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Today's Headlines October 18, 2010

Emmis Loss Narrows In Fiscal Q2

Emmis Communications saw a net loss of $2.3 million in its fiscal second quarter, which ended August 31. That's compared to a loss of $135.6 million in the same period last year. Revenues came in at $66.9 million, up from $64.2 million.

Industry

Abrams Resigns From Tribune

Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams has resigned. The veteran radio consultant was suspended indefinitely and without pay earlier this week after sending a companywide e-mail that linked to content that included nudity and profanity. The e-mail offended many Tribune employees, and CEO Randy Michaels said in suspending Abrams that it was "the kind of serious mistake that can't be tolerated."

New ESPN PDs In L.A., Chicago

ESPN Radio brings in Mike Thompson as PD of its Los Angeles O&O, KPSN, and ups Adam Delevitt to programmer of Chicago's WMVP.

WXJZ/Gainesville Goes Smooth AC

Asterisk Communications' WXJZ-FM in Gainesville makes a move from Smooth Jazz to Broadcast Architecture's more vocal-heavy Smooth AC format.

REALTORS®: Your Hottest New Prospects!

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.

Business

Schaffer Joins Regional Reps

Independent rep firm Regional Reps brings in Judy Schaffer as regional manager/Northeast. She joins from digital ad agency ReachLocal.

Convergence Technology

Sirius XM Launches New Satellite

Sirius XM Radio has put a new satellite in the air. XM-5 will be an in-orbit spare for the satcaster, says Aviation Week.

Radio Ink

Tech Ink Seeks Radio's Best Engineers

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.

Is Your Station On The Cutting Edge?

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

Huffington To Keynote Forecast 2011

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.

Read Radio Ink On The iPad

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.

Updated: Radio Pros Available

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.

October 18: CBS Radio SVP/Programming and L.A. radio icon Kevin Weatherly
Radio's Top PDs
Deborah Parenti's Dialogue with Mike McVay
Skip Pizzi's Tech Ink:
Cliff Effect: Mixed Results at Radio Show
Soapbox: Jeff Towne on Mobile Field Recording
Cover Story: Stephen Hill on Radio(INTER)active

**Coming up in Radio Ink:
November 1: Top Radio Advertisers and Clients
November 15:** The Best Managers in Radio; Tech Ink: The Best Engineers in Radio
December 6: Forecast 2011/The annual Book of Lists

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