 |
|
Today's Headlines July 12, 2010 |
|
|
|
Clear Channel is set to donate four stations -- WHJA-AM/Laurel, MS; KYHN-AM/Ft. Smith, AR; KMFX-AM/Wabasha, MN; and WYNF/North Augusta, SC -- to the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, to use as training for new minority and female broadcasters who may eventually become the stations' owners. |
|
 |
| Business |
|  |
|
Sponsored by  |
ABI Research is predicting that, over the next five years, spending on mobile display ads will nearly quadruple, to more than $1.2 billion, by 2015. ABI also found in a February survey that 28 percent of mobile subscribers access the mobile Internet every day. |
|
| |
|
Envision Radio Networks teams with radio2dot0 Ltd. to offer VirtualNewsCenter for barter through Envision. VirtualNewsCenter collects and produces local news and delivers content for on-air and online use. |
|
Progrmming vet Mike Stern launches the Talent Mechanic coaching service, offering one-on-one advice for talent in individual sessions or by ongoing subscription. |
|
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. |
|
|
| Industry |
| |
|
Sponsored by  |
Heritage Christian station KVTT/Dallas will go off the air on Monday after 34 years in the market on FM and, for the past year, on an AM daytime signal. |
|
The Alliance for Women in Media, formerly American Women in Radio and Television, is allying with Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. to push for passage of the Healthy Media for Youth Act, designed to improve youth media literacy and encourage "healthier media messages about girls and women." |
|
|
| Convergence Technology |
| |
|
Sponsored by  |
NTP Inc., best known for its long-drawn-out patent-infringement suit against BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, has filed suit against Apple, Google, HTC, LG, Microsoft and Motorola, alleging infringement of the same wireless e-mail patents. |
|
BMW says it is planning to support a new feature in Apple's iOS 4, iPod Out, which puts the display from a connected iPhone or iPod touch on the car's display screen. |
|
|
| Radio Ink |
| |
|
|
Radio Ink is pleased to announce that Citadel CEO Farid Suleman will co-chair Forecast 2011, set for December 7, 2010 at the Harvard Club in New York. Suleman, who has headed Citadel since 2002, will co-chair Forecast with Wells Fargo Securities' Marci Ryvicker. |
|
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. |
|
The economy is 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. |
|
| |
| |
 
|
July 12: Radio Ink's most highly anticipated issue of the year: The 40 Most Influential People in Radio. 
From a reader: "
