NAP Broadcast Holdings, a group of Bustos Media creditors, has closed on its merger with the broadcaster and relaunches as Adelante Media Group. Broadcast Management Technology CEO Jay Meyers, who has been serving as interim CEO, takes over as CEO of Adelante. |
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The latest market update memo from Katz Media Group chief Stu Olds shows national spot radio revenue pacing up 43 percent from the same period in 2009, with gains across all regions and market sizes driven by strong political spending. Through September, national spot is pacing up 15 percent. |
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Streaming services provider Liquid Compass debuts a new mobile streaming division for radio. The first app out is LC ProM, offering a "now playing" feature, social networking, favorites, and on-demand features. |
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Radio One names Christopher Wegmann VP/GM for its five-station cluster in Washington, DC. He keeps duties as St. Louis VP/GM and Dallas RVP. Additionally, Alan Leinwand takes the DOS post for Radio One/DC; he was most recently GSM for Clear Channel's WHTZ and WWPR/New York. |
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Beloved broadcaster and industry advocate Ward L. Quall died Friday at age 91, and tributes are coming in from people in and around the industry. Former Broadcasters Foundation President Gordon Hastings said Quaal "saw broadcasting as a profession of the highest calling and believed deeply that broadcast management was stewardship of a public trust." |
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Kim Myers arrives at Arbitron as senior media relations manager, becoming the company's primary contact with the trade and consumer press. She was most recently with NewsPRos and earlier spent eight years with Brainerd Communicators. |
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Jessica Jones comes to Local Focus to head the rep firm's new regional office, which covers Philadelphia, Richmond, and Washington, DC. Jones was most recently with Radio One/Philadelphia and before that was a DOS with Interep. |
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A study of the U.S., Great Britain, and Canada by Vision Critical finds that broadcast radio "remains by far the most common media used in the car," followed by CDs or cassettes. But the picture is changing: One in four drivers report that they regularly play personal digital music through the car stereo. |
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The Premiere Young Influencers network led the 18-49 cume rankings in RADAR 106, with an average cume audience of 20.4 million and a cume ratings or 15.1. Among 25-54s, Premiere Super Moms Network led, with a cume audience of 18.2 and a cume rating of 14.4. |
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Velocity Radio Management introduces the MaxiRate inventory and pricing management system. Velocity's Tony Renda Jr. says it's based on the airline selling model, without the overselling. |
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Eric Rhoads, publisher of Radio Ink is developing a new iPad application that will choose some historic audio clips of air personalities from throughout radio history. If you would like historic telescoped airchecks of you on the air to be included, or if you have an aircheck collection, please e-mail us your MP3s. Click the headline for more information. |
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Andrew Ross Sorkin joins the lineup at Radio Ink's Forecast 2011, set for December 7, 2010 at the Harvard Club in New York. Sorkin is the chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for the New York Times and the best-selling author of the recent Too Big to Fail, and he's as well connected in the financial world as anyone in radio. The thrice-daily "Business Brief With Andrew Ross Sorkin" is produced and distributed by United Stations Radio Networks. Click the headlne for Forecast information and registration. |
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Radio Ink magazine 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. |
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The economy is slowly 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. |
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