G Media Becomes Aiir

4-28-15

UK-based radio technology company G Media has changed its name to Aiir, as of this week. The radio station content management platform Airwave is now also known as Aiir. Aiir Creative Director Luke Taylor said: "Bringing the company and platform together made complete sense and simplifies everything we do. Our new motto is Radio Made Simple, and the simplification of our branding is a big part of that."

Aiir also unveiled their an 'instant access' offering, which will allow the technology and tools from Aiir to be made available for the first time to small start-up internet broadcasters, community, hospital and public stations along with commercial stations and larger radio groups.

The company's new website is Aiir.com.

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WMCA NY Becomes The Mission

1-19-2015

Following last week's on-air promo that "WMCA New York's Christian Talk, will be no more," this morning WMCA/NY has been rebranded to The Mission. Phil Boyce-VP/director, Spoken Word Format tells Radio Ink, "After 25 years as New York's Christian Talk we decided to give WMCA a new brand name. We are now AM 570 The Mission. The brand name before was just the call letters WMCA,  and while we will still use them, we think this new name is a great identifier with who and what we are."

Boyce continues, "If you are going to say your name 100 times a day, it should mean something and tell listeners who and what you are."

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Beasley Becomes Beasley Media Group

1-15-2015

Beasley Broadcast Group has merged its various portfolios of radio stations under a new corporate header, Beasley Media Group, Inc. The change, according to Beasley, "reflects the broad and expansive reach of on-air, digital and collateral radio products that are available to Beasley's listeners and advertisers." The parent company will remain Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. and will continue to trade as "BBGI" on NASDAQ.

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Jack Becomes George in San Antonio

6-9-14

L & L's JACK-FM in San Antonio is honoring George Strait and his return home after the completion of his world tour. 102.7 JACK FM has changed to ?George FM? and will be commercial free all day today, playing George Strait hits and giving away $500 in ?Georges? all week. PD Mark Landis said, "There are two things in San Antonio everyone can agree on ?The Spurs & and King George. We?re hoping to welcome them both home as champions!?

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Johnson Becomes Market Manager In Salt Lake

4-15-14

Stephen Johnson becomes the new GM and CEO for the Broadway Media Group in Salt Lake City, Utah. Johnson will oversee KXRK, KUDD, KUUU, KEGA, KYMV, and KALL. He replaces Craig Hanson who's retiring after 37 years to pursue radio station ownership. In addition, John Kimball has been named General Manager and CEO of Real Media, which will have oversight of Broadway?s digital, technical, event and entertainment, and outdoor media assets.

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Chrysler Becomes Pandora's 25th Auto Partner

1-16-14

Pandora will now be available on the 2015MY Chrysler 200, through the vehicle?s Uconnect Access Via Mobile service. Through the connectivity of a smartphone, Chrysler?s Uconnect Access Via Mobile service transfers controls of Pandora from mobile devices into the Uconnect system?s 8.4-inch touchscreen display. Pandora is also available in other Chrysler vehicles including the 2014 Dodge Durango, 2014 Jeep Cherokee, 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, 2013 & 2014 Ram 1500 and SRT Viper.

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Murr Becomes Full-Time Co-Host At WAAF Boston

9-4-2012

Entercom's WAAF-FM has added Danielle Murr to the full-time lineup of The Hill-Man Morning Show.  Previously, Murr served as a part-time news anchor/co-host for the show, splitting her time between WAAF and Total Traffic Network (formerly Metro Traffic) since late 2005. As part of a new multi-year deal, Murr will join Hill?s show in-studio five days a week. With her new full-time status, she will assume a more active role in producing show material, contributing to the creation of digital content for WAAF?s website, and appearing regularly at station events.

(9/5/2012 6:44:50 AM)
Congrats!

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Rush Becomes A Tweeter

3-14-2012

Rush Limbaugh says listeners have been asking him how they can mobilize and help him combat the attacks coming his way after the Sandra Fluke comments. He's found a way...Twitter. Rush, who's been on Facebook for a while and has over 1 Million likes, has now decided he wants to be on Twitter. His Twitter handle is @RushLimbaugh. Rush says he's going to find interesting articles or information about the Fluke incident that people are saying about him, post it on Twitter, and ask his followers to retweet.

"There are just some things I want people to see, some things I want to share with people -- both items in the news and things going on with this asinine circumstance/situation with me -- that are important for people to see. I'm not gonna waste time on the radio reading word-for-word some of these things but they're really worth people seeing, and being informed about."

(3/17/2012 10:45:30 AM)
who lies any more than the so call president ..thank you Rush .

(3/17/2012 1:36:21 AM)
Hang in there Rush Dont let them tare you down because we need you to keep us informed on what is going on .we love you down here in southcarolina home of Bobby Mcclain
(3/16/2012 11:48:13 AM)
Nw we can refer to Rush as "The Twitter Twit"!
(3/16/2012 7:51:41 AM)
There is a reason there are laws in this great nation against slander and defamation...just because someone agrees with his vile lies and spreads them still does not make it right or true.

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When Your Boss Becomes The Story

Let's say as a General Manager you are faced with a scenario where the owner of your company gets in a little trouble with the law. He or She is arrested. Let's use a driving while intoxicated charge as an example. Do you run that as a news story on your station? Do you consult the owner, who has now become the story, on whether you should run the story? What if your News Director takes a completely opposite position from yours, as the GM? Who makes the call then? It's certainly a sticky situation. So, we asked General Managers and news Directors across the country what the correct answer was. Here's what they had to say.

"Ed, to report it just because he is your station?s owner is not appropriate. I don?t know of any radio station that reports all of the DUI?s from the night before. The owner of a small radio group doesn?t warrant stations to report on it.  Trade magazines, yes.  If they committed a real crime that would be reported no matter who committed it, then it should be reported."

"Hi Ed. If the owner was from out of town and/or unknown to the average listener I would not run it, especially if there were no injuries or loss of life. If he/she was well-known in our community I would run it....or at least lobby very hard to run it. Without any injuries/loss of life, would probably just run a short reader mid-to-late newscast."

"No, our owner lives in (a different town). Not relevant to local news here.  Unless it affected the station of course.  If she were local, yes.  We have a very small but loyal audience, they expect it.  Even if it meant my job."

"I would run the story if I was in Chicago. I think it is only relevant if it means something to our listeners/viewers/readers. It would mean something in the market where the company is based. It?s no different than if the owner of another prominent business in the market were arrested for DUI. We would run it..no different for our own company. With that said, since I don?t own our company if I was told by ownership not to run it, then I wouldn?t."

"I came from a news background, so I would run it. Just the facts, no embellishment. I think it looks MUCH worse not to run the story since all of your competitors, print media, TV and the Internet will all be running the story."

"That?s a double edge sword.  If I were news director, I would not run it.  However, the competition would obviously get great mileage."

What would you do?
Send comments (in confidence) to edryan@radioink.com and we will post your comments anonymously.

(10/17/2011 5:30:16 AM)
It really depends on the severity of the crime...DUI no. Murder or rape, or robbery, yes. Just as someone else has said, if it is a reportable crime, report it. But don't be surprised if your boss is pissed when he gets out of jail.

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An Old CBS Guy Becomes A New Merlan Man

June 24, 2011

Apparently Merlin has decided on a strategy of announcing one team member per day. Yesterday Randy Michaels announced Greg Janoff would be his EVP of Revenue. A title that seems to be gaining some traction these days in the radio industry. Janoff will be responsible for all revenue generation across all platforms. Janoff spent time at 1010 WINS in New York which just adds to the speculation that Michaels is leaning toward some sort of WINS format at some point at one of his stations.

Janoff comes over from My Damn Channel where he was responsible for building sales strategy and developing product offerings. Michaels said "Greg's superior talent in broadcast, especially within the digital arena, is a valuable asset to our company. With 26 years of experience in our industry, Greg has shown an innate ability to identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities like the digital extension of traditional radio. I look forward to working with Greg and having his track record of innovation put to good use on our team."

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