Levesque Jumps From iHeart To Radio One

 1-6-2015

The Charlotte Observer is reporting Mathilde "Til" Levesque has been named market manager for Radio One's Charlotte properties, WOSF-FM and WPZS-FM. Levesque moves to Charlotte from overseeing iHeartRadio Detroit. The industry vet has also held positions in  New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Jeffrey Wilson, Radio One's regional vice president, said in a statement, ?Til has a history of coaching winners and creating some of the most successful urban media products in the industry. We are thrilled that she's bringing that leadership, experience, and creativity to our team in Charlotte.?

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Bruce Gilbert Jumps to Cumulus

12-14-14

This move explains the Don Martin promotion announced early Monday at iHeartMedia. Bruce Gilbert (pictured) is leaving iHeartMedia to work for Cumulus in a newly-created role of Senior Vice President of Sports. Gilbert was Senior Vice President of Sports Operations at iHeartMedia's FOX Sports Radio. Gilbert will lead the curation, development and execution of all sports content initiatives and will oversee the direction of all of Cumulus' sports stations. Corporate Program Director for sports Jim Mahanay will now report to Gilbert.

Gilbert said, ?Sports is one of the many core competencies of Cumulus and Westwood One. I feel very fortunate to join this team of professionals and look forward to working side by side with them and with our partners to produce best in class content and live events that grow ratings and create unique advertising ownership opportunities for our valuable clients. I want to thank John and Lew Dickey and Mike McVay for this incredible opportunity to provide our sports programming across every platform sports fans access. There is a very bright future for sports radio content and the many sports marketing opportunities associated with that content.?

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Ratliff Jumps To Curtis From Beasley

12-1-14

Terry Ratliff is the new GSM for Curtis Media's WBBB-FM "Radio 96.1" in Raleigh. Ratliff was most recently the GSM for Beasley Broadcasting in Fayetteville. He has worked the Raleigh market before, as GSM for Clear Channel. Ratliff was also D.O.S. for Clear Channel in Norfolk-Virginia Beach. He started on Monday.

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Pandora Q2 Revenue Jumps 38%. Net Loss $11.7 Million

7-24-14

For the second quarter of 2014, Pandora's total revenue was $218.9 million, up 38 percent from Q2 2013. Advertising revenue was $177.3 million, an increase of  39 percent over 2013. Subscription and other revenue was $41.6 million, up 35 percent. Revenue generated from mobile is now $167.5 million up 51 percent from 2013 and now makes up 76 percent of Pandora's total ad revenue. Local advertising grew 144 percent in the quarter to $35.3 million. Pandora's (net) loss for the quarter was $11.7 million. The company also gave guidance for Q3 and expects revenue to come in between $235-$240 million which would be an increase of 39 percent over 2013.

(7/25/2014 11:44:03 AM)

I don't understand the fascination with Pandora. It is a losing business model.

Anyone can duplicate what they are doing. I am a former sicentific computer programmer for the military, and now general manager of a network of radio station. Duplicating and improving upon Pandora's framework would be easy.

This is not a business model that will be successful as it is far too easy to duplicate.

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Journal Radio Revenue Jumps 3.5%

10-31-13

In Q3, Journal Communications reported its 35 radio stations increased revenue 3.5 percent to $20.6 million. When political comps from 2012 are backed out, the increase is 4.9 percent. Local ad revenue increased 4.3 percent, primarily due to increases in professional services, retail, and medical advertising. National advertising was down 4.9 percent, mostly due to declines in media, professional services, and restaurant advertising.

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September L.A. Revenue Jumps 7.2%

10-15-13
That's according to the Southern California Broadcasters Association and Miller Kaplan. SCBA president, Thom Callahan said, ?September produced impressive growth for the L.A. radio market. This critical swing month showcased some great revenue performances from our member stations, which maximized both local and national spot and blew the doors off digital revenue.?

Callahan added, ?On a year-to-date basis, Miller Kaplan reports total revenue growth at 3.4 percent through September. However, our trend line during 3rd quarter 2013 reveals a 5.2 percent growth rate YTD for the same period. Simply put, Q3 was powerful and we see the same trend developing for Q4. While projected revenue from the Affordable Care Act has not met our initial expectations at this time, we are very encouraged by activity in the insurance category overall, as well as our 4th quarter activity in significant new business development, solid automotive spending, impressive sports billing from the Lakers and Clippers, big L.A. Dodgers playoff revenue, and the ?raw power of Southern California radio in Q4'.?

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SBS Radio Revenue Jumps 19%

5-16-13
For the quarter-ended March 31 SBS reported a net revenue increase of $5.2 million, "primarily due to special events revenue, national, barter, local and interactive sales." The company says the increases in special events revenue, barter and interactive sales occurred throughout most markets. The national revenue increase was mainly in L.A. with local making gains in Puerto Rico, New York and Los Angeles markets. Markets not performing as well were Chicago and San Francisco.

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Radio One Radio Revenue Jumps 4.9%

5-9-13

Typically Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins hosts a lively, lengthy, and detailed monthly earnings conference call. Today that wasn't so. Despite a strong performance from the Radio One Radio division, only one analyst had a question for Liggins and the call was over in 17 minutes. Liggins is one of the few group heads that still takes live questions, as most others now only take questions by e-mail. Here's what he reported about Q1. 

Radio One was up 4.9 percent over 2012 for the quarter with Houston, Atlanta, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. all strong-performing markets for the company. Detroit, Indy, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Richmond, and Raleigh did not perform as well. National revenue was up 13.5 percent and local was up 2.1 percent. Retail is the biggest category for Radio One making up 16 percent of overall revenue. Telecom is second at 14 percent.

Liggins also repeated what he's been saying for years, that radio is a a flat to slightly up business.

(5/9/2013 5:33:42 PM)
Way to go, Al. Keep it up.
Giff

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E-book Ownership Jumps to 25%

Another sign, consumers want all of their information on just a few small devices. According to the latest information from the Pew Research Center, in the past year alone, the number of people who read e-books increased from 16% to 23%. The move toward e-book reading coincides with an increase in ownership of electronic book reading devices.

In all, according to Pew, the number of owners of either a tablet computer or e-book reading device such as a Kindle or Nook grew from 18% in late 2011 to 33% in late 2012.

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Mobile Ad Spending Jumps To $4 Billion

12-18-2012

The radio industry might want to figure out this digital/Internet/mobile advertising thing right quick. Ad spending on mobile is increasing faster than most analysts predicted. Hold on to you fedora as it may come flying off when you see these new predictions just out from eMarketer.

eMarketer expects overall spending on mobile advertising in the U.S,. including display, search, and messaging-based ads served to mobile phones and tablets, to rise 180 percent this year to top $4 billion. eMarketer?s previous forecast, made in September 2012, was only $2.61 billion. eMarketer has also significantly raised its expectations for future years. The company says U.S. mobile ad spending should hit $7.19 billion next year and nearly $21 billion by 2016.

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Tartaglia Jumps to Entercom as GSM

12-6-2012

Entercom's WAAF in Boston announced Andrew Tartaglia will become their new General Sales Manager on December 17th. Tartaglia was GSM of Clear Channel Hartford?s WPOP and TSTN in 2004 and GSM of Clear Channel Hartford?s WHCN and WPOP in 2006. He is currently the GSM of Clear Channel Hartford?s WUCS and WPOP.

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Joel Clary Jumps From Radio One To Cumulus

9-17-2012

Cumulus announces that Clary will become the General Sales Manager at KRBE in Houston as of October 1. Clary has been GSM for Radio One for the past six years. Prior to that, his history included sales management roles with Clear Channel in Dallas and St. Louis.

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Gottleib Jumps From ESPN to CBS Sports Network

7-31-201s

Doug Gottlieb of ESPN has signed a multi-year deal with CBS and will contribute across CBS Sports properties, it was announced today by CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus and CBS Radio President/CEO Dan Mason. Gottlieb will host afternoons (3:00-6:00 PM, ET) on CBS Sports Radio, the newly created 24-hour, seven-day-a-week network featuring national programming from premier entities CBS RADIO and CBS Sports.  He will debut on Jan. 2, 2013, the same day CBS Sports Radio launches.

Mason said, ?This is the first of many prominent personalities we will be adding to the CBS Sports Radio lineup. Doug is well-versed in today?s sports landscape and for years has entertained audiences with his unique blend of wit, honesty and outspokenness ? traits essential for creating great radio programming.  We are thrilled to provide this exciting show to our new and soon-to-be announced affiliates across the country.?

Previously, Gottlieb was a college basketball analyst on ESPN and host of The Doug Gottlieb Show on ESPN Radio. Before joining ESPN, Gottlieb co-hosted a midday sports talk show at WWLS-AM in Oklahoma City, Okla. Gottlieb was a college basketball point guard at Notre Dame and Oklahoma State. He graduated with a marketing degree from Oklahoma State in 2000, holding every assists record at OSU and in the Big 12 Conference. Gottlieb is tenth all-time in assists in NCAA history.

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Petrulis Jumps From Cumulus to CBS in Dallas

7-12-2012
Geoff Petrulis is the new Executive Director of Digital Media for CBS Local Media in the Dallas-Fort Worth. Petrulis will be responsible for overseeing the content, production and marketing for all digital assets of the CBS Local Media properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, including CBSDFW.com, KLUV.com, JackontheWeb.com, 1037LiteFM.com, and Mega1075.com, as well as the stations? mobile apps.

Petrulis joins CBS Local Media from Cumulus Broadcasting?s Dallas-Fort Worth station group, where he has been the director of internet operations for almost a dozen years.  Prior to that, he was a technical support manager for Stream International. Petrulis also previously held positions in the entertainment and hospitality industries.  He studied communication arts at the University of Wisconsin ? Madison and audio/video production at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Internet Ad Revenue Jumps to $8.4 Billion

6-12-2012

Internet advertising revenues for the first quarter of 2012 set a new record for the reporting period at $8.4 billion, according to the latest IAB Internet Advertising Report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC U.S. It is the highest first-quarter revenue ever measured by the IAB and PwC and a $1.1 billion?or 15 percent increase?over the $7.3 billion figure reported in the first quarter 2011.

IAB President and CEO Randall Rothenberg says ?More online consumers than ever are taking to the internet to inform and navigate their daily lives?by desktop, tablet or smartphone. Marketers and agencies are clearly?and wisely?investing dollars to reach digitally connected consumers.?

The survey includes data concerning online advertising revenues from Web sites, commercial online services, free email providers, and all other companies selling digital advertising.  The full report is issued twice yearly for full and half-year data, and topline quarterly estimates are issued for the first and third quarters.

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Internet Advertising Jumps To $31 billion in 2011

4-19-2012

Reuters is reporting that Internet ad revenue jumped 22% year over year with display and search revenue make up the bulk of spending. Mobile advertising also saw a jump, increasing 149%, to $1.6 billion. Even with the big gain, mobile revenue is still a small number when compared to the total. The total spend for the year was $31 billion setting a new record, according to a report from the IAB released on Wednesday. The report says search was up 27% finishing the year at $14.7 billion. Reuters compares the Internet revenue to newspapers which decreased 50% over the past five years, totaling $23.9 billion

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ESPN Jumps to Townsquare in Yakima

3-30-2012

Starting Monday, ESPN Radio will be heard on Townsquare owned KUTI-AM in Yakima after ending it's long relationship with Ingstad Broadcasting's KJOX. ESPN used its 90 day clause to end its relationship with KJOX after just signing a new deal with the station, according to Program Director Dewey Boynton. We just negotiated a new deal in October," he told Radio Ink. Dewey says they were carrying all the ESPN shows and agreed to pay ESPN which affiliates have to do now. Boynton suspected this was part of a larger arrangement with another company, which may turn out to be Townsquare.

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Rainey Jumps From Radio One to CBS

3-13-12

Tim Rainey will be the new PD for CBS's 98.7 AMP Radio in Detroit. Rainey was most recently director of programming/brand manager/afternoon personality at WNOU-FM (Radio One) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Rainey said, "After six amazing years in Indianapolis I can't wait to join the AMP Radio team already in place and do some amazing, fun and exciting radio in the Motor City. Oh, and you have a baseball team? Even better."

Debbie Kenyon, Senior Vice-President and Market Manager of CBS Radio Detroit, said: ?I am excited to bring a talent like Tim Rainey to Detroit.  Tim is a talented, creative programmer, and I look forward to those attributes being used to continue the growth of WDZH.? Michael Martin, Vice President of Top 40 Programming for CBS Radio added, "Tim is the perfect addition to 98.7 AMP Radio. His passion and creativity will help lead the team to new heights."

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Clear Channel Rev Jumps Thanks To Traffic

Clear Channel saw a 7% jump in Q3 revenue thanks to the recently purchased Westwood One traffic division. When you back out Westwood One, revenue was up 2% for the quarter. National revenue was also up, so when you read between the lines, it sounds like local advertising was either flat or down for the quarter. Of the $55 million revenue increase in the radio division, $41 million came from the traffic division and $13 million from national.

The national revenue increase was lead by restaurants, automotive, utilities, financial services and healthcare. The company also reported the 4th quarter looks flat compared to 2010, "bookings for the 4th quarter are challenged and visibility is limited."

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Day 3. Lujack Jumps Into The Lead

Maybe it was the photo of Lujack with Billy Joel we posted to the website. Maybe it was the aircheck of his last show. Maybe it's just because Larry Lujack WAS the best Jock of the 1960's. Whatever the reason, Lujack is now in the lead on day 3. Here is your new order and keep the votes coming. 1. Larry Lujack 2. Don Steele 3. Dan Ingram. 4. Cousin Brucie 5. Dick Biondi. Throw up a minor debate about who was the best DJ of the 1960's and you never know who you'll find out reads Radio Ink.

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Rick Snyder worked with his friend Jay Clark "back in the day" at WTRY in Albany, New York and he says "I thought it was fascinating that the 2 of us, long time friends, listed comments on this article." Snyder made a great post, coming up with his own listing accompanied by well-thought-out comments, to our poll that we decided to share here. Enjoy!

East Coast flavor but all great.
Dan Ingram (WABC)  (Without a doubt, the best of the best) Funny, fast, original, smooth, great voice, an on air presence that was unmistakable
Bruce Bradley (WBZ, Boston)  Funny, smooth as silk, entertaining on a full service top 40 giant
Joey Reynolds (everywhere)  One of the best, a rebel, creative, unique delivery, left his mark wherever he was
Dick Biondi (Buffalo, Chicago)  Unique, unforgettable
Don Weeks (Albany, New York)  Another smooth, funny morning man.  Original, very funny, stay in the Albany market because he loved it there.
Dale Dorman (Syracuse, Boston)  Outrageous, zany, weird voice, funny and original, creative.
Herb Oscar Anderson (WABC)  the most consistent, smooth delivery.  Morning mayor, believable, friendly and still around
Dave Maynard (WBZ, Boston)  The smoothest mid day guy ever with a smiling voice, friendly delivery, quick and humorous.
Tommy Saunders (Syracuse, San Francisco).  Great voice, smooth delivery, quiet sense of humor and a great boss.
Rick Snyder (Syracuse, Albany, Portland, Maine).  Yeah, it?s me, but everyone told me I was one of the best top 40 jocks they ever heard)
Boy, was this fun. 
We were kings of the air in the best time for radio ever!
Radio Lifer
Rick Snyder
(in this picture - on the left Rick Snyder with Jay Clark)

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