NYMRAD to Host NextRadio Panel

9-24-13
New York Market Radio will present a special event to unveil Emmis' NextRadio Thursday Night at the Times Center, 242 West 41 Street, New York City, from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM. The event begins with a one-hour panel exploring the agreement between Sprint and broadcasters to make local radio available on mobile phones.

Moderated by David Pogue, Technology Columnist at the New York Times, panelists includes: Jeff Smulyan, Founder and CEO of Emmis Communications, Sprint Product VP David Owens, Joel Klaiman, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Columbia Records and Joe Riccitelli, Executive Vice President & General Manager, RCA Records.

This is NYMRAD?s fourth year presenting radio-centric events at Advertising Week.  Previous speakers at NYMRAD?s events have included Richard Branson, Chris Hughes, Donnie Deutsch, Mary J Blige and more. 

Following the panel discussion, NYMRAD will host a special ?meet and greet? reception with New York Market?s biggest radio stars.  The reception includes cocktails and appetizers.   Attending will be Danielle Monaro from ?The Elvis Duran Morning Show, Z-100; Paul ?Cubby? Bryant, WKTU; Peter Rosenberg, Cipha Sounds, Laura Stylze, Shani Kulture and Ebro from HOT 97 Morning Show, along with Flex Master Flex; Lulu and LaLa, 92.3 NOW Morning Show; Wayne Cabot, WCBS Newsradio 880; Bill Plaxx, FRESH; DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne tha God from ?The Breakfast Club Morning Show?, Power 105; Kelly Ford, Midday Personality on NASH; Race Taylor and John Fox, WPLJ; Madelyn Rodriguez, Speedy and Diane Sanchez, Univision. 

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Harvey to Host NYMRAD Sound of Silence

New York Market Radio (NYMRAD) will present Michael Franti and Spearhead at NYMRAD?s "listen... The Sound of Influence," the guest-list-only Radio + Digital event during Advertising Week, which takes place Wednesday, October 5th, 2:00pm to 6:00pm at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square. Harvey, whose nationally syndicated morning show can be heard in 64 markets and heard on WBLS in New York, will host the event.

Michael Franti just off arena tour w/Santana with his band Spearhead, is an artist that has topped the radio charts with his multi-format hit "Say Hey (I Love You)" selling over 2 million copies worldwide. The finale cocktail party will be filled with NY radio celebs to get face to face with marketers like Funkmaster Flex who Ford has often tapped; Angie Martinez, Cover Girl Spokesperson; Newsman Bob Slade; The Apple?s Curtis Sliwa, WPLJ?s Race Taylor and many more!

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NYMRAD Lands Twitter Co-Founder as Keynote

New York Market Radio (NYMRAD) says Biz Stone, co-Founder of Twitter and now co-Founder of Obvious Corp. will keynote ?listen.? The Sound of Influence, Wednesday, Oct. 5th at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, during Advertising Week. His speech, entitled ?The Universal Significance of Listening,? will be delivered in front of hundreds of marketing minds, creative giants and c-suite execs at NYMRAD?s Advertising Week event. Biz became an Internet entrepreneur in 1999 and went on to work for Google. Later, Stone co-founded Twitter, which launched in 2006. In June of 2011 with his long time collaborators Evan Williams and Jason Goldman, Stone co-founded The Obvious Corporation.

Last week NYMRAD announced the ?Creative Challenge for Change?. Alex Cameron, NYMRAD Chair explains, ?The dimensions the event will offer this year will be very dynamic and relevant weaving together the importance of digital media, sound, social and cause. Radio has been described by many as the original social media and has always been invested in causes its communities talk about, care about or need to know about.  That now translates to the medium?s digital assets and audiences and we are very excited about all the fresh thinking this program will serve up?.

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