Sean Cocchia is promoted to SVP/GM of Radio Disney, moving up from VP/business planning and strategy for Disney Channels Worldwide. He'll oversee the Radio Disney Network, which has 35 terrestrial affiliates. |
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Radio Ink Publisher Eric Rhoads presented a special award at the RAB board meeting Thursday in Orlando to honor broadcaster Michael Osterhout, who passed away in June. |
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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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JVC Media signs a deal to buy Barnstable's Classic Rock WRCN and AC WKJI in the Nassau-Suffolk market. |
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As Rice University announces that it's going ahead with its planned sale of KTRU and its tower to the University of Houston, a group called "Friends of KTRU" has hired a law firm to fight the sale. |
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Cox Radio/Atlanta extends its affiliate agreement with Westwood One's Metro Traffic, signing a new long-term deal. |
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The FCC has taken an interest in mobile phone bills, and is now proposing new rules intended to prevent unexpected charges, or "bill shock." |
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Marketron names Jerome Holbus VP of professional services and pre-sales, leading consulting for the maker of media-focused business software. |
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Pureplay webcaster Pandora debuts gift subscriptions for its ad-free premium service. The cost of a year of Pandora One: $36. |
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Tech Ink will present its inaugural edition of the Best Engineers in Radio in the November 15, 2010 issue of Radio Ink . Nominations are open through October 22; eligible nominees include technical staff at any radio station or group, contract engineers, consulting engineers, and technical staff at any broadcast/audio equipment manufacturer, service provider, government agency, or other vendor to the industry. Click the headline to learn more. |
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Radio Ink is planning a feature on cutting-edge program/production facilities for an upcoming issue. Have you recently upgraded, or built out a great facility over time? We want to hear about it! Get in touch with Wendy Bernstein |
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Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the influential Huffington Post and co-host of public radio's Left, Right & Center, will provide the luncheon keynote at Radio Ink's Forecast 2011, to be held December 7, 2010 at the Harvard Club in New York. Huffington, the author of 13 books including most recently On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work, and Life and Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America, launched the Huffington Post news and blog site in 2005. |
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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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October 18: CBS Radio SVP/Programming and L.A. radio icon Kevin Weatherly
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