 | | | | | The FCC has cleared the way for Liberman's KNOR-FM/Dallas to upgrade, eliminating a provision in its construction permit that had required it to wait until Cumulus's Susquehanna finishes a change of cities for KIKT-FM. | | | ADVERTISEMENT -- REALTORS® spend $1 billion annually to market their services and 30% are ready to buy radio! See the video from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Annual Conference. Read more. | |  | | Research | |  | | Sponsored by  |  The RTDNA/Hofstra Survey found that radio news is "lagging behind relative to TV in the social networking realm," with 26 percent of radio respondents saying they're integrating social media on their sites, compared to 76 percent of TV stations. | | | | Industry | | | | Sponsored by  | | The New York Times, pointing to the availability of Internet radio services like Pandora and Slacker in the car, says, "While video didn't end up killing the radio star, this time the Internet might just succeed." | | | Clear Channel Radio in Chattanooga held an Operation Good Neighbor radiothon Thursday to help those affected by flooding in Nashville and surrounding areas. | | | |
| | Twitter, Facebook, ning, and other social media sites have become major targeted outlets. They're the "big networks" of today, with vast audiences and the potential for deeper, more useful advertising alternatives that could replicate or even replace traditional media. At Radio Ink's Convergence 2010, a panel led by refine+focus CEO Zach Braiker -- talking with Emmis Interactive's Rey Mena, Vitrue's Reggie Bradford, Livefyre's Jordan Kretchmer, and the Society for New Communications Research's Jen McClure -- will cover the ways you can leverage social media in programming, promotion, and sales. Click the headline to register now. | | | | Radio Ink | | | |
| | Click the headline to view Radio Ink Publisher/CEO Eric Rhoads' complete "Radio Reinvention" presentation at the Cumulus corporate meetings earlier this month. | |  The Apple iPad is out now, and Radio Ink magazine is there, the first radio industry publication on the iPad and one of the first of all publications. With the iPad's touchscreen, you can flip through the digital edition just as you would a copy of the magazine, with live links, interactive ads, links to video, and with more interactive features on the way. | | | If you've been displaced by the changes in the business or are seeking a new opportunity, Radio Ink wants to help. 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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May 17: On the cover: Rob Curley. Keynote speaker at Radio Ink's Convergence -- and a newspaper guy with a lot to say to radio.
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