Just Radio Only: The Confidential Effect

The Confidential Effect
Why radio group heads will be more candid in this environment

Imagine how difficult your life would be if you had to guard every word you spoke. When you run a public company, your words can drive your stock up or down, or can even violate SEC regulations. It's no wonder CEOs tend to be careful of every word when there is press present. And, frankly, it's hard to learn anything when people are on their guard.
You're about to hear one of the most frank conversations you'll ever hear, where radio group heads feel they can speak freely because they know there is no press in the room, no recordings, and no streaming, at Radio Ink's Forecast, on December 7 in New York.

We give them our word, and every year we reject press applications and our own press crew know they cannot report on the off-the-record remarks. Join our largest group session yet, with seven group heads (plus you'll see another in a keynote and several others on other panels and at our VIP reception).
We'll pose frank questions and expect frank answers about their businesses, their predictions, their concerns, what they are optimistic about, and their newest initiatives for 2011. This panel is historically conversational, candid, and occasionally heated.
After one day at Forecast, you'll look at your own 2011 with a fresh perspective and new data about plans from advertisers, predictions from economists, and real-world assumptions from operators. If you run or own a radio company, this is probably the best place to gather information so you can make practical decisions about 2011.
Attendance is limited to 200 persons, and registration is pacing 19 percent ahead of last year, so another sellout is likely. Sign up before Thanksgiving and save $200 on the registration price.
Click here to register online or call 561-655-8778.

Moderator:
Bishop Cheen, Senior Analyst, Wells Fargo Securities, covers investments in media/cable/entertainment and telecom companies. He's written books for the NAB and for Paul Kagan Associates on valuing media assets and investments and is one of the most well regarded media-industry analysts.

Panelists

Lew Dickey is Chairman, President, and CEO of Cumulus Media, which directly and through Cumulus Media Partners operates nearly 350 radio stations. Dickey co-founded the company in 1997, and earlier founded Stratford Research. Dickey is also the author of The Franchise: Building Radio Brands.

David Field is President and CEO of Entercom Communications, which owners and operates more than 100 stations in 23 markets. Field rose to President in 1998 after serving as Entercom's COO and CFO, and before that was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Dan Mason, President/CEO of CBS Radio, returned to head the division of CBS Corp. in 2007 after serving as an adviser and consultant to CBS and other radio broadcasters. He served as President of CBS Radio from 1995-2002, and over that time successfully integrated the original CBS, Group W, Infinity, and American Radio Systems stations.

Jeff Smulyan is Chairman and CEO of Emmis Communications, the company he founded in 1980 after operating stations in Indianapolis and Omaha. Emmis now has radio operations in 12 U.S. markets and several international outlets. Smulyan is a former NAB board member and a former Chair of the RAB board of directors.

Peter Smyth, Chairman and CEO of Greater Media, joined the company in 1986 as GM of WMJX-FM/Boston. He became President/COO in 2000 and CEO in 2002, and added the chairman's title in 2008.

Farid Suleman is CEO of Citadel Broadcasting. Before joining Citadel in 2002, he was President/CEO of Infinity Broadcasting. He has also been EVP/CFO at Westwood One.

Charles Warfield is President/COO of ICBC Broadcast Holdings, a post he's held since 2000. He's managed successful New York stations including WBLS and WLIB for Inner City and Summit Broadcasting's WRKS. Warfield is the most recent past president of the NAB Radio Board.

Plus a special keynote from Bob Pittman, Chairman/Global Media & Entertainment Platforms, Clear Channel

The Forecast tradition of powerful keynotes continues, this year including:

Arianna Huffington, best-selling author and co-founder/Editor of the Huffington Post.

Andrew Ross Sorkin, chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for the New York Times and host of United Stations Radio Networks' "Business Brief With Andrew Ross Sorkin."

Dave Ramsey, entrepreneur and nationally syndicated radio personality. Radio Ink Forecast
December 7
The Harvard Club, New York
Seating limited to 200.
Early Registration pricing EXPIRES on Thanksgiving Day. Save $200.

Get Forecast agenda and registration information at
www.radioink.com/forecast, or call 561-655-8778.

Companies attending Forecast:

Abacast
Access 1 Communications
AccuRadio
Alta Communications
American Eagle Media
Arbitron
Beasley Broadcasting
BIA Capital Strategies
Big Boy
BMO Capital Markets
Brewer Media
Broadcast Management & Technology
Broadcasters Foundation
CBS Interactive Music Group
CBS Radio
Citadel Broadcasting
Citadel Media
Clear Channel Communications
Connect
Cumulus Media
Dave Ramsey Show
Davis Wright Tremaine
Dial Global
Disney & ESPN Media Networks
DRAG
Emmis
Entercom
ESPN
Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C.
Greater Media, Inc.
Harris Corporation
Hip Cricket
Hubbard Radio
Huffington Post
ICBC Broadcast Holdings
InterTech Media
Katz Media Group
Kentucky Broadcasters Assoc.
Lincoln Financial Media
Liquid Compass
Local Focus
Luther King Capital Management
Marketron
Maverick Media
Media Monitors
Media Venture Partners
MediaSpan Online
Mindshare, North America
Myers Publishing
NAB
Nautel
Navteq
New York Times
NextMedia Group
Nielsen
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Pilot Group
Premiere Radio Networks
RAB
Razorfish
Riviera Broadcast Group
Sandusky Advisors
SESAC
SNL/Kagan
Sparknet Communications
Sugarloaf Rock Capital
Talk Radio Network
Thoma Bravo, LLC
Timeless Cool
Triton Radio Networks
Union Square Ventures
United Stations
Univision Radio
Vibes Media
Virtual News Center
WBEB-FM
Wells Fargo Securities
Zimmer Radio
Zoomer Media Limited