Guthrie to Talk With Farber, Smith

10-17-14
Cox Media Group EVP/Radio Kim Guthrie will be at Forecast 2015 -- and we hope you'll be there too! If you're at the Harvard Club on November 19, you'll have a chance to hear Guthrie talk with RAB President/CEO Erica Farber and NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith in a conversation onstage and off the record (Forecast has a no-press policy). These industry leaders are set to talk candidly about the state of the business, as well as their initiatives, objectives, and vision for the year ahead.

At the RAB, Farber sets the tone for how radio presents itself to advertisers, while Smith represents radio in DC as the head of one of the country's most influential trade associations. Very different roles, but both key to radio's future -- and you shouldn't miss what they have to say. Register for Forecast today.

Kim Guthrie is Cox Media Group's (CMG) executive vice president/radio, with oversight of all of CMG's radio markets. Prior to this role, Guthrie was SVP of radio for Cox Media Group, and before that, she was group VP, overseeing 31 CMG TV and radio properties. She also previously held the position of regional vice president for Cox Radio. Guthrie joined Cox Radio in 1998 as VP/GM for its Long Island, New York properties. She was elected to the NAB board this year and also serves on the executive board for the RAB.

Erica Farber is president and CEO of the RAB. She joined the organization in January of 2012 as EVP for membership, services, and professional development and rose to her current post later in the year. Before that she was CEO of radio consulting and Internet service provider the Farber Connection, founded in 2010. During her 15-year tenure at Radio & Records, she served as COO, president, publisher, and CEO. Earlier in her career, Farber was VP/Radio Development Director at Interep.

Gordon Smith is president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters. Before joining NAB, he served as a two-term U.S. senator from Oregon and later as senior adviser in the Washington offices of Covington & Burling, LLP. During his tenure in the Senate, Smith's committee assignments included the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the panel that oversees all broadcast-related legislation.

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Kim Guthrie Talks With Erica Farber, Gordon Smith

10-17-14
Cox Media Group EVP/Radio Kim Guthrie will be at Forecast 2015 -- and we hope you'll be there too! If you're at the Harvard Club on November 19, you'll have a chance to hear Guthrie talk with RAB President/CEO Erica Farber and NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith in a conversation onstage and off the record (Forecast has a no-press policy). These industry leaders are set to talk candidly about the state of the business, as well as their initiatives, objectives, and vision for the year ahead.

At the RAB, Farber sets the tone for how radio presents itself to advertisers, while Smith represents radio in DC as the head of one of the country's most influential trade associations. Very different roles, but both key to radio's future -- and you shouldn't miss what they have to say. Register for Forecast today.

Kim Guthrie is Cox Media Group's (CMG) executive vice president/radio, with oversight of all of CMG's radio markets. Prior to this role, Guthrie was SVP of radio for Cox Media Group, and before that, she was group VP, overseeing 31 CMG TV and radio properties. She also previously held the position of regional vice president for Cox Radio. Guthrie joined Cox Radio in 1998 as VP/GM for its Long Island, New York properties. She was elected to the NAB board this year and also serves on the executive board for the RAB.

Erica Farber is president and CEO of the RAB. She joined the organization in January of 2012 as EVP for membership, services, and professional development and rose to her current post later in the year. Before that she was CEO of radio consulting and Internet service provider the Farber Connection, founded in 2010. During her 15-year tenure at Radio & Records, she served as COO, president, publisher, and CEO. Earlier in her career, Farber was VP/Radio Development Director at Interep.

Gordon Smith is president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters. Before joining NAB, he served as a two-term U.S. senator from Oregon and later as senior adviser in the Washington offices of Covington & Burling, LLP. During his tenure in the Senate, Smith's committee assignments included the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the panel that oversees all broadcast-related legislation.

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November 19, 2014
Harvard Club
New York
www.radioinkforecast.com

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Farber Focuses On Digital, Streaming

9-18-13

Erica Farber has been the president and CEO of the Radio Advertising Bureau for just over 18 months now, and Wednesday afternoon she told Radio Show attendees that radio continues to be a healthy industry, taking in $17.6 billion in ad revenue.

The top categories, according to Farber, are communications, financial, automotive, TV/networks/cable, and restaurants. She then advised attendees to keep an eye on President Obama's health care plan as the government tries to inform the public on how this will be implemented. "We have a great opportunity right now with consumer messaging regarding the Affordable Care Act, estimated to reach $1 billion by 2015 according to Kantar Media."

Then Farber turned her attention to digital.

Farber said, unlike some other media, radio has made an aggressive stand and taken advantage of technology to deliver content listeners want, in whatever format they want, and when they want it. Throughout the show there's been a lot of positive buzz about the Sprint phones with FM Chips (see next story) as well as TuneIn and iHeartradio. Farber says, "Advertisers recognize the importance of delivering their ad messages across all of radio's platforms, including radio's fastest-growing segment, digital.

"Reaching a high of $767 million in 2012, digital grew 13 percent to $401 million by the first half of this year -- that's over 80 percent higher than the first half of 2009."

Farber also announced that the RAB is launching a "streaming initiative committee" in the coming weeks. She says this committee will be "rolling up its sleeves and taking a deep-dive look into all aspects of streaming -- definitions, delivery, metrics, etc. And this will be important to radio's future, especially as eMarketer projects that music listening via streams or downloads on smartphones will be used by 33 percent of the population or nearly 108 million people in 2017."

(9/19/2013 9:38:52 PM)
This is reeks of trouble. Dear sweet Erica doesn't know a f'ing thing about digital and is simply clueless beyond belief if she thinks the radio industry is doing a good job with digital.

Pray, and then pray some more.

(9/19/2013 4:04:43 PM)
Erica is good for a laugh, "unlike other media", is she kidding?. Most radio station's online presence is a dated, "website" centric view of the world. Erica is a true shape shifter, I don't think she has much credibility outside of the RAB. Lady take a bow, it's over.

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Farber, Beasley Honored In New York City

10-19-2012

The National Library of American Broadcasting presented its 10th Annual Giants of Broadcasting Honors at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City Thursday afternoon. Among the honorees, Chairman, CEO and founder of Beasley Broadcast Group George Beasley and RAB President and CEO Erica Farber. They were honored for their extraordinary leadership in radio.

Also honored were Norman Lear, Ted Turner, Andy Rooney, Sir Howard Stringer, Don Cornelius, Dinah Shore, Robert MacNeil, and Jim Lehrer.

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Erica Farber, George Beasley Named Giants of Broadcasting

7/17/2012

Two of Radio's 40 Most Powerful have been named Giants of Broadcasting by Library of American Broadcasting. The award celebrates "distinguished leadership or performance in television and radio."  An event to hone this years recipients will be held October 18th at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. 140 others have been honored by the Library since 2003.

Additional winners of the award this year are Norman Lear, Ted Turner, Andy Rooney, Sir Howard Stringer, Don Cornelius, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer. This is the 10th year for the awards.

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with Eric Farber HERE

Read our cover story with
George Beasley
celebrating 50 years in radio HERE

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Talkers Honors Barry Farber

5-25-12

Talk Radio Network personality Barry Farber will be honored with the Talkers Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award, on June 7 at the New Media Seminar in New York. The Barry Farber Show host will receive the award from Talkers publisher Michael Harrison. 

Farber said, "I never tasted this kind of sweetness before, and I wish I could share it with the whole world, beginning with Michael Harrison and his team at Talkers Magazine and Mark Masters, my boss at Talk Radio Network."

Talk Radio Network CEO Mark Masters said, "Barry Farber is one of America?s legendary talk show hosts. He brings meaning to what otherwise would be information through the art of storytelling. Barry transports the listener to places no other medium can take them, painting memorable images with a gentle Southern accent -- he is one of a kind. Congratulations, Barry!?

Farber began his career as a talk host in 1960 on WINS/New York, and went on to shows on WOR-AM and WMCA-AM/New York, then joined ABC Radio Network and Talk Radio Network. He's also an author, whose books include Making People Talk: You Can Turn Every Conversation Into a Magic Moment and the upcoming Cocktails With Molotov: A Generation of Unlikely Detours.

The Barry Farber Show is heard Saturdays live from 4-5 p.m. ET.

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