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Today is the 90th anniversary of the first commercial radio broadcast, on Election Day 1920. KDKA/Pittsburgh, now a CBS Radio News/Talker, was founded by Frank Conrad (pictured). On that first day, the station broadcast the results of the presidential election, to about a hundred people. |
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Jose Santos joins Adelante Media Group as director of programming. He'll head up the programming team and oversee, among other products, the syndicated L GranD Regional Mexican format. |
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Country Radio Broadcasters has named the class of 2011 for the Country Radio Hall of Fame: Dale Carter, Charlie Cook, the late Dene Hallam, Barry Kent, Bill Payne, and Lee Rogers will be inducted at a ceremony at the Nashville Convention Center on March 1. |
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Chad Rufer is picked to program CBS Radio Hot AC KZZO (Now 100.5 FM) in Sacramento, effective November 22. He comes in from the PD post at WINK-FM and WPTK-AM in Ft. Myers. |
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Curtis Media over the weekend launched Pulse 102 FM on 102.3 and 102.5 FM, two signals new to the market. The Top 40 duo, headed by Lisa McKay, is launching with 10,000 songs commercial-free. |
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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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Former Tribune CEO Randy Michaels talks with the Wall Street Journal about his future saying, "I may go buy some media, I may go run some media, I don't know. My phone's been ringing." Michaels also says what finished him at Tribune was the now-notorious memo from Lee Abrams. |
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Educational Media Foundation agrees to purchase Christian Contemporary KLVS-FM in Stockton from San Joaquin Broadcasting. |
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Motorola sued Apple last month, alleging that some of its smartphone patents are being violated, and now Apple has sued Motorola, saying touchscreen, multitouch, and OS patents are being infringd. |
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In the first issue of each new year, Radio Ink names a Radio Executive of the Year -- an individual who has had a powerful and positive impact on the industry in the previous 12 months. And this year, for the first time, we're asking for your input on the group head or top-level executive who should be recognized. Who is 2010's Radio Executive of the Year? You may nominate someone you work with or for, or someone whose approach and accomplishments you admire. Please submit your suggestions to Editor-in-Chief Brida Connolly. |
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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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PastBlast, the new iPad app from Radio Ink is available now in the Apple App Store. Historical audio, photos, and more from every era of radio's history, with navigation through a beautiful, fully equipped retro radio studio. Click the headline to see it, or get it here. |
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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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