give away the over-the-air audience and charge for the digital impressions that come from their stream.
Are You Prepared For The Day After 9/7?
(John Shomby) As a PD, I always treated the first day back after Labor Day as the beginning of a new "season" for our radio station. This is a time that calls for a renewal and refresh. You're giving your radio station a proverbial fresh coat of paint.
Radio, TV Personality Barry “The Reazar” Richards Dies At 83
Barry "The Reazar" Richards, a radio and television personality whose decades-long career spanned five major markets and is credited with helping introduce progressive rock to East Coast radio, died August 15 following complications from a recent series of strokes.
Townsquare Ignite Adds SC’s Midlands to Media Partnerships
Midlands Media Group is the latest in radio to form a strategic partnership with Townsquare Ignite's white-label digital advertising service, pairing the Columbia, SC, operator's local radio and news brands with Townsquare's proprietary programmatic technology.
iHeartMedia’s Pollack Adds Mediabase President Title
iHeartMedia is putting Alissa Pollack in charge of both its chart data business and major label marketing. Pollack has been promoted to President of Mediabase at RCS Worldwide, while continuing to serve as President of Global Music Marketing.
Nicole Pezzola Leyden Joins AdLarge, fwd. network
Nicole Pezzola Leyden is bringing her decades of building sponsorships for brands including TED, Discovery, and the NHL to AdLarge, which has named her Vice President, Brand Partnerships across the audio ad sales company and its fwd. podcast network.
Former DLC Owner Dave Crooks Joins Bob & Tom In Affiliate Role
The Bob & Tom Show has added Dave Crooks as Affiliate Relations Director, making Crooks the primary liaison between the show and its nationwide network of affiliate stations. He will also work in tandem with Cumulus Media's Westwood One on affiliate recruitment.
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