In the upcoming (5/2) issue of Radio Ink magazine, Pandora creator Tim Westergren discusses the privacy issue, traditional radio and personalized radio among many other topics in our exclusive interview. Here's a quote from the issue as Westergren differentiates over-the-air radio from Internet radio. "Unlike traditional radio stations that broadcast the same content at the same time to all of their listeners, we enable each of our listeners to create up to 100 personalized stations." |
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Convergence 2011 is now only 24 days away. One of our great panels this year will be a professional look at your station website and what you can do to improve it and integrate tools you need to compete in 2011. Our first conference in 1999 told you that you needed a website when most stations didn't even have one. Now we take you to the next level to understand how the website has evolved, beyond just a simple site to include social media and other platforms. |
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In his April 20 Commentary "Defining Discrimination: Has the FCC Gone Too Far?" Radio Ink Publisher Eric Rhoads questioned the viability of the FCC's advertising nondiscrimination rule. The rule requires broadcasters to include a nondiscrimination clause in sales contracts, and to certify at license renewal that they have observed this clause and, thus, have not knowingly taken discriminatory advertising. David Honig, Executive Director of the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council offered up this response to Eric. |
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Hoping to have their first induction ceremony in one year a group of volunteers is working on a new radio hall of fame in Tennessee. Lee Dorman is leading the charge and he tells Radio Ink that interest was sparked by John Long and Sam Hale, both of whom were instrumental in the creation of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. |
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Recently Clear Channel released its new iHeartRadio app for the iPad. We reached out to our audience via Twitter and Facebook looking for someone outside the Radio Ink organization to review the new App. Joe Zeff stepped up to the plate and took the assignment. Joe is the president of Joe Zeff Design, an iPad design shop outside New York City. |
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Looking to prevent a delisting Spanish Broadcasting System is asking shareholders to approve a 1-for-5 reverse stock split. The potential reverse split would cover both Class A and Class B stock "of not less than 1-for-5 and not more than 1-for-10." Months ago, SBS was warned that it was dangerously close to being de-listed. SBS CEO Raul Alercon has appealed the plan to delist and that appeal will be heard in May. |
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Radio stations outside the United States have been dealing with issues most of us never have to worry about, extreme violence. Recently, stations in several countries have come under attack, some even ending with killings. Here are just a couple in the news as of late. |
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Exciting research reveals the wants and needs of radio's most sought after audience -- the 25-54 money demo. Discover what they really want from their radio station. Read more. |
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The most talked about and forward thinking gathering in Radio begins in 5 weeks on the campus of Microsoft in Silicon Valley. Convergence introduces and educates radio industry outside-the-box thinkers on everything from social media to making money from your stream to the latest craze, "personalized radio". Don't be left sitting at home while your competition is learning how to win. Learn more about Convergence and take at our complete agenda. |
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Michael Robertson, tech entrepreneur and founder/CEO of cloud-based music service MP3Tunes, will deliver a keynote address at Radio Ink's Convergence conference, set for May 18-19 at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, CA. Robertson founded MP3.com in 1997, bringing online music into the mainstream for millions of consumers. By the time it was sold to Vivendi Universal, the company was bringing in $80 million in annual revenues. |
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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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April 18: Cover interview: Townsquare Media CEO Steven Price
