(SALES) Live Your Dream

6-24-2013

Life is too short to let it pass you by. Live your dreams. This one goes out to Vince Flynn. We lost not only a best-selling author this past week, but a fine individual. Vince passed away after two years battling prostate cancer. Vince Flynn was the best-selling, and I mean best-selling, author who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series. He sold more than 15 million books in the United States alone.

What made Vince special in addition to his keen writing ability was the fact that he was following his dreams in his chosen vocation. I had the opportunity to meet Vince at Rush Limbaugh?s wedding three years ago, which was only a few months before his diagnosis. Vince and Lysa, his wife, allowed me to join their group at the wedding. I still remember his infectious smile and attitude in the courtyard of the Breakers Hotel during an after party the night before the wedding.

When I heard that Vince had died at age 47, I went back to that evening three years ago in the courtyard. I was intrigued with Vince since I knew of his writings and best-selling series. Talking to him made me realize that he was fulfilling his dream to be a best-selling author. Have no regrets in this life. Play it to the fullest. When I ran across this saying the other day, I thought of Vince.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling. But in rising every time we fall.
--Confucius

I also thought of someone who started making their dreams happen at an early age. Lou Vito asked me to train the sales team at his radio stations in Bellefontaine, Ohio, back in the late 90s. When I stayed at his house, I noticed his son Louie only wanted to go snowboarding. I wondered, ?Who snowboards in Ohio?? His son did. Louis is now the X Games World Champion in snowboarding. Good work Lou and Louie! I am sure Louie fell down, literally and figuratively, a few times on his way to fulfilling his dreams of being a championship snowboarder. There is no doubt that Lou instilled in his son that passion of always rising each time after a fall while pursuing your dreams.

Sometimes, we meet people who missed the chance to live their dreams. On a plane ride about a month ago, I sat next to an 86-year-old woman who was quite incredible. What a great attitude! As we talked, she shared with me that her husband died one day before he was to retire at 65. His lifelong dream was to retire at age 65. He had just one day to go. He never saw that day. Life is too short.

The moral is to live your dreams in the here and now. Wouldn?t it be great if we could play first then work? Unfortunately, life is not set up that way. We need to learn to enjoy our dreams through our work, too. Have fun and love life while you are in your prime years! If life is not fun, and that includes work, then it might be time to find something else to do.

Here?s to you the infectious spirit of Vince Flynn! Thank you for the memories. You lived your dream!

Sean Luce is the Head International Instructor for the Luce Performance Group and can be reached at sean@luceperformancegroup.com or www.luceperformancegroup.com.

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Morning Team Makes Dream Come True

6-24-13

Now for an update on a story we told you about back in March. As part of their Bucket List, Magic 92.5 San Diego mornings duo Jagger & Kristi helped make a little girl?s dream come true by awarding 10-year-old Marisa Cox, who has Down Syndrome, VIP tickets to see Justin Beiber in concert. This past Saturday, Marisa, who also suffers from a life-threatening kidney disease, got to meet Bieber backstage. Marissa is a huge Justin Bieber fan. 

All Marisa wanted to do was meet Justin Bieber. With Jagger & Kristi's Bucket List, they made that happen. And nobody expected Justin to tweet this: "one of the best parts of the job. nice meeting you Marisa. stay strong for me!"

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(AUDIO) Working At WLS Was My Dream Job

4-30-13

Jim Johnson has worked at WLS in Chicago for 45 years. He grew up listening to Larry Lujak, Steve Dahl, and John "Records" Landecker, and says it was a dream come true when he landed the job covering news at the station. As a reporter and anchor for WLS, Johnson has covered it all, from plane crashes to gangsters to corrupt politicians. He calls it a ringside seat to history. Now, at the age of 69, and in good health, Johnson has decided to call it quits. He says he woke up this week and decided it was time to move on.

Listen to our short interview with Johnson about his retirement HERE

Cumulus Chicago Market Manager Donna Baker said, "Fourty-four years as a broadcaster in Chicago, the city that he loves, at WLS, the station that he loves, having fun and doing what he loves every day of this adventure. That's an inspiring legacy. Jim, we wish you joy. You are forever a part of the greatest station in the world, WLS."

Former WLS General Manager Michael Damsky says, "I've been a fan of Jim's since he was a part of the Steve Dahl show in the early '80s, so he was another of the radio heroes I got to work with at WLS. Besides the fact that he is an absolute gentleman, his dry witticisms were the spice of the Roe and Roeper show. And he is that way all the time. If I had known the contract deal we did in 2011 was going to be his last one, I would have made it for five years."

Congratulate Johnson on a great career in radio jim.johnson@cumulus.com

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Radio Team Makes Dream Come True

3-29-13

Magic 92.5?s MAGIC Mornings with Jagger & Kristi in San Diego helped make a little girl?s dream come true. On March 21, World Down Syndrome Day, 10-year-old Marisa Cox, who has Down Syndrome -- and a huge Justin Beiber fan -- learned she would be a VIP guest at a Justin Beiber concert in San Diego. Marisa, who also suffers from a life-threatening kidney disease, will also get to meet Bieber backstage. Jagger and Kristi surprised Marisa with the tickets and news along with other Justin Bieber-themed prizes.

Marissa's mom submitted the Bucket List request through http://www.magic925.com/.
You can listen to it HERE

Kristi Jagger said: ?It?s wonderful to be able to grant the wishes of people in our community who reach out and share their dreams with us through Jagger & Kristi?s Bucket List and this is especially meaningful. It was very moving to see Marisa smile from ear-to-ear when we told her she would be meeting Justin Beiber. We?re so excited to be able to make her dreams come true.?
Magic 92.5 PD R Dub said, ?Jagger and Kristi are incredibly dedicated to their listeners, and this is just one way they give back to the community they love and serve. We look forward to sharing Marisa?s concert and backstage experience with our listeners on the morning show and on Magic925.com, so stay tuned to be a part of the excitement.?

This is the third Bucket List item that Jagger and Kristi have facilitated for their listeners this year. Every month, San Diego radio?s popular morning show team asks listeners what they want to cross off their life?s ?Bucket List.? People submit everything from learning how to drive and skydiving to completing a marathon.

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Swift in Dream Contest With Clear Channel

10-19-2012

Here are more details on the Clear Channel/Taylor Swift promotion we wrote about yesterday. It's a direct result of the new relationship radio is cultivating with artists and record labels. On Monday Swift will release her newest album and more than 300 Clear Channels stations are helping the launch. Clear Channel listeners, across the country, are getting an opportunity to win a mountain of great prizes, Swift is getting massive promotion for her new album and Clear Channel gets tremendous access to THE hottest star in music today.

Now through November 9, all Clear Channel CHR stations will offer listeners the chance to text-in-to-win the ?24 Hour Dream Life? contest. One winner and three friends will be flown on a private jet to join Swift for a behind the scenes tour of her new show, front row concert seats at two of her tour stops, a backstage meet and greet with Taylor Swift and a signed guitar.  Beginning Q1 2013, Clear Channel Country stations will be offering a similar once-in-a-lifetime experience for its listeners.

Another component of the promotion is a Ryan Seacrest-hosted Taylor Swift 25-minute iHeartRadio Album Release Party. The event will air across Clear Channel radio stations on Monday, October 22 and will be available on demand at iHeartRadio.com. The on-air special will be followed by two weeks of exclusive content spotlighted across Clear Channel?s Country, Mainstream Contemporary Hits Radio (CHR#, Adult Contemporary #AC# and Hot Adult Contemporary #HAC) radio stations.
In addition to the Seacrest special, Clear Channel will activate its Artist Integration Program across four formats beginning Monday, featuring eight of Taylor Swift?s newest tracks. This AIP will include a series of on-air spots with Taylor Swift that will drive listeners online to access exclusive extended interviews and video content. Fans will also have instant access to download Swift?s newest album RED.
Taylor Swift is on Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Label company. Borchetta has been very active in cultivating new relationships with radio company's, most notably Clear Channel and Entercom so far.

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Hogan Goes to Work Creating His Dream Team

April 16, 2012

Clear Channel has made several changes to the sales side of the company, including announcing the departure of Charlie Rahilly. Rahilly was the President/National Ad Platforms. CCM & E Chairman/CEO radio CEO John Hogan said  "Charlie has been a valuable leader for Clear Channel for more than 20 years, and he as contributed much to our success. He's told us he's eager to begin a new, entrepreneurial chapter in his career. We're grateful for his leadership and many contributions, and wish him the best in his new endeavors"

The company also says it has created new, unified marketing and sales group, designed to "more aggressively pursue national multi-platform marketing initiatives that meet advertisers' need to reach -- and engage -- consumers in powerful new ways." Tim Castelli is promoted to head up the new, integrated team, with the title of president of national sales, marketing, and partnerships. He moves up from EVP of digital sales,and in his new role oversees the Clear Channel National Platform divisions, including Digital, Strategic Partnerships, Clear Channel Connections, Clear Channel Radio sales, and Premiere Radio Networks sales. He reports to Hogan.

Castelli has also served in his career as SVP/sales for AOL's Eastern U..S. region and before that was technology industry director for Google. He was earlier publisher of Rolling Stone magazine.

Meanwhile, Holly Lang arrives at Clear Channel as SVP/marketing solutions, responsible for conceiving and implementing marketing programs for national advertisers. She was most recently in a senior executive post at Conde Nast, with responsibilities including integrated marketing efforts, business development, and e-commerce.

Chris Monteleone comes in from the post of VP/partner strategy for Madison Square Garden to join Clear Channel as SVP/event sponsorship sales and development. At MSG, Monteleone oversaw marketing partnerships including sponsorships, sales, TV media, digital platforms, and exclusive experiences around the NY Knicks, NY Rangers and MSG Entertainment asset.

Additionally, Kevin Dorsey moves up from president/traffic, navigation, and mobility to oversee Katz Media Group and Premiere Radio Networks affiliate sales as president of national media groups.

"With these moves, we have a real dream team in place to create and execute uniquely powerful multi-platform solutions for our advertising partners," Hogan said "This is an entirely new way to leverage the unmatched national reach with local engagement capabilities of Clear Channel Radio Sales, Strategic Partnerships, Clear Channel Connections, Digital, event sponsorships, and Premiere Radio Networks Sales supported by innovative programs and world class custom marketing insights."

Hogan continued, "When we brought Tim on board a short time ago, we immediately recognized his potential to supercharge our marketing and partnership efforts across the board. He's an effective, dynamic builder and leader of teams, and his creativity, innovation and experience will help our entire sales organization reach new levels of success. Expanding Tim's leadership to include these additional complementary resources will enable us to capitalize even further on our unmatched reach, unique assets, and powerful relationships so we can continue to deliver extraordinary value to advertising partners."

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AUDIO)Living The Radio Dream

By Ed Ryan

How many of us have dreamed that dream of heading back to small-town America, buying that first radio station we waltzed through as a young aggressive radio rat and living happily ever after? They are the thousands of small town America stations blanketing tiny main streets across the fruited plain where the priorities range from announcing obituaries, school lunch menus, a lost cat and interviewing the Mayor about a ribbon cutting for a new park. To put things into perspective, they are radio stations that bill the same amount of money in one month as WTOP bills in five hours. But as Cromwell Group President Bud Walters tells Radio Ink in our January 23rd cover interview; "The folks that work there have to want to be in that community. They have to want to be a part of that town. They have to care about where they live. If that?s the case, they will do everything they possibly can to make that place better."

                                  LISTEN TO OUR INTERVIEW WITH MAYNARD MEYER HERE

Fifty-nine-year-old Maynard Meyer is living the radio dream. Meyer is the co-owner of Q-92 FM, 25,000-watt FM in the tiny town of Madison Minnesota, not to be confused with Madison, Wisconsin. Nearly 30 years ago, Meyer sat at his desk, opened a road atlas and with his ruler and a pencil drew a coverage map so he could apply for a station with the FCC. A station he hoped to use to spread local news and community information. Meyer received approval and put the station on the air in January of 1983. Q-92 covers seven counties in a 60 mile radius. Today, without a doubt, Meyer is the biggest fish in that pond.

Meyer isn't too concerned about how to get his radio station on a mobile device or how he'll compete with an Internet music service. His number one priority is to super-serve his community and it's hard to believe anyone would be able to accomplish that goal any better. Not only does Meyer co-own the station, he's the morning man, General Manager and Chief Engineer. He's also the Executive Director at the Chamber of Commerce and the longest serving member of the Madison City Council. He also runs Madison's only local access cable TV station from a back office at the radio station. He has taken community involvement to a level few other people have.

This fall, Meyer was inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
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(12/28/2011 8:07:38 PM)
We bought a daytime 1000 watt AM with the land (important) that was 100% off of the "Bird" and went to music driven "Live Radio, Real People In Real time" over a period of 6 months in 2001. We play CD's, LP's, 45's and some 78's and do not sound like the "Clear Channel chick singer" plastic banana stations. We play Country/ Americana/ Acoustic and report to 3 charts. I was told this wasn't supposed to work. No Football. No Basketball. I pick the music. We're with you live after every song. No one complained when I changed it and people do say "Thank god for what you're doing". My daughter said "Dad, you bought a dairy parlor". Pretty much. Yes I'm on air too much. We do have some part timers. No one getting rich but we do have loyal listeners who appreciate us being live and a leader in both new and old music. You've got to play it really close to the vest and you've got to want to do it. Would we do better in a less poor area? Sure. But so far I don't see listings for the station(license), tower, studio, and 3 acres going for prices anywhere near what the spot rate can support when you get to "nice" areas. Or you get yourself highly leveraged and are at the mercy of the slightest downturn, you know like car dealers. The key is "Close To The Vest".
(12/28/2011 3:26:06 PM)
Bill, we did all that. Had one of the best high school football broadcast teams you could find anywhere. Everything was top line professional. Brought in a former major market talker to host our morning drive 3-hour... everyone loved him and everywhere we went people thanked us for putting on such a great morning show... but still couldn't get advertisers. Did the Sunday church stuff, etc. The killer was that we were too close to a major market and the local audience was so fragmented... and many of the business owners/managers had moved to our area from the major market and were fixed on their old listening choices.
(12/28/2011 12:22:41 PM)
Sorry to hear about the guy who gave up on his AM Station. I've been moderately successful with my small town operation. My advise is the radio station to reflect the community in everything it does. All liners, all printed material, website, EVERYTHING must say HOMETOWN RADIO. Do the local High School sports. Make sure you have full time News. Birthdays, Anniversaries, obituaries every moring. Run the church services on Sunday. Give people a reason to listen to your station over the "city" stations. I love my job. After working at corporate radio stations, I pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. My only comment about the AM station would be to ask if he was able to pick up FM translators. I have 2 for my AM and I've seen a big increase in sales. I'm in a totally unrated market and I happily live without advertising the big box stores.
(12/28/2011 11:47:40 AM)
In 2005 I bought into the dream and purchased a small town AM station. I soon discovered that the big box retailers & national chains won't advertise on small stations, and most small mom & pop businesses are undercapitalized and have no advertising budget. It didn't matter how great of a job we did, there was no way to budge our annual sales one dollar... and the amount we were billing just kept the doors open and provided no income for me. I worked for free for five years before finally throwing in the towel. I still love radio but my radio dream becae a radio nightmare.
(12/28/2011 11:32:11 AM)
Excellent story. Excellent community radio.

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AUDIO)Living The Radio Dream

By Ed Ryan

How many of us have dreamed that dream of heading back to small-town America, buying that first radio station we waltzed through as a young aggressive radio rat and living happily ever after? They are the thousands of small town America stations blanketing tiny main streets across the fruited plain where the priorities range from announcing obituaries, school lunch menus, a lost cat and interviewing the Mayor about a ribbon cutting for a new park. To put things into perspective, they are radio stations that bill the same amount of money in one month as WTOP bills in five hours. But as Cromwell Group President Bud Walters tells Radio Ink in our January 23rd cover interview; "The folks that work there have to want to be in that community. They have to want to be a part of that town. They have to care about where they live. If that?s the case, they will do everything they possibly can to make that place better."

                                  LISTEN TO OUR INTERVIEW WITH MAYNARD MEYER HERE

Fifty-nine-year-old Maynard Meyer is living the radio dream. Meyer is the co-owner of Q-92 FM, 25,000-watt FM in the tiny town of Madison Minnesota, not to be confused with Madison, Wisconsin. Nearly 30 years ago, Meyer sat at his desk, opened a road atlas and with his ruler and a pencil drew a coverage map so he could apply for a station with the FCC. A station he hoped to use to spread local news and community information. Meyer received approval and put the station on the air in January of 1983. Q-92 covers seven counties in a 60 mile radius. Today, without a doubt, Meyer is the biggest fish in that pond.

Meyer isn't too concerned about how to get his radio station on a mobile device or how he'll compete with an Internet music service. His number one priority is to super-serve his community and it's hard to believe anyone would be able to accomplish that goal any better. Not only does Meyer co-own the station, he's the morning man, General Manager and Chief Engineer. He's also the Executive Director at the Chamber of Commerce and the longest serving member of the Madison City Council. He also runs Madison's only local access cable TV station from a back office at the radio station. He has taken community involvement to a level few other people have.

This fall, Meyer was inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Are you doing something special to server your community with radio? Tell us your story. Contact edryan@radioink.com

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RECRUITING - Build Your 2012 Dream Team

12-16-2011

by Laurie Kahn

With the end of the year quickly approaching, it is often a time to review, reflect and think about what can be done differently in 2012 to help your company increase revenue and in turn increase profitability. The first thing that comes to many of our minds is that we need to improve ratings and/or sell more!  However, there are other areas that may need some ?massaging? as well!  To run an efficient and effective operation and to increase profits means we need to do more upfront work and strategic planning.

During the economic downturn many companies laid off a good share of their workers to save money. I wonder how many of those layoffs were done in a strategic manner or how many simply took the most expensive, most senior or junior staff and cut them without really scrutinizing who could benefit the company the most, who on the team could pick up the skills of those that had departed or how they needed to realign job descriptions to make sure as Stephen Collin?s preached to us years ago, that we had the right people on the bus.

We all regularly hear about radio stations needing to find talented sellers, it is one of the top issues at every conference. However, not only do stations need to find good sellers, they need to make certain that each employee is right for the job they are doing, which may not be what they were hired to do. For a station to run efficiently and within budget constraints as many are experiencing, it is crucial that each person has a detailed job profile outlining not only what skills are needed but what they are responsible for doing on a day-to-day basis and what is expected of them overall. 

All job profiles should be reviewed at least on an annual basis or more often to confirm that all aspects needed are being covered by someone on the team. Too many times it is ?assumed? that someone is covering a key area of responsibility when in reality no one is and the task is going undone. A solid job profile can also be used to review employees and develop compensation plans. It absolutely can be used to replace someone who is not meeting the standard of work expected. A detailed job description can help make sure you hire correctly which will lower your turnover, thus help with recruitment, un-employment, severance and separation issues.

When reviewing and revising job descriptions one of the problems many face is that we tend to consider who is in the job now and we build the profile around their skills vs. taking the person out of the equation to develop what the job needs. Once that is done, then is the time to consider each person to ascertain if they are right for the job that you need done. If they were hired to do one job and then due to layoffs, had other duties assigned to them, it is in the best interest of the job to review if their skills match the new profile.  If you are going to run your business with fewer people, make sure it is the right people in all departments!

Laurie Kahn is Founder and President of Media Staffing Network and can be reached at 480-306-8930 or via e-mail at laurie@mediastaffingnetwork.com. Visit the Media Staffing Website www.mediastaffingnetwork.com

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Living Out A Radio Dream in Philadelphia.

As we've been telling you about, in recent days, October 24th is the release date for the very popular Radio Ink 2011 issue highlighting Radio's Best Program Director's. The experience we've had interviewing and interacting with PD's all over the country has been very rewarding. They are all so passionate about the business and doing something they've always loved to do. Radioink.com gives us an opportunity to give readers more detail about these successful individuals and what drives them to be winners. In today's PD spotlight, it will come as no surprise that Chuck Knight is on our list. Knight is the Program Director of WBEB in Philadelphia.

WBEB is owned by the legendary Jerry Lee. Lee could easily retire, kick back in a nice comfy recliner, open a bottle of snapple or two and enjoy the artisitc scenery of historic Philadelphia. Instead Lee is still punching his way through another "big idea" and passionately telling that story to everyone he runs into. That passion for the radio industry leaks onto all of his employees and Chuck Knight is one of them. Knight says "I?m lucky to be doing something very few of us in the world are doing, I?m living my life-long dream.  Radio is all I?ve wanted to do since I was seven years old." 

Knight started his radio career in Sioux Falls, SD, where you do everything. "My first opportunity to program was in La Crosse, WI. I then loved programming in Des Moines, IA, a radio station I listened to as I was growing up. Programming in Indianapolis at Emmis' home office was a wonderful experience.  Programming Pyramid?s Philly station in the mid-90s got me to a top 10 market. Returning to the Saga family in Columbus, OH was like going home. I worked for and with a lot of GREAT people and every single one of them taught me something."

Knight says his biggest career accomplishment is programming B101 in Philly, calling it the greatest radio station in America. "I?m honored that owner Jerry Lee and VP/GM Blaise Howard trust me to program this legendary radio station.  I?m very thankful to our current team and everyone from the past.  Collectively, they are the people who have made this radio station the greatest. The most fulfilling things I?ve been involved with in my career are the community events where we?ve been able to make a difference in people?s lives. Children?s Hospital fund raising marathons, helping the needy and nice though various causes and funds, blood drives, those kinds of things.  They are what I remember more vividly than any ratings success or awards."

On success. Knight says a successful PD is the passionate rudder for his/her radio station. "It?s someone who can hear in their mind what the station should and can sound like and then be able to communicate that sound to the talent.  A successful PD is one who is meticulous in assembling a great team and then spends time with them individually to give them complete confidence in what they?re doing.  A successful PD works for his/her employees, taking care of the details and getting rid of the distractions so the talent has only to focus on execution.  In my opinion, a successful PD is one who is conservatively aggressive on music and marketing issues."

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Katy Perry's Sixth 'Teenage Dream' Single Starts At Radio

by Gary Trust, N.Y.  |   September 28, 2011 4:18 EDT

Can Katy Perry make Billboard Hot 100 history by notching a sixth No. 1 from her album "Teenage Dream"?
Radio begins to weigh in on the answer today (Sept. 28), as Capitol Records serviced "The One That Got Away" to mainstream top 40 stations at 12 noon ET.
The song's first week of promoted airplay will be reflected on next week's Nielsen BDS-based Billboard radio charts, including Radio Songs and Pop Songs. Highlights of the latter list will post on billboard.com Monday, Oct. 3.
Billboard was the first to report that "One" would be the sixth radio single from "Dream" Sept. 14.
"I'm so pleased to select 'The One That Got Away' as my sixth single because this song shows a very different side of me that I haven't shown with my past singles on this record," Perry said in a statement from the label. "I think that everyone can relate to this song. I wrote (it) about when you promise someone forever, but you end up not being able to follow through.
"It's a bittersweet story. Hopefully, the listener learns from hearing it and never has to say they had 'The One' get away."
The first five singles from "Dream" - "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg; the title cut; "Firework"; "E.T.," featuring Kanye West; and, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" - all reached the Hot 100's summit, making Perry the first woman to notch five No. 1s on the chart from one album.
Michael Jackson is the only other artist to have accomplished the feat, having scored five leaders from "Bad" in 1987-88.

Katy Perry Makes Hot 100 History: Ties Michael Jackson's Record

"If it goes to No. 1, that would be great," EMI Music/Capitol Records EVP/marketing and promotion Greg Thompson told Billboard two weeks ago. "If not, we still have a Katy song on the radio in fourth quarter," likely fueling further sales for "Dream" in the bustling shopping season.
Ahead of its official push, "One" made early strides at radio in the past seven days (Sept. 21-27). The song improved from eight to 106 plays on the more than 1,200 stations monitored by BDS for the Hot 100.
KHTT (106.9 K-HITS)/Tulsa, Okla., led with 30 plays for "One" (up 25) in that span, followed by KQCH (Channel 94.1)/Omaha, Neb. (25, up 22), and WNKS (Kiss 95.1)/Charlotte, N.C. (21 first-week spins).
KHTT first sampled the song Aug. 23, 2010, the day before "Dream" was released to retail. The set, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 upon its debut, has sold 1.8 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
As an album track, "One" has sold 77,000 downloads.
A video for "One" will be shot "in the coming days," according to Capitol. Also potentially aiding the song's cause are more tour dates for Perry. Her California Dreams World Tour that began earlier this year with stops in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan continues with five dates next month, including a show at New York's Madison Square Garden Nov. 16, before the tour wraps, fittingly in the Golden State, at Los Angeles' Staples Center Nov. 22.

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Rutgers Gives Paralyzed Athlete Dream Job.

Eric LeGrand played football for Rutgers University. That is until he was paralyzed making a tackle on a kickoff in a game last season. This year LeGrand will will play a radio broadcast role for the team. He'll offer expert opinion from a former player's perspective. LeGrand was paralyzed from the neck down when he fractured his C-3 and C-4 vertebrae. He's been following an aggressive rehab plan and is making progress. For nearly a year LeGrand has been in a hospital bed and then in a special chair with very little movement.

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