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As the buzz builds around the just-announced iPhone 4, reports are circulating that the HTC EVO 4G smartphone is sold out, just a week after launch. The EVO is even selling well in markets where no 4G network is yet available. |
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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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Two men accused of running a pirate radio station at 95.7 FM in Ft. Myers are facing charges, the Ft. Myers News-Press reports. The pair could be looking at an FCC fine of $10,000 and prison time. |
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The FCC sets the comment deadlines in the 2010 quadrennial review of its media-ownership rules: Comments are due July 12, and reply comments must be in by July 26. |
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Premiere Radio Networks will be airing PSAs from Operation Hope nationwide, with 30- and 60-second spots featuring Hope founder, Chairman, and CEO John Hope Bryant, Hope global spokesman Andrew Young, and King Center President/CEO Martin Luther King III. The organization promotes financial literacy. |
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Monroe Broadcasting and WDKX/Rochester, NY, founder and CEO Andrew Langston has died at age 83. The company has founded the Andrew A. Langston Center for Educational Excellence in his honor. |
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The Nielsen Co. was in the Wilkes Barre-Scranton market last month demonstrating its diary-based ratings to radio stations, the Scranton Times-Tribune reports. |
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Budweiser launches a worldwide advertising and social media campaign during the soccer World Cup, based around an online reality show following 32 soccer fans from all over the world, all living in one house. |
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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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