Joyner Crowned King

3-19-14

Tom Joyner was crowned ?King for a Day? as part of the junkanoo festivities that accompanied his stop in Nassau for the 2014 Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage. Joyner said, ?Last year, we stopped for a concert with Earth, Wind and Fire and this year we are stopping for a concert with Ice Cube and George Clinton. We love the Bahamas because the Bahamas loves us. They sponsor the cruise and they make it possible for people to purchase their tickets and that helps the foundation which helps students at historically black colleges and universities to receive a good education.? Read more about King Joyner HERE

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Walgreens Jumps To Top Spot

3-17-14

Two weeks ago, Walgreens was radio's third-biggest advertiser. Last week, the drug store chain moved into the top slot airing over 45,000 commercials, according to Media Monitors. Following Walgreens was GEICO with 35,919 spots aired, McDonald's with 30,199, Vanda Pharmaceuticals with 30,076, and Verizon Wireless at 26,110.

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Journal Gets Jules Riley Back

3-17-14

According to Journal's Tulsa VP/GM Bill Berry, Riley is back with Journal as Operations Manager for its Tulsa cluster. Berry said, "We are very excited to welcome Jules back to Journal. She has a stellar reputation in the industry and extensive experience with multiple formats. I have no doubt that she will do a terrific job as our programming leader.?

Riley was the Program Director for Journal?s KICT and KFXJ in Wichita until 2001 when she took subsequent positions leading programming teams in St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Phoenix. She has been a consultant for the past three years, working with several companies across the country.

?I am thrilled to rejoin Journal Broadcast Group and work with the phenomenal Tulsa team,? Riley said. ?My thanks to Bill Berry, Beverlee Brannigan, and Steve Wexler.?

The stations owned by Journal Broadcast Group in the Tulsa market include AM1170 KFAQ (KFAQ-AM), 98.5 KVOO (KVOO-FM), 106.9 K-HITS (KHTT-FM), 92.9 Bob FM (KBEZ-FM), and Big Country 99.5 (KXBL-FM).

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Community Broadcasters Adds Staff in New York

3-18-14

Community Broadcasters, which owns 15 stations in upstate New York, is owned by Jim Leven and Bruce Mittman. The company has made several staff changes including the hiring of Bob Walton (pictured). Walton is the new Operations Manager for the company in Elmira where and will oversee the five stations in that market.

Leven said there were additional changes.  ?We?re happy to announce the elevation of Bruice Sermonis from Senior Account Manager to Local Sales Manager at our 5 radio stations in Elmira-Corning (WNKI-FM,106.1; WNGZ-FM,104.9; WPGI-FM, 100.9; WWLZ-AM,820; and WRCE-AM,1490).  Bruice has done a superb job for us here at Community Broadcasters and we want to see him excel even further in his radio career.  This promotion will provide him with that opportunity. We?re also delighted to announce the promotion of Chase Daniels to the position of new Assistant Program Director at WNKI-FM, 106.1 which is our #1 Hit Music Station.  Chase will continue as the on-air afternoon host on the station; but our confidence in him is so extraordinary, we elevated him into this management position.?  Roger McNall has also joined Community Broadcasters as the Digital Product Manager.

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Harris Broadcast Splits, Changes Name

3-17-14

Harris Broadcast has split into two companies, Imagine Communications and GatesAir. The announcement was made Monday at the company's annual MediaDay held at Madison Square Garden. Imagine Communications will be headquartered in Dallas, with offices in Denver, Toronto, Los Angeles, Tel Aviv, and Beijing. GatesAir will be headquartered in Cincinnati, with its manufacturing, supply chain and fulfillment center in Quincy, Illinois. Charlie Vogt (pictured) will be CEO of both companies.

Imagine Communications and GatesAir CEO Charlie Vogt said, ?With vibrant new identities and focus, Imagine Communications and GatesAir are well-positioned to serve our industry and customers. Our vision, product direction, and strategy further align Imagine Communications and GatesAir with today?s transformational trends, the networks of the future and our customers and partners. We have created two laser-focused companies that are innovating across different ends of the technology spectrum. Imagine Communications will lead the media and entertainment markets to a future defined by IP, software, the cloud, and TV Everywhere, with an architecture vision for delivering and monetizing multiscreen content. Likewise, GatesAir will continue to lead the next-generation TV and radio over-the-air market, with a focus on providing wireless innovations that reduce power consumption and carbon footprint, while leveraging the growth in digital radio and TV transmission across the globe.?

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Gunter Returns To Radio One In St. Louis

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Network Ads Reach Over 181 Million Every Week

3-18-14

That's according to the March Nielsen RADAR report released yesterday. Nielsen measures 46 radio networks and concludes that more than 181 million Americans age 12 or older, about 68 percent of the population, heard a network radio commercial during an average week. Commercials aired on the 46 measured radio networks also reached 71.2 percent of persons aged 18-49 (95.8 million listeners) and 71.9 percent of persons aged 25-54 (90.0 million listeners), according to Nielsen.

The networks in the Nielsen RADAR report are operated by AdLarge Media, American Urban Radio Networks, Crystal Media Networks, Cumulus Media Networks, Premiere Networks, United Stations Radio Networks andWestwoodOne. The sample size for the RADAR March 2014 Report is 396,031 persons aged 12 and older.  The RADAR March 2014 Report includes data from all 48 Nielsen PPM? markets. The survey
period for RADAR 120 covers Jan. 3, 2013 to Dec. 4, 2013.

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