Today The Steve Harvey Morning Show will host the "Neighbors Helping Neighbors Overcome Disasters" radio fundraiser, in the wake of the Alabama and Mississippi River areas that have suffered devastating losses from tornadoes and flooding. Immediately following the program, Harvey will speak to Radio Ink about how the fundraiser went and why he decided to do it. |
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Cumulus Nashville hires Mike Carpenter as their new GM. Carpenter comes over from the Clear Channel cluster where he was GSM. Carpenter, with over 20 years in radio, starts next week. Carpenter said "I'm thrilled with the opportunity and the challenges that lie ahead. I look forward to working with this incredibly talented staff and making our stations Number one." |
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Radio Ink's Convergence 11 starts in two days. Tech Ink starts tomorrow. Only a few seats are available. The most important conference of 2011 is being held on the the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, CA. and many of your competitor's will be there. This year in addition to a full slate of cutting-edge panels and career-advancing network opportunities we have an unprecedented and stellar lineup of keynote speakers. If you are not planning to attend, here is who you will be missing... |
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St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa wasn't with the team in Cincinnati this weekend because he is suffering from a case of the shingles. WLW-AM in Cincinnati thought they would have some fun at the expense of La Russa. They created a promotion involving a roofing company. The ad said "Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has shingles, so we want to give you a chance to win some Tony La Russa shingles of your own. |
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She's entangled in a ongoing non-compete controversy that the Florida Supreme Court will decide. Her former morning show partner Kevin Kitchens died of a heart attack in her arms. She's been in radio for 30 years. At 52 and back on the air with WRMF in West Palm, the paper details the rocky, and successful, radio road of Jennifer Ross. |
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Charles McPhee, the self-proclaimed "Dream Doctor" who decoded dreams on his nationally syndicated radio show until Lou Gehrig's disease forced him off the air in 2006 has died at the age of 49. |
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Cumulus has closed on its previously announced offering of $610 million aggregate principal amount of 7.75% senior notes due 2019 in a private offering. As a part of the refinancing transactions in connection with the pending acquisitions of Cumulus Media Partners and Citadel, Cumulus is using the net proceeds from the Notes to repay in full all amounts outstanding under the term loan facility under the company's existing senior secured credit facilities and pay fees and expenses related to the offering of Notes. Any remaining proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. |
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The proof is in the ratings. Find out why the new "Cool AC" format inspires huge listener loyalty with the money demo! Read more. |
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In today's world of media, there are more sales reps selling various forms of media than ever before. The Internet world has added at least twice the number of reps we saw 10 years ago, either calling on the prospect by phone or via in-person solicitation. It's never been a more immediate satisfaction and gratification selling environment than today. |
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Whatever got you to where you are today will not be sufficient to keep you there so find your future by realizing the power of failure. There is enormous power in failure, especially if we truly learn from it. Several years ago when living on the West coast I was very impressed by a graduation speech that Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University. |
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Last week we critiqued a total of 22 different radio presentations from 22 radio account executives who were asked to send us their best presentation or one-sheet. It saddened me to note that only one of the twenty-two alluded to what they were going to do for the client. The rest may have well been titled "All About Me" or "All About My Station". |
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Radio Ink's Convergence 2011 begins in one week and rather than us telling you over and over again why you should attend, we figured we'd ask someone who's attended the show in the past and will be joining us again this year. Bryce Wilson is the webmaster and director of digital operations for Curtis Media in Raleigh. Wilson says he attends Convergence to "stay on top of the ever-changing world of digital media and traditional media, and their merging into one new technology. The digital world is moving so fast...faster than tranditional radio people are used to dealing with." |
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Perhaps the example of what took place in Tyler Texas last night is a great example of why radio stations across America should get behind the push to have FM chips installed in cell phones. Public safety is one of the reasons the NAB is making a push to install the chips. Yesterday, Radio Ink publisher Eric Rhoads wrote an editorial about the chips and debuted a new commercial we are hoping radio stations can use to help educate the public. |
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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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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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May 16: The Spring Talk Radio issue, featuring a provocative interview with Westwood One's Dennis Miller 
