Tribune recently negotiated unsuccessfully to bring WLW/Cincinnati fixture Bill Cunningham to its own WGN/Chicago, but Cunningham instead re-signed with WLW. But he will be doing a TV pilot for Tribune, the Cincinnati Enquirer's John Kiesewetter says -- and Tribune CEO Randy Michaels tells Kiesewetter that that's what Tribune wanted all along. |
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Spanish Broadcasting System Chief Revenue Officer Frank Flores has unexpectedly left the company. Flores also served as GM of SBS/New York's WSKQ and WPAT; Mickie Reyes takes over as acting GM for now. |
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CBS Radio News takes honors for Overall Excellence in the RTDNA's annual Edward R. Murrow Awards, taking two other awards as well. NPR picks up four awards, including Audio Reporting: Hard News, while Bonneville's WTOP-FM/Washington takes large-market honors for Audio News Documentary and in two other categories. |
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Dave Ramsey signs a two-book co-publishing agreement with Simon & Schuster's Howard Books, with the first book set for fall 2011. |
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Former Boston-area financial talk host Gregg Rennie has been sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding listeners and others of about $4 million. Rennie has also been ordered to pay restitution. |
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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. |
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Magnaglobal updates its worldwide ad forecast, and is now projecting ad revenue will rise 4.2 percent this year, to $377 billion, up from an earlier projection of 2.4 percent. Radio spending is expected to rise 2.1 percent in 2010, to $27.5 billion worldwide. |
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Radio One announces a series of transactions that it says are "designed to refinance substantially all of its existing indebtedness," and that will let it buy another 19 percent of the outstanding equity interests in TV One. Radio One currently owns about a 37 percent stake in its TV One affiliate. |
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The NFL Miami Dolphins sign a new multiyear broadcast rights deal with Clear Channel/West Palm-Treasure Coast that will have the team's game's airing on WZZR and WJNO-AM in English and on WRLX-FM/West Palm in Spanish. WCZR-FM will air the games in Ft. Pierce and the Treasure Coast. |
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The NAB Joint Board, TV Board, and Radio Board held meetings in Washington, DC, Tuesday and Wednesday, and Beasley Broadcast Group EVP/CFO Caroline Beasley was elected to chair the Radio Board. Additionally, Gordon Smith was approved by the Joint Board as NAB president and CEO. |
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The U.S. District Court in DC is asking the FCC to explain why it needs to collect Social Security numbers for all attributable principals in radio-station ownership on the new Form 323. The court issued the order following a petition from Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth and a number of broadcasters' associations. |
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Noncommercial KUFW-FM/Woodlake, CA, owned by National Farmworkers Service Center, has been sent a notice of apparent liability by the FCC for "willfully and repeatedly broadcasting prohibited advertisements." |
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With unexpectedly high pre-orders -- 10 times higher than the first day of ordering for the iPhone 3G S -- AT&T has stopped taking early orders for the iPhone 4 so it can fill the orders it's already received. The eagerly anticipated smartphone is due in stores June 24. |
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Radio Ink's Forecast 2011 conference will be held December 7, 2010, at the Harvard Club in New York. Forecast -- the only conference of its kind in the industry -- brings owners, CFOs, group executives, managers, and Wall Street analysts together discuss conditions and predictions for the coming year. Save the date; you won't want to miss Forecast 2011. |
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Nominations are open now for Radio Ink's annual Radio Wayne Awards, honoring the sales and management professionals who make a real difference in the radio business. Nominations are being accepted in all categories until June 25, so nominate your candidates today. |
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Radio Ink is adding to the news reporting and editorial staff for RadioInk.com and our daily e-mail Headlines. If you have experience as a radio- or media-industry reporter and you're up-to-date on radio's players and the industry's top issues, get in touch with Editor Brida Connolly for more information. |
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Radio Ink magazine the first radio industry publication on the iPad and among 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. |
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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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June 21: Focus on independent broadcasters, with Curtis Media Group chief Don Curtis and top CMG execs.
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