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    Radio Today

  • Sportsmedia scores six more

    RM
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:28 pm
    Sport and finance bulletin provider Sportsmedia Broadcasting has signed up six more radio stations, including Jazz FM.The DAB station joins Arrow FM, Bright FM, Sovereign Radio and Splash FM plus North Oxfordshire’s Banbury Sound in transmitting bespoke content. RadioToday.co.uk with RCS

  • Jo helps BRMB to reconstruct

    RM
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:28 pm
    Former Trent FM and Absolute Radio presenter Jo Russell has been hired for the flagship breakfast show on the new BRMB.The station, which is currently under construction, recently let Elliott Webb go from the peak show after nine years. RadioToday.co.uk with RCS

  • Adventure to turn off the Lite

    RM
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:28 pm
    Lite FM Peterborough is changing its name to Connect FM, as owners Adventure Radio roll out a new brand for all four of its local stations.Southend Radio, Chelmsford Radio and the enlarged Connect FM will all be part of the new Sunny Day brand. RadioToday.co.uk with RCS

  • Digital Radio CEO announced

    RM
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:28 pm
    The new CEO of Digital Radio UK is former head of Digital UK, Ford Ennals.In his previous position, Ford was responsible for all operational and strategic activity at Digital UK, heading up the strategy for digital television switchover in the UK. RadioToday.co.uk with RCS

  • Digital Bill inflames industry

    PW
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:28 pm
    The publication of the Digital Economy Bill today has divided the radio industry with some welcoming the proposals while others claim that the government is out of touch with radio's audience.The Bill offers initiatives including granting of licence renewals to analogue stations also broadcasting on digital, effectively ending Ofcom’s current practice of only licensing stations until 2015; and greater operational freedom for local Commercial Radio stations. RadioToday.co.uk with RCS
 
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    RADIO ONLINE News

  • Radio Q3 Revenues Down 19%, Digital Rises 14%

    Radio revenues fell 19% over 2008 third quarter totals to $4.2 billion reports the RAB. Local revenues were down 19% to $2.8 billion, while national numbers declined 17% to $639 million. When combined, local and national numbers fell 19% to $3.4 billion. The one bright spot was a 14% gain in digital revenues to $126

  • Travis Moon Appointed PD of KAJA-FM/San Antonio

    Clear Channel/San Antonio appoints Travis Moon as the new Program Director of Country KAJA-FM/San Antonio. He will also handle afternoon drive. Most recently, Moon served as PD of Bonneville Country WUBE-FM and WYGY-FM/Cincinnati since August, 2007. Before that, Moon spent ten years as Assistant PD of Country KEEY-FM

  • O'Brian Readies KINB-FM/OKC for Alternative Flip

    Ferris O'Brian is purchasing Regional Mexican KINB-FM (105.3)/Oklahoma City, former Citadel station, from the Last Bastion Trust, reports the . O'Brian, a former host on the station when it aired an Alternative format, plans to drop its Spanish format and return it to Alternative as "The Spy."

  • Former WTKS/Orlando's Burke Sentenced to 6 Months

    Former WTKS-FM (Real Radio 104.1)/Orlando midday host Shannon Burke pleaded guilty to a felony charge of cruelty to animals (for shooting his dog) and gulity to a misdemeanor charge of using a firearm while under the influence of alcohol on Friday. He was then sentenced to 6 months in prison and must begin his incarceration
 
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    Radio News

  • Pelosi calls Karzai 'unworthy partner'

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:12 pm
    Speaker says Afghan leader does not deserve boost in aid, troops from U.S. NBC Video: Politics Mammograms: Politics or medicine? A A Nov.

  • Finding meaning in classical music

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:21 am
    There's much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, family, friends and a ' even a ' music.

  • Is Mel Karmazin Leaving Sirius XM?

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:07 pm
    Sirius XM Radio chairman Gary Parsons resigned from the company last week. Is CEO Mel Karmazin the next to go? During a Fox News interview with Neil Cavuto, the charismatic chieftain of satellite radio's shining star on Fox News was asked about leading the way for the inevitable hookup of Comcast with General Electric 's majority-owned NBC ...

  • 2007 Memo Raised Concerns About Hasan

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:49 pm
    As my colleague Elisabeth Bumiller reported from Washington on Tuesday, it seems likely that the number of suicides by American soldiers will increase again this year.

  • Miles to Go Before Sirius XM Sleeps

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:29 pm
    Get tingly, jazz fans. Sirius XM Radio is launching Miles Davis Radio, a commercial-free channel devoted to the icon.
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    RADIO NEWS - Google News

  • Orlando radio host faces jail time - MiamiHerald.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:39 pm
    Orlando radio host faces jail timeMiamiHerald.comA central Florida radio host accused of shooting his wife while aiming at her dog has pleaded guilty. Shannon Burke was given a jail sentence of six months Fla. radio star Burke agrees to plea dealUnited Press InternationalShannon Burke agrees to plea dealOrlando SentinelShannon Burke Pleads Guilty, Accepts 6-Month SentenceCentral Florida News 13all 6 news articles »

  • Perry launches first real attack ad of the campaign on radio - Dallas Morning News

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:30 pm
    Examiner.comPerry launches first real attack ad of the campaign on radioDallas Morning NewsThe Rick Perry campaign is airing its first radio ad of the campaign - a lively takeoff on the popular game show Jeopardy with questions about runaway Hutchison opens fire with radioRadio Business ReportHutchison to air campaign radio adsHouston ChronicleHutchison goes up on radio with first media adDallas Morning Newsall 168 news articles »

  • Digital Economy Bill: No date for radio digital switchover - Telegraph.co.uk

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:33 am
    Telegraph.co.ukDigital Economy Bill: No date for radio digital switchoverTelegraph.co.ukThe Government has failed to set a date for radio's digital switchover, in the Digital Economy Bill published today. By Emma Barnett, Technology and Digital Radio Bill creates deep divisions among industryMedia WeekRadio Industry is Divided over Digital Economy BillPravdaDigital Bill inflames industryRadio Todayall 127 news articles »

  • 'Pirate Radio' isn't funny with any 'frequency' - 2TheAdvocate

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:04 am
    Los Angeles Times'Pirate Radio' isn't funny with any 'frequency'2TheAdvocateAfter ruling Britain's airwaves for decades, the mighty BBC suddenly faced competition in the 1960s when renegade radio stations began 'Pirate Radio' is a treasure on big screenThe Coloradoan'Pirate Radio' rocks the boatMontgomery County CourierBritish comedy abounds in import Pirate RadioTechniqueCamarillo Acorn -Tahoe.com -Ashland Daily Tidingsall 38 news articles »

  • Today's read: radio traffic guru's 30th anniversary - Washington Post

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:23 am
    Today's read: radio traffic guru's 30th anniversaryWashington PostBob Marbourg steers listeners through traffic: Despite all the hardware, Marbourg will tell you that the greatest recent advance in traffic reporting is the and more »
 
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    About.com Radio

  • SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio Tempts Former Subscribers with Freebie

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:50 pm
    SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio has a pretty attractive promotion going on right now designed to lure back former subscribers. Deactivated radios have been "turned back on" for almost two weeks (as of 11/17) in an attempt to tempt once-paying customers with 60 channels. The freebie will stayed in place until November 30. (Photo Credit: © SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio) If you take the bait and decide you miss your Satellite Radio, SIRIUS XM will let you resubscribe for 5 months for $20 and waive the reactivation fee. Their offer ends December 15, 2009. It's not a bad promo. I have to admit: I turned on…

  • Top 10 Radio Turkey Moments of 2009

    17 Nov 2009 | 4:49 pm
    Here are my picks for the dumbest "turkey" moments in Radio during 2009. It's all here: from a radio personality shooting at his dog and wife, inmates demanding their "radio rights" to eco-terrorists knocking down a radio tower and Jon Gosselin over-pricing his worth as a radio guest. See the Top 10 Radio Turkey Moments in chronological order by date. (Shannon Burke mug shot, Seminole County Sheriff's Office)Top 10 Radio Turkey Moments of 2009 originally appeared on About.com Radio on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 00:49:10.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • SIRIUS XM CEO Touts Cash Flow, Defends High-Priced Talent

    16 Nov 2009 | 8:46 pm
    Yesterday, SIRIUS XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin spent some time speaking to Neil Cavuto from Fox News. According to a recap by Bandon Matthews at seekingalpha.com, "Karmazin reiterated his position that Sirius XM is now a cash flow growth story as opposed to a subscriber growth story...[and]...will enable the company to pay down debt, buy back shares of its stock and make acquisitions." (Howard Stern, Photo: SIRIUS XM Radio) During the interview, Karamzin said he was not interested in any other job offers now and also defended highly-paid content like Howard Stern, denying Stern was "overpriced".

  • 'The Boat That Rocked' - Pirate Radio Docks in America

    15 Nov 2009 | 4:55 pm
    "The Boat That Rocked" is a comedy film which was released in the UK in April of this year and is in U.S. movie theaters now. ("The Boat That Rocked" film poster. Photo Credit: © Universal Pictures) "On Air. Off Shore. Out of Control" says the film's website. It's a comedy set in 1966 about a fictitious offshore Pirate Radio station broadcasting from a ship back to the United Kingdom. "The Boat That Rocked" stars Tom Sturridge, Bill Nighy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost and others and tells the story of a station called Radio Rock which upsets the established broadcasting standards of…

  • SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio to Offer Hotline, Programming, Free Cookbook

    12 Nov 2009 | 4:47 pm
    SIRIUS XM Radio will try and make your Thanksgiving a little easier and carefree. More than 30 top chefs and experts will participate in the Martha Stewart Living Radio "Thanksgiving Hotline." For 30 hours over three days -- November 23, 24 and 25 -- these chefs and experts will broadcast tips, tricks, recipes, and kitchen secrets on SIRIUS XM. The Martha Stewart Living Radio "Thanksgiving Hotline" will air from 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET on SIRIUS channel 112 and XM channel 157 (as part of "The Best of SIRIUS" package). Freebie: SIRIUS XM is offering a Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Cookbook in…
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    Hear 2.0

  • A Peek into Radio's Digital Future with Triton Media's Jim Kerr

    mramsey1@ix.netcom.com (Mark Ramsey)
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:51 am
    Where is the radio industry as the digital world transforms the media around us?  And where does radio need to go?These were just two of the questions I put to Triton Media VP Strategy Jim Kerr this past week.  Triton, of course, is one of the firms at the forefront of the digital revolution in radio.  That puts Jim in the center of the storm (or is it the eye of the hurricane?).It's a progress report on our path to revolution. [Note: If you don't see the video, click the post title]P.S. I'll frame the interviewer better next time.  Fortunately, you see enough of him.

  • The Problem with Vid Cameras in a Radio Studio

    mramsey1@ix.netcom.com (Mark Ramsey)
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:20 am
    Let me first say that I positively, absolutely think radio should have many more video elements to their digital strategies, including live-streaming video. However, nothing is less compelling than the average wide shot of an air talent doing his or her thing, surrounded by a console, with a lame banner draped behind them. And sadly, that description fits almost all the radio shows that have live-streaming versions. Watch live streaming video from KREF at livestream.com When broadcast news transitioned from radio to TV, one of the first things broadcasters figured out is that what it takes…

  • What is the ROI of Social Media?

    mramsey1@ix.netcom.com (Mark Ramsey)
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:55 pm
    Watch the familiar brand names and their various success stories fly by in this video from Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business author (and forthcoming hear2.0 interviewee) Erik Qualman. Note, of course, that every return begins with an investment, something we would be wise to remind ourselves of next time someone asks you about monetization potential. The key element, of course, is where social media fits within your broader (and increasingly) digital strategy. It's not about having Facebook pages and Twitter feeds.  It's about having a strategy that…

  • When Users Control the Radio, Buzz Happens

    mramsey1@ix.netcom.com (Mark Ramsey)
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:22 pm
    Here's a cool interview with Jelli founder and CEO Mike Dougherty about his new service that amps up the game aspect of radio by giving the users (formerly called "listeners") control over the airplay. I wrote about this in greater depth in this post. The important thing about Jelli is that it is genuinely gathering some excitement among consumers looking for the Next Big Thing. This interview is from the gamer and comics culture channel G4. [Note: McVay New Media has a service similar to this called "Listener Driven Radio"]. Note to G4:  How much is that interviewer paying you guys…

  • What Radio can learn from Starbucks today...

    mramsey1@ix.netcom.com (Mark Ramsey)
    16 Nov 2009 | 11:56 am
    The bloom may have been shed from the 'bucks, but can the bucks return in a boom?  And what takeaways are there for the radio biz? Check out how Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz assesses what his company did wrong and what they're doing to make it right: Every brand experiences growing pains, and Starbucks, which opened new locations at an arguably pathological rate, was no exception.  Speaking at Thursday’s Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, Schultz felt his brand lost its focus after 15 years of infallibility: “Somehow, along the way, the level of that feeling” – the love…
 
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    Inside Music Media

  • Radio: Next, It’s Repeater Sales

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:02 pm
    By Jerry Del Colliano(Shown here at Kierland at the Westin in Scottsdale, site of Jerry's Media Solutions Lab in January).Clear Channel’s encore to Repeater Radio (local radio dressed up as national or syndicated programming) appears likely to be Repeater Sales.They fired 1,300 sales people within the past 18 months and vowed to hire 40 so-called regional yield managers although no one can seem to figure out who these 40 people are.You notice how Clear Channel hasn’t done 40 follow-up announcements after revealing the strategy.In theory these Yield Managers are going to bypass local…

  • Radio: Ando Could Be the New Arbitron

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:02 pm
    If you’ve been watching the dust up over Ando Media’s new ratings rules for online streaming, you can see some radio people are getting themselves all worked up needlessly.Ando has done a few positive things in spite of the fact that some radio people are getting upset and have forced them to push back a bit.The radio industry hates change.On top of that, radio executives are used to dictating how things are going to be. No one dictates to them.That’s why the industry has missed the Internet revolution and is ready to miss the even more important smart phone evolution and why it prefers…

  • Music: The Coming File Sharing Crackdown

    17 Nov 2009 | 11:02 pm
    The World Intellectual Property Organization says that 40 billion music files were shared illegally in 2008 – that’s more than in 2007 but not as many as will be shared by the time the present year ends.That’s a piracy rate of 95%!No wonder the record labels are beside themselves trying to stop this movement right now.Of course, they cannot. But if it makes them feel better to sue consumers and beg governments to crack down, then you can fully understand what is hitting its stride in Europe right now.In Great Britain and France there are legislative measures to halt illegal file sharing…

  • Major Cumulus Staff Cuts Coming

    16 Nov 2009 | 11:02 pm
    Recently Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey proved once again why he has earned his nickname “Tricky” Dickey.Lew fed the happy talk radio trade press red meat recently when he proclaimed Cumulus had hired 50 sales people in the past year and planned to hire 50 more.Perhaps you saw it.Of course what Tricky Dickey failed to mention was all the careers he ended this past year. Politically correct as he thought it might be to emphasize hiring, Lew for some reason or other just happened to leave out all his firing -- go figure.In one account, Dickey was quoted as saying, “We hired 50new sellers in the…

  • Citadel's Game Plan

    15 Nov 2009 | 11:02 pm
    Even in ice hockey, there is sportsmanship.At the end of each playoff round, after tough competition in which sticks come up high and bodies take a beating, the players line up and shake hands – one of the marvels of sports.Not so in radio.Last Friday, Citadel CEO Farid “Fagreed” Suleman showed the industry why he lives up to his nickname “fa-greed” by unilaterally cutting off many non-Citadel affiliates from their 24-hour ABC format specific programming without consideration to what these paying clients were going to be left with.The personalities that they built their local…
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    John Gorman's Media Blog

  • Radio's Rubes

    16 Nov 2009 | 6:51 am
    Rube Goldberg is the patron saint of the old radio industry.Don't know Rube? He was a popular early 20th century cartoonist who sketched comics depicting multifarious devices for performing simple tasks in unusual and often convoluted ways.By the early thirties, the Merriam-Webster dictionary turned his name into an adjective, defining it as "accomplishing something simple through complex means."The same definition could be applied to the old radio industry, accompanied by banking, insurance, and a select - but large - number of public companies that cloak their cooked booked financial…

  • Radio: Drawn and Third Quartered

    8 Nov 2009 | 5:26 am
    All hail the genius that believes he’s the smartest man in any room, Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey. He’s one of a few broadcast CEOs that were spinning their companies’ third quarter results this past week. Yes, it’s time again for another swirl of misinformation and panic. So many disasters, so little space.I’ll do my best. Lew Dickey believes that every time he speaks, he learns something new. The smartest man believes that every time he reads one of his quotes in a trade, he gains even more insight into his own mind, which he’ll let you know is such a fine mind. He'll also remind you…

  • Radio's annual Halloween Party

    30 Oct 2009 | 8:15 am
    The annual radio industry haunted house party is being held at Clear Channel’s headquarters in San Antonio this year.The joint actually feels haunted.For years, it was the center of the universe for all decisions made for its radio stations.Now it’s a disembodied mess and run by spirits from a distant city. I’m sorry to report that Randall Mays, the soon-to-be-former CFO of Clear Channel, is boycotting this year’s party after being told by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee that he would have to get their approval before he could wear his Little Lord Fauntleroy costume Brother Mark will…

  • Forgotten anniversary

    26 Oct 2009 | 3:36 pm
    Shame, shame, shame on me. One of the most important dates in recent history and I missed it. I’m going to stop short of taking full blame here. There were no reminders. No hints. No nothing. You’d think with Google and Wikipedia someone would’ve flagged this date. I didn't even see a single Tweet about it. Eight years ago last Friday, October 23, the iPod was introduced. I was in my Apple store last week. I’ve gotten to know most of the people there. You’d think someone would’ve invited me to stop by and have cake and ice cream last Friday. But no. Not a word. Do you remember the…

  • Radio: The Peter Principle

    20 Oct 2009 | 2:31 pm
    Peter Smyth, it’s true that people are worried about the future of radio - or at least those of us who work for radio are.I read your latestFrom the Corner Office last week and have to respond.Peter, I’m not going to counter-point the half-truths and untruths in your latest letter.Just a few points, please. You say the Great Recession is over?Really. How might I ask did you reach that conclusion?Unemployment continues to rise.Foreclosures are on the increase. They’re related, you know. If you don’t have a job, you can’t afford to pay the mortgage - and you lose the house. And Peter,…
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    RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter

  • RAIN 11/20: DiMA founder Potter to step down at year-end

    Michael Schmitt
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:57 am
    “LEADING OPPONENT” OF MUSIC INDUSTRY’S REGULATORY ACTIONS DEPARTING Jon Potter, who founded Digital Media Association (DiMA) in 1998 and has served as its executive director since 2001, has resigned from the Internet trade group. Billboard reports that Potter will depart from DiMA when his contract expires at the end of the year. Potter was “one of the leading opponents to many of the music industry’s efforts to turn legislative and regulatory action in their favor,” Billboard notes. “I am grateful to DiMA’s member companies for allowing me to…

  • RAIN 11/19: Industry considers future of ad-supported music as services suffer [1]

    Paul Maloney
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:07 am
    THE DEATH OF “FREE?” Those involved in, and observers of, online music industry are coming to the conclusion that free-to-use, ad-supported services simply aren’t working. According to major label vet Ted Cohen (pictured), “the main problem centers around the minimums [that services pay labels for the use of music],” he wrote. “The economics just don’t work. A ‘mea culpa’, I was a big proponent of per-track minimum rates for both paid subscription and ad-supported services when I was at EMI. I WAS WRONG!” The idea that current advertising…

  • RAIN 11/18: In Ando ratings, Pandora now on top, listening to Net-only grows faster than simulcast

    Paul Maloney
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:13 am
    PUREPLAY PANDORA GRABS TOP SPOT FROM CBS FOR U.S. STREAMS Pandora Radio has leapt to the top of the AndoMedia Webcast Metrics rankings in a month that saw Internet-only radio listening grow at nearly twice the rate of that of broadcast radio’s streaming. Accounting only for U.S. audience, Pandora registered 230,435 Average Active Sessions M-F 6a-8p in October. It had 172,494 AAS when the daypart was widened to M-Su 6a-12M. CBS Radio, tops in September, was relegated to the second slot with 227,071 AAS M-F 6a-8p; 147,491 M-Su 6a-12M. CBS, which includes AOL Radio and Yahoo LaunchCast,…

  • RAIN 11/17: Van Hook to return to Entercom

    Paul Maloney
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:54 am
    FOLLOWING STINT AT LIQUID COMPASS, WILL AGAIN HEAD DIGITAL FOR BROADCAST GROUP Former Entercom exec Amy Van Hook will return to the company and her old position of director of digital operations, the company announced. Van Hook left Entercom in 2007 for the COO position at streaming technology company Liquid Compass. Van Hook has also served as Entercom’s director of marketing services and group director of interactive marketing for Susquehanna. “Entercom has great forward movement in the digital arena, and I look forward to helping continue that advancement,” Van Hook…

  • RAIN 11/16: Triton COO explains "blurring of lines" between terrestrial, Net radio with WSJ

    Michael Schmitt
    16 Nov 2009 | 11:47 am
    AGOVINO: “CROWD-SOURCED” RADIO AN EXAMPLE OF “MELTING DISTINCTION” BETWEEN RADIO MEDIA In today’s Wall Street Journal, Triton Media Group COO Mike Agovino says it’s innovative content, not any specific platform, that interests radio listeners. As a result, the distinctions between Internet or terrestrial radio are blurring together to listeners, in the same way differences between cable and broadcast TV disappeared for viewers. “The distinction between Internet and traditional stations is melting away, leading to increased competition and more…
 
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    EZINEARTICLES: Satellite Radio

  • Advantages of Satellite Radio

    12 Nov 2009 | 8:09 am
    Satellite radio offers a wonderful time listening to their favorite programs without having to constantly irritated by interruptions caused by the ads. The income of each network from its subscribers, not advertisers. The radio network allows you to listen to hours of enjoyable music, no matter what type of music you are interested. These services are free of static, which should please all listeners.

  • Communication & Control Systems

    2 Nov 2009 | 12:18 pm
    Communication was used initially to interact with one another. Later it was used for data transfer, running planes, trains, guiding the rockets, etc. No one can deny the great service communication systems does for the military, naval and air forces. It looks like the whole world is connected and is functioning only because of communication and control systems.

  • Command Control Systems

    2 Nov 2009 | 12:14 pm
    What is a command control system? What are the significant features of this system? Global command and control systems are nothing but a collection of SOA systems. It was originally developed with the view to replace the worldwide military command and control system.

  • What Can Satellite Radio Do For You?

    28 Oct 2009 | 2:31 pm
    If you live in an area that has little to no selection when it comes to radio, or if you are unhappy with the limited choices available even in the largest markets, you are not alone. Satellite radio may offer you just the sports, news and entertainment choices you have always wanted.

  • Home Satellite Radio? What's it All About Anyway?

    15 Oct 2009 | 8:46 pm
    Why choose satellite radio for your home? The simple answer is choice and quality.
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    Mobile Radio Simplified

  • Talk Radio Personalization via Mobile - Part One

    Andrew Deal
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:29 pm
    Personalization of media programming lies at the heart of the new media revolution. If it was only about the explosion of variety in content and format choices, the net result of all this change would just be about how overwhelmed we are with all the new choices in content and formats. Ok, so we are largely overwhelmed, so what does that mean? It means we are still in the beginning of the revolution. We are just beginning to consider how much control we as individuals need over our media consumption, versus how much we are happy to continue to hand over to media producers. I am finally…

  • The Mobile Phone Radio Playing Field - Mobile Web Apps

    Andrew Deal
    1 Nov 2009 | 3:05 pm
    Something surprising is about to occur, but I say it is right on schedule. Apple’s iPhone is going down a few pegs in the intrigue market and the app craze will quickly wash into a memory similar to playing pogs and listening to Sugar Ray. Why will the app craze dissipate? Because the same thing has happened on your desktop already. Installed apps, for a variety of obvious practical reasons, have given way to web apps. Web apps are accessible from any computer. They don’t care what version your OS is. The installation step gives way to a much easier registration step. The…

  • Radio Programming Customization - Personalized by Listeners

    Andrew Deal
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:45 am
    Life is full of surprises. There are times when we think the business relationships we have set up years ago will remain intact and that everyone is comfortable in their role. Then the phone rings. “Although we have been glad to have you provide that service for us, in light of the recession and all, we decided to handle that in house from this point forward.” No matter how wrong headed these kinds of decisions might be, they are made anyway, and more and more specialists are forced to diversify. What should surprise us is that anyone is surprised anymore when things normally…

  • Foundation of Human Understanding adds Advice Line and 2 Audio Exercises

    Andrew Deal
    18 Oct 2009 | 8:08 pm
    We are proud to announce the addition of “Advice Line” to the CelleCast lineup along with the recently highly publicized “Be Still and Know” audio meditation exercise. The Foundation of Human Understanding was established by Roy Masters as a religious organization dedicated to assisting anyone interested in perfecting their spiritual natures through the principles of Judeo Christianity. For over 44 years, the FHU has reached millions of listeners with radio programs such as “Advice Line,” currently carried on over 130 stations in the U.S. and rebroadcast…

  • Mobile Story Telling and other Nebulous Academic Projects

    Andrew Deal
    18 Oct 2009 | 2:35 pm
    I am watching a video from http://bb2009.uscannenberg.org/ that cuts off early and has no scrubber, so take my frustration into account as you read this. Mobile Voices Part 1 A case study in new media beyond broadcast, the Mobile Voices project empowers first generation immigrants in Los Angeles to publish multimedia stories about their lives and communities directly from mobile phones. This panel will explore questions of media production through demonstrations of the Mobile Voices project by some of its participants. Nothing wrong with the projects goals, but the net affect of these kinds…
 
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    Truth...Justice...All That Stuff...

  • Sales and Social Media: PB & J or Oil and Water?

    Jeff
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:21 pm
    Yesterday, I had the pleasure of delivering a presentation to our company’s Business Development Directors on the benefits of considering certain social media tools to reach their goals. Mixing sales (or marketing) and social media is, of course, done by companies and individuals all over the world every day.  But, if your social media approach is lead by what you’re going to get out of it (ulterior motives) as opposed to shining the spotlight on other people (altruistic motives), make no mistake that people will see right through it. My main point then was two-fold.  If…

  • Find Your Strongest Life by Marcus Buckingham: A Review

    Jeff
    5 Oct 2009 | 9:30 pm
    Okay, I’ll just come out and say it. It’s been really hard to Find My Strongest Anything lately.  There have been two deaths in my family in the last week,  yesterday my one and only laptop hard drive crashed (I’m on a borrowed one now) and, I realized just moments ago that this review is actually due today, October 5th, and not tomorrow, October 6th, as I’d thought.  Me, strongest life?  Hardly. On the other hand, one could argue the timing of this book in my life couldn’t be better.  In a moment, I’ll tell you how you can get a free copy all your…

  • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller: A Review

    Jeff
    29 Sep 2009 | 5:00 am
    If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldn’t cry at the end when he drove off the lot, testing the windshield wipers.  You wouldn’t tell your friends you saw a beautiful movie or go home and put a record on to think about the story you’d seen.  The truth is, you wouldn’t remember that movie a week later, except you’d feel robbed and want your money back.  Nobody cries at the end of a movie about a guy who wants a Volvo. But we spend years actually living those stories, and expect our lives to feel…

  • Chris Brogan, Trust Agents and Social Media: Old-Fashioned Common Sense

    Jeff
    25 Sep 2009 | 3:09 pm
    Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sitting in on a presentation made my Chris Brogan.  Through Thursday you can purchase a DVD of the event.  Christine Taylor and JTMar partnered with Stage Post Studios to not only make Chris available in person to several hundred Nashvillians, but they also streamed the event online, including incorporating questions via Twitter and by phone all in real time.  Everyone in attendance also receive an autographed copy of Chris’ new book Trust Agents, written with Julien Smith. Chris Brogan, co-author of Trust Agents Photo credit, affiliatesummit The…

  • The New Seesmic: Update Facebook Pages and Twitter Accounts From a Single App

    Jeff
    18 Sep 2009 | 9:01 pm
    Did I recently post I’d given up on Seesmic?  Why, yes I did. But wait. No sooner had I gone back to TweetDeck – and I still really like the newest version of TweetDeck – the folks at Seesmic stepped up their game and added Facebook page functionality to the interface. As someone who manages up to four Twitter accounts and five Facebook pages at any given time, I’d longed for a third-party app that would allow me to do this. Until now, I’d utilized  Seesmic or TweetDeck to update multiple Twitter accounts only.  When I needed to update all five Facebook pages…
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  • Social Media: Just A Hobby?

    twebster@edisonresearch.com (Tom Webster)
    16 Nov 2009 | 12:47 pm
    I am a big fan of Greater Media CEO Peter Smyth's monthly column, From the Corner Office. It would be wonderful for the radio industry if all of broadcasting's top executives were out there, passionately telling their stories to both external and internal audiences. I've also had the pleasure of working for several Greater Media stations over the years, and have always come away impressed with their vision and commitment to local talent. In this month's column, Smyth asks a crucial question about social media: is it a hobby, or a business? On the one hand, he clearly notes that "the…

  • We Need A Little Less Christmas?

    twebster@edisonresearch.com (Tom Webster)
    12 Nov 2009 | 9:25 am
    When the all-Christmas format flips start coming, it always feels like a deluge -- particularly when there are two in a market hot on each other's heels. But so far, Scott Fybush of 100000watts.com, which keeps the defintiive list of holiday formats every year, says "the pace seems to be a little slower than it was a year ago." And at least one of last year's more controversial format flips, WCBS-FM New York, is going to keep the Christmas format to HD-2 this year. Last year, the special holiday book PPM numbers showed that the Christmas format was bigger than even its proponents had expected…

  • The Importance of Design

    twebster@edisonresearch.com (Tom Webster)
    9 Nov 2009 | 8:11 am
    Last week I attended the Internet Summit in Raleigh and heard something remarkable. John Kosner, the Senior Vice President and General Manager of ESPN Digital Media, was interviewed about some of the changes and decisions made in the process of creating the Internet's dominant cross-platform sports brand. He revealed that about a year ago they did some focus groups (remember those?) on their home page, and learned that their home page was too cluttered, too difficult to navigate and had far too much going on. As a result, they redesigned their home page to fit three principles: Easy to find,…

  • The Thing That Creates New Listening?

    twebster@edisonresearch.com (Tom Webster)
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:56 am
    Perhaps the most exciting thing about Country radio in the early '90s was that the debut of a successful new hipper-sounding Country station didn't necessarily take a lot of shares from the successful incumbent. The new station won by taking a few people from the incumbent and turning other new listeners on to Country music, often former Top 40 listeners. At the same time, the second Top 40 station in the market would often go away and the remaining Top 40 would get a negligible bump, at best -- a sign of just how bad things were in Top 40 at the time. A few years later, Top 40 rebounded and…

  • The Least Efficient Post I've Ever Written

    twebster@edisonresearch.com (Tom Webster)
    4 Nov 2009 | 5:39 am
    In Radio Business Report today, Cumulus Media CEO Lew Dickey was quoted: "...more than ever before we believe efficiency is becoming the greatest source of competitive advantage [in radio] today." Today, that's correct. Tomorrow, it's not. Tomorrow, when towers and sticks are irrelevant, then a passionate Jimmy Buffet fan with a server in his garage will be vastly more efficient in serving a given audience than any station with overhead could hope to be. The industry can never forget that its core business is to develop relationships with listeners and advertisers, and use those relationships…
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  • Wings, Eventera

    Mike Targonski
    17 Nov 2009 | 8:13 am
    Welcome back all! As you may or may not have known (you should have!), we had our second live remote of the year at Wings, Etc., one of our great sponsors at WVUR. This one, though, had a little competition: our sports directors Dave Schroeder and Keaton Gillogly competed against VUTV’s Jeff Greco (also a DJ at WVUR) and Julian Vigliano in the “Wall Challenge.” For those who are unaware of what that is, you have one hour to eat 16 of their hottest wings. Trust me, I had one and my mouth was smokin’! Well, that didn’t phase much of our competition; Julian won by…

  • Harry’s Office (read playtime) hours.

    Harry Cassin
    12 Nov 2009 | 11:42 am
    So today in my office hours, not only did I make a new EPROMO for our sweet wall challenge at Wings Etc. The copy points were 1. November 16th, 6-8 2. wings are 45c each 3. wvur is going to take on vutv in the wall challenge. 4. its going to be awesome. Also, video of the week! here it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdFMBpseRiw It’s M2M with ‘Don’t say you love me’ circa 2000. I love them! peace Harry

  • CMJ Adventures

    Chris Zaplatosch
    11 Nov 2009 | 1:54 pm
    Two weeks ago, my assistant Katie Hennessey and I went to New York City for the annual CMJ Music Conference and Festival. It was my second time attending the conference, and it was a great success. The schedule for nearly every day was as follows: Wake up/get free hotel  breakfast Go listen to panels/speakers talking about the music/radio industry Meet up with the record promoters we do business with weekly Sightsee a bit Go to concerts It was a busy, busy week, but it was a lot of fun, and a good experience. Some of the speakers and panelists were really cool to hear. We heard a panel on…

  • DJ Terms

    Jeff Lange
    7 Nov 2009 | 10:53 am
    When I first started with WVUR, I was a DJ with my friend Nate. We had no previous experience and knew none of the terms. So for the good of mankind, I’ll explain the terms that are commonly used. Ramp - Not what you walk up, it’s talking over the end or beginning of a song as it is playing. If you perfect this you can sound really professional. Sweeper - This is a 3-10 second audio clip that makes the transition between songs a little smoother. Often times this includes station information. Voice Track - Recording your show ahead of time with your voice and music pre-loaded. This…

  • Valpo Heads to Title Game

    Chris Kleinhans-Schulz
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:40 pm
    Yes, this blog will have sports in it. I can’t help it. After all, I am covering the women’s soccer team right now. In addition to being the WVUR webmaster, I’m a member of the WVUR Sports staff, broadcasting numerous Crusader sports contests and analyzing them on Your Crusader Sports Source (6-7:00 P.M. every Wednesday). Right now, Peter Berg and I are in Milwaukee to call the women’s soccer team’s action at the Horizon League Championships, and we are having a great time so far… On the way to Milwaukee, we watched Miracle, a fantastic sports movie about…
 
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  • I’ll show JetBlue… by vacationing in Puerto Rico

    DMo
    10 Nov 2009 | 10:50 am
    I’ve always enjoyed the simplicity of JetBlue. Living in Utah, it’s not particularly convenient to fly with JetBlue, but because of my affinity for the airline, I’ve stuck to it for trips home to the East Coast. I loved the nonrestrictive ease of its TrueBlue loyalty program compared to other frequent flyer programs that aim to confuse and minimize reward payouts. The only downside was that TrueBlue points expired. But JetBlue offered a simple solve: Sign up for a JetBlue American Express Card and the company promised your points would never expire. JetBlue frigging lied.

  • VeriSign videos featured on CNN.com

    DMo
    10 Nov 2009 | 10:20 am
    So here’s how I spent my June: I directed and edited five mini Web documentaries about real people who trust VeriSign to protect them online, or, who’ve previously felt the wrath of online identity theft. It was fun and exhausting, as I traveled to five cities and had an intensive editing schedule. The “real stories” have been online at TrustTheCheck.com for a while, but now snippets of them are also available in video banner form, including on CNN.com, as pictured above. See them here.

  • On-demand KRCL streaming

    DMo
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:01 am
    KRCL is now offering archived streaming of many programs, including mine. So, you can listen at your leisure. It’s the best thing since sliced peaches. Check it out here.

  • One thousand and ninety-five

    DMo
    3 Nov 2009 | 10:54 am
    Today marks three years (or 1,095 days) of employ at my agency. It’s been a wild ride. Mostly good. Some bad. But I’ve had the opportunity to work on some real good projects with some real good people, and I’m thankful for that. After the jump, some McCann moments.

  • Thanks to Courtney for this

    DMo
    5 Oct 2009 | 12:17 pm
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  • Internet Radio Audience Data for October

    Jennifer Lane
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    On the heels of their unpopular announcements last week regarding some changes in audience measurement practices, AndoMedia has released rankers of October listening to its universe of stations. In its release, AndoMedia highlights the fact that for the participating stations on this ranker, there is an average 1.05 million people listening to streams during the Monday-Friday 6a-8p daypart. This is not be confused with unique audience. They also note that pure play stations (brands that are only online) saw an average of 7.2% audience growth, while broadcast streams saw 4.1% growth. The main…

  • Entertainment Subscriptions Are Growing

    Jennifer Lane
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    One category that is not suffering this year is entertainment subscriptions, according to new information released by NPD Group. According to their new study, overall per capita spending on entertainment subscriptions rose by nearly 7% this year. As of August 2009, 81 percent of U.S. households subscribed to a television service (satellite TV, basic/premium cable, or fiber-optic television service). A similar percentage of households (76 percent) paid for Internet subscriptions. Seventeen percent subscribed to an online music service or satellite radio; and 14 percent subscribed to online…

  • I Heart Clear Channel’s Pirate Radio

    Jennifer Lane
    17 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    Clear Channel has launched a new streaming channel on iHeartRadio for the new film Pirate Radio. The movie, about renegade rockers in the 1960s off the coast of England, is full of great music by The Beatles, The Stones, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Smokey Robinson, David Bowie, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens and more. The movie is about a group of DJs who “go rogue” and start a radio station on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, playing rock records and breaking the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire…

  • Spotify Launch Hits a Snag

    Jennifer Lane
    16 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Spotify, the European on-demand music streaming service that has taken Europe by storm, will apparently delay a US launch. For several weeks now there have been reports that the major labels were putting pressure on Spotify to abandon a free, ad-supported streaming model. The New York Times recently reported that major labels, already involved as backers with free ad-supported services like MySpace and Imeem, aren’t eager to license their catalogs to Spotify on that basis. And they have a lot to say on the matter. “On-demand services have to negotiate private deals with the labels…

  • AndoMedia’s Mea Culpa

    Jennifer Lane
    12 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Late last week AndoMedia released audience data for their universe of measured Internet radio stations, debuting some new definitions and two rankers, one defining domestic US listening. The changes were greeted with disapproval from the advertising community, particularly the radio ad community. Ando, it appears, had misjudged that segment of the buying community’s attachment to traditional radio audience metrics such as AQH and Cume. “The changes were made with the best of intentions,” according to Mike Agovino, Chief Operating Officer, Triton Media, who owns AndoMedia,…
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  • New to following blogs?

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:06 am
    If you're like me, you are a newcomer to the blogosphere. For a long time, I asked, "What's the point?" The point is, blogs are a great way to keep up with news, information, and new ideas on topics of interest. If you want a quick start into the world of blogs, particularly those targeted to media in general and broadcasting in particular, here is the list of blogs which I follow. Fire up your blog reader (I use Google's Blogger http://www.blogger.com/, and Google Reader http://reader.google.com/, but there are plenty of choices, including your browser) and check out any of these which look…

  • Radio/TV Station Buyers group on LinkedIn tops 150 members

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:10 am
    Radio/TV station trading is alive and well (at least online)!Six weeks or so ago, I started a group on LinkedIn (Radio/TV Station Buyers) devoted to members interested in radio and television station trading. Since, the group has expanded to over 150 members, surprising given the dismal economy and barely accessible credit markets.Group members are encouraged to particpate in industry discussions, and post relevant news and jobs. If you're not yet involved, bookmark this site and join us:http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2353823&trk=hb_side_gIf you know other broadcasters (or prospective…

  • Peter Smyth: "Hobby or Business?"

    12 Nov 2009 | 7:59 am
    "When it comes to radio's digital and interactive efforts, we must take the time and identify those tools, systems and human talents that will be most productive for our local business clients, and then make them a priority. For example, we need to invest the time and the training for our salespeople to make the transition from 'sellers of time' to 'solvers of marketing problems.'"Read Peter Smyth's thoughts on the importance of the industry embracing interactive technology:http://www.greatermedia.com/corner/index.html

  • Eric Rhoads: The Sky Is Not Falling . . . Everywhere

    9 Nov 2009 | 3:16 pm
    A good message from Radio Ink's Eric Rhoads: "The Sky Is Not Falling . . . Everywhere"http://ericrhoads.blogs.com/ink_tank/By the way, Eric's blog is a great one to follow if you're in the radio business.George

  • "Time" magazine article on Larry Wilson: "Rescuing Radio"

    2 Nov 2009 | 1:59 pm
    If you're a fan of radio, and/or a fan of Larry Wilson, this is a must read: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1933204-1,00.html
 
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