Townsquare Media makes a deal to sell six stations in Idaho Falls and Pocatello, ID, to Rich Broadcasting, headed by former Bonneville/Salt Lake City President Richard Mecham. Townsquare is keeping its four stations in Twin Falls. |
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Bustos Media debuts Exitos 93.5, its first FM in the Portland, OR, market, airing on a translator simulcasting KLPM-AM. |
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Cox Media Group picks Dave Siegler as VP of technical operations. He moves into the corporate post from director of broadcast operations and engineering for CMG's WSOC-TV and WAXN-TV in Charlotte. |
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eMarketer is projecting that Twitter will earn $150 million in advertising revenue this year, up from $45 million in 2010. |
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Irwin Swirnoff, a former air personality and music director at the University of San Francisco's KUSF, is part of a group trying to save the station, which was just sold to the University of Southern California. Swirnoff tells Radio Ink he thinks the group -- which is set to rally at Tuesday's meeting of the San Francisco board of Supervisors -- has "a fighting chance for sure." |
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The Radio and Television News Association of Southern California presented its annual Golden Mike Awards over the weekend. Among the radio winners: CBS Radio's KNX-AM/Los Angeles and Clear Channel's KFI-AM/L.A. |
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The New Faces of Country Music show at CRS 2011 has sold out. New registrations won't include a ticket to the show, so the price is going back to the $399 early bird rate. |
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The FCC is seeking nominations for the newly re-chartered Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age. The committee will continue to be headed by Henry Rivera. |
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Radio Ink is seeking input on who should be included on this year's annual list of the Most Influential African Americans in Radio. And this year we'd like to highlight not only the industry leaders today, but the leaders of the future. |
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Radio Ink debuts the Mighty Red II, bringing back the little HD radio with mighty HD sound. New features on the Mighty Red II include Artist Experience -- cover art, artist info, and more -- onscreen ads that can be synced with audio, Live Pause, and song and ad Bookmarking. It's a great gift for clients to show them what's really possible with HD Radio. Click the headline to order now. |
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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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February 7: Focus on Formats, talking respected consultants including McVay Media's Mike McVay
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