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Jack Foley joins Entercom New England as VP/director of sales. Foley is a market vet who formerly served as RVP/DOS for Clear Channel Radio in New England. |
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Radio Ink is saddened to report that radio veteran Ruth Meyer has passed away. In her long career Meyer programmed WMGM/New York and launched Top 40 on WMCA with the legendary "Good Guys" lineup, and later worked at NBC Radio Network and ABC Radio Network. Walter Sabo calls her "a true inventor of Top 40." |
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Rush Limbaugh isn't apologizing for what one politician called the "pointless and ugly offense" of imitating the untranslated speech of Chinese President Hu Jintao. Limbaugh said he was impersonating a language he doesn't speak, Sid Caesar-style, and added, "I did a remarkable job [of reporting what Hu said] for someone who doesn't know the language." |
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The Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio Group has selected three mentees for the 2011 Mildred Carter Mentoring Program: Keriann Worley of Clear Channel/Ft. Pearce; Taja Graham of Emmis/Indianapolis; and Michele Kiefer from Cumulus/Indy. |
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Debut Broadcasting CEO Ronald Heineman, COO Robert Marquitz, and CFO Sariah Hopkins sign new five-year contracts. |
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The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission has asked the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to review its decision that the unedited version of Dire Straits' 1985 hit "Money for Nothing" is too offensive for airplay. |
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As expected, the FCC's net neutrality rules are being challenged in court: Verizon has filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the regulations, saying the FCC overstepped its authority. |
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Pandora brings in Kim Luegers, formerly of Draftfcb, as director of mobile and emerging media. |
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Toronto-based Destiny Media Technologies, which is suing Yangaroo for $25 million (CDN) wins a summary judgment dismissing some of Yangaroo's counterclaims against Destiny and all claims against Destiny CEO Steve Vestergaard. |
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Radio Ink is seeking input on who should be included on this year's annual list of the Most Influential African Americans in Radio. And this year we'd like to highlight not only the industry leaders today, but the leaders of the future. |
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Check out the bottom right of our homepage for the new Radio Ink Social Hub, powered by CellSpin. This widget feeds all the industry news from Radio Ink and radio-related posts from Twitter (with more feeds to come) -- and you can contribute too. |
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Radio Ink debuts the Mighty Red II, bringing back the little HD radio with mighty HD sound. New features on the Mighty Red II include Artist Experience -- cover art, artist info, and more -- onscreen ads that can be synced with audio, Live Pause, and song and ad Bookmarking. It's a great gift for clients to show them what's really possible with HD Radio. Click the headline to order now. |
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PastBlast, the new iPad app from Radio Ink is available now in the Apple App Store. Historical audio, photos, and more from every era of radio's history, with navigation through a beautiful, fully equipped retro radio studio. Click the headline to see it, or get it here. |
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The economy is slowly turning around, and broadcasters are beginning to hire again. Put your name in front of the industry with a free listing in Radio Pros Available. And we'll be happy to post your aircheck or demo, or a link to your website. Click the headline to learn more. |
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February 7: Focus on Formats, talking respected consultants including McVay Media's Mike McVay
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