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Radio Ink is proud to announce the 2011 Convergence agenda has been released. Once again we are holding our meeting-of-the-innovative minds on the campus of Microsoft in Silicon Valley. The dates are May 18th and 19th. We start off Convergence with a great panel called "the socialization of Radio" and they keep getting better from there. |
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Allowing consumers to program their own radio station is the specialty of Pandora and Slacker. It's not perfect but the option to fast forward over a song you don't like is pretty cool. Yesterday radio behemoth Clear Channel decided it was time to get in that game. The big boys of radio picked up Thumbplay, a relatively unknown Internet music provider that made its bones selling ring tones at about ten bucks per month. Clear Channel doesn't have interest in the ring tone business. What they want is the technology to be able to allow listeners to pick and choose music. They plan to incorporate that technology into the iheartradio platform which already features Clear Channel's 750 radio stations. |
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Fresh articles not found in Radio Ink magazine to help make your job as a manager easier every day. News flashes as they happen. Information about our highly successful conventions. New Hires and Fires. Much more. |
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More than 300 broadcasters were in attendance at the Plaza Hotel in New York earlier this week to honor Alan W. Frank, President and CEO, Post Newsweek Stations, as he received the 2011 Golden Mike Award. The fundraiser generated over $300,000 in support of the Broadcasters Foundation of America, the charity that provides aid to broadcasters in desperate need. |
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On February 22nd, Albrecht underwent a mastectomy of her left breast. After two weeks of replays, Albrecht chose to go live for 10 minutes with update on her health on Friday, February 25th. “I know a lot of folks out there have been just phenomenal,� Katherine told her audience. “The outpouring of support, love, prayers, and beautiful email has truly made this a remarkable event for me to realize how many people hear my voice every day and how many people were sending positive encouragement my way.� |
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The Palm Beach Post is reporting former Republican Mark Foley has failed in his attempt to purchase WRMF in that city. The paper reports that Dean Goodman a one-time exec at Paxson will purchase the station for about $16 million. Goodman lives in West Palm. In 2002 Jim Hilliard sold the station to a Boston group for $70 million. Foley, who left Congress due to scandal could not raise enough money to buy the station. |
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Radio Ink is proud to announce the very first Radio Ink Digital Media Awards to recognize excellence in digital media from radio and online radio. It's the first award of its kind to highlight the innovative thinkers in our industry. We are very excited to be able to honor those who have done so much to push the envelope in our business. And we look forward to debating over who are the most innovative minds in the radio industry. |
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Heidi Browning joins Pandora as Senior Vice President of Sales and Planning. At Pandora, Heidi leads the team that supports the sales organization and is responsible for ad products, research, event marketing, marketing communications and artist relations. Most recently, Heidi served as EVP, Global Digital Officer at Universal McCann. |
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iPad 2 features a new design that is 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter than the original iPad, while maintaining the same 9.7-inch LED-backlit LCD screen. iPad 2 features Apple’s new dual-core A5 processor. It also includes two cameras, a front-facing VGA camera for FaceTime and Photo Booth, and a rear-facing camera that captures 720p HD video, bringing the FaceTime to iPad users for the first time. |
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Surratt succeeds Sean Creamer, who was promoted in June 2010 to Executive Vice President, U.S. Media Services, responsible for the Company's radio and cross-platform services and operations. Surratt joined Arbitron on February 6, 2011 as Executive Vice President, Finance. |
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As EVP, Taylor is responsible for overseeing the Atlanta and Dayton markets including Atlanta's WSB-TV; WSB 750 AM/95.5 FM News Talk, B 98.5, 97.1 The River, and Kiss 104.1 FM radio stations, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Dayton's WHIO-TV; WHIO AM/FM News Talk, K99.1 FM, and 95.3 FM The Eagle radio stations; |
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Airing live on Sundays from 6 - 9 a.m. PT, The Jesus Christ Show is an interactive radio theater experience designed to engage and inspire listeners and callers to learn more about themselves and the historical person of Jesus Christ. Launched into national syndication by Premiere in 2008, The Jesus Christ Show is heard on KFI-AM/Los Angeles, WGST-AM/Atlanta, WFLA-AM/Tampa, KOGO-AM/San Diego, WIOD-AM/Miami, KXL-AM/Portland and others. |
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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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In an upcoming issue of Radio Ink magazine we are highlighting the best studios in Radio. It takes a lot of money, a lot of superb engineering and a lot of great products to build a state-of-the-art Radio station studio. We plan to highlight your station and the vendors that helped make it happen. Send your pictures and all vendor information to edryan@radioink.com. |
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March 7: The Most Influential African Americans in Radio
