6-4-14
In May, Pandora says it had 9.13 percent of all U.S radio listening, that's down from 9.28 percent last month. Listener hours for May were 1.73 billion, up from 1.7 million in April. Active listeners in May were 77.0 million, up from 76 million in April. Pandora announced in March that this would be its final monthly metrics release. The company will release quarterly numbers during its earnings calls.
4-24-14
The Washington Post has a profile on the SiriusXM host about his book called, ?Talk: A Novel.? The main character in the book is a talk radio host named Stan Powers. The Post says the host "is so desperate to get a national syndication deal that he?ll say anything and trash anyone, even though every move he makes is tearing him up inside." This latest book is the 5th written by Smerconish. READ IT
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10-16-13
Sean Luce's latest book on sales is called "The Liquid Fire." It's packed with short and informative chapters on Return
on Investment, Prospecting, How to Increase Your Billing, Service After The Sale, and is 48 chapters in all. It's an easy read and a must-read for salespeople who want to succeed in 2014. You can never do enough sales training and, as salespeople know, a lot of training has to be done on your own time at your own expense. When you get an opportunity to learn from someone who's been on the street and continues to meet with clients today, the decision should be a no-brainer. Here's Our Interview with Sean Luce about selling, and his new book. And you can order his book, "The Liquid Fire" HERE
8-6-13
John Tournour, also known as FOX sports talker JT the Brick, has released a new book entitled "The Handoff." The book describes how Tournour made it in sports talk after leaving a lucrative position at Merrill Lynch to pursue his dream. Tournour's hardest challenge would come when his best friend and industry mentor, Andrew Ashwood, was diagnosed with cancer. Tournour details his journey through radio, with the help of Ashwood, and how he learned life?s most important lessons just as he was losing his friend.
Tournour writes, ?As I look back, I realize that while Andrew truly felt that he would win, that he would survive, he also felt a sense of urgency. As I look back at those thirteen months, what I feel now is a kind of frenzy. Everything felt contracted, moving at a much faster pace. And every moment seemed critical.? A portion of sales from THE HANDOFF will benefit City of Hope, a leading cancer center where Andrew Ashwood received treatment.
?JT has captured the magic of a great friendship mixed with the dynamic moving parts of our sports world -- a perfect combination,? said Julie Talbott, a colleague of Ashwood and Tournour, and President of Content and Affiliate Services for National Media Groups, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. ?Thanks to JT and City of Hope, this book will help others going through a similar emotional journey.?
Tournour began his radio career in 1995 after winning Jim Rome's first annual Great American Smack-Off. In 2001, Fox Sports Radio hired Tournour. He's been working for the Oakland Raiders for the past 15 years, doing pre-game, post-game, and now the weekly Raiders Report. He lives in Las Vegas with his family.
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6-17-13
The June RADAR survey period ratings are out and according to Arbitron commercials airing on 47 networks reached 71% of the population in the 25-54 demo, 70.6% of the population 18-49 and 67.8% in the 35+ demo. The sample size for June was 395,776 persons aged 12 and older. The 47 networks are operated by AURN, Crystal Media Networks, Cumulus Media Networks, Dial Global, Premiere, and United Stations.
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6-13-13
According to the latest MIW Gender Analysis Study released by the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group, out of 11,253 stations, 1,936 or 17.7 percent had women holding the GM position in 2012. That number is up over a full percentage point from 2011 which was 16.6 percent and shows continued growth from 2004, eight years ago when the percentage was only 14.9 percent. The greatest challenge for women in radio management continues to be as programmers.
Women currently only program 11.3 percent of all stations which compares to 10.7 percent seven years ago. In the top 100 markets women have made some real improvement, programming 11.8 percent of all stations which compares to only 9.6 percent in 2011.
The disappointing news in the top 100 markets is it is showing some downward movement. In 2012, 16.8 percent of stations in these markets were managed by women, compared to 17.4 percent in 2011. Overall, the best management opportunities for women continue to be in sales management although there's been essentially only a minor change for the last eight years. In 2012, 31 percent of all stations had women SMs, up a half a percentage point from last year. And in the top 100 markets 30.3 percent of the stations had women SMs, down slightly from last year.
You can read the study HERE
12-26-2012
TuneIn lists about 70,000 radio stations consumers can listen to through their app or website. They have just released their top stations of 2012. U.S stations finishing in the top 20 were: NPR (#9), "The DA Show" heard on WBZ-FM, The Sports Hub in Boston (#13), and CBS-owned 1010 WINS in New York City (#20). Tom Leykis came in at a very respectable #32. To see the entire TuneIn list from 2012, GO HERE.
9-14-2012
A press release sent to Radio Ink from the Greg Kihn camp says the morning man has been let go by Entercom's KFOX-FM in San Francisco. Kihn just celebrated his 16th Anniversary with KFOX FM, which is believed to be the longest reigning radio industry tenure for a morning man with a single station west of the Mississippi.
Entercom's Dwight Walker tells Radio Ink, "We salute Greg on his 16 years of contributions to KFOX and the community and wish him only the best. The KFOX Morning Show will be going in a different direction and we are very excited about that direction. Stay tuned next week."
Listen to our interview with Kihn HERE.
Kihn said, ?I am unemployed, along with a large percentage of my fellow Americans, but I am an optimist. I believe for every door that closes others open. Surely, another broadcast studio door will open and I?ll be back on the air soon doing what I love to do most; entertaining my loyal fans.?
(9/15/2012 1:01:12 AM)
While his departure is classy, the statement "Kihn just celebrated his 16th Anniversary with KFOX FM, which is believed to be the longest reigning radio industry tenure for a morning man with a single station west of the Mississippi" is flat out wrong. Kim Vestal did mornings at KARA, also in San Jose, as was KFOX, for more than 20+ years.
(9/15/2012 12:42:16 AM)
While his departure is classy, the statement "Kihn just celebrated his 16th Anniversary with KFOX FM, which is believed to be the longest reigning radio industry tenure for a morning man with a single station west of the Mississippi" is flat out wrong. Kim Vestal did mornings at KARA, also in San Jose, as was KFOX, for more than 20+ years.
(9/14/2012 11:43:39 PM)
OR.....you just may see him playing "Jeopardy" soon at a rib cook-off near you.
(9/14/2012 7:25:13 PM)
What a pro handling his departure with dignity and class! Rare breed these days ... he'll back on the air in no time.
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12-12-11
Many broadcasters are familiar with the name Curt Hahn and the company Film House. Back in 1981 Film House produced its first TV campaign to promote a radio station. Since then Film House has produced over 20,000 TV commercials for radio station clients all over the world. Now Film House CEO Curt Hahn is hoping the relationships He's built up over the past 30 years will help him get the word out about his new feature film entitled "Deadline."
Film House secured the rights Mark Ethridge?s novel Grievances over several other bidders according to Hahn. "Mark believed in our ability to tell his story properly." Hahn says the challenge now is to get the word out, which he's trying to do in a rather unconventional way.
"In a reversal of the typical Hollywood studio release, we?re starting with a series of premieres in cities like Miami, Charlotte and Cleveland (as opposed to New York & L.A.) in the hopes that we can attract more media attention in markets where a movie premiere isn?t an everyday occurrence. Radio is a huge part of our strategy. We look forward to connecting with the many radio folks we?ve worked with over the years as we go from city to city. Ideally we?d start our day visiting the morning shows that would be interested in talking about a movie premiere in their city that evening. Mark and I will be traveling with members of the cast. Deadline?s a powerful movie about two reporters solving a racially-motivated murder."
You can watch the trailer at http://www.deadlinefilm.com/.
One of the ways Hahn is getting the word out is through his Kickstarter campaign to take our Deadline Premiere Tour to more cities. We?d really appreciate any mentions about this campaign which ends January 8th. The Kickstarter video can be easily added to any website or blog.
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The nationwide EAS test is less than two weeks away so the FCC has released a handbook to help you figure out what to do. The November 9th test will be the first time the system is tested for a national alert. EAS is now used mostly for localized weather and Amber alerts. Broadcast attorney David Oxenford (pictured) says "as this is an important test of the EAS system, and will require broadcasters to report on their compliance, everyone should be preparing to take part - and checking their systems to make sure that they are fully functional - now."
We encourage you to read Oxenford's Blog HERE
To see the entire FCC handbook, go HERE
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Aribtron released its 2011 market rankings and there were several significant changes that may certainly have an impact on revenue. For example Portland, ME jumped 78 spots going from market 168 to 90. Jonesboro, AR is 55 spots higher going from 284 to 220. Corpus Christi TX is now market 111, 26 spots higher in 2011. And, Amarillo, TX is 24 spots higher now at 169. While there were several notable drops, none as significant as the big gainers. Cape Cod is down 7 spots to 202, Toledo drops 6 to 89, Fort Wayne Dropped 5 to 113 and Jacksonville is down 4 spots to 50.
In the top ten markets, the top 7 remain in tact: New York, L.A., Chicago, San Fran, Dallas and Houston. Philadelphia is now number 7 and Washington, DC is number 8. Atlanta drops two spots to number 9. And Boston stays put at number 10. There are a total of 284 markets ranked by Arbitron, 6 less than there were a year ago. Arbitron update its list every year. They are based on updated total population estimates.
Arbitron says "these total population estimates and the Black and Hispanic population estimates are based on the Census 2010 data, updated and projected to January 1, 2012. Other Census-based population estimates, such as age and sex, continue to be based on 2000 Census data. These estimates will be updated based on the 2010 Census in early 2012 as the market-level data we require becomes available from our vendor, Claritas, Inc."
Here is a PDF of all 284 Markets.
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NAB FASTROAD has released the final report on field testing of digital single frequency network technology for FM in-band/on-channel (IBOC) digital radio. This work has been undertaken by iBiquity Digital Corporation, developers of the HD Radio? IBOC system used by U.S. broadcasters to transition to digital radio, and is being co-funded by iBiquity and NAB FASTROAD.
The technical report just released describes field testing of a single frequency network using Greater Media's Boston area station WKLB-FM and experimental booster station WKLB-FM1. Both digital-only and digital-plus-analog booster configurations were tested. Also included in the report are the results from experimental broadcast stations WD2XAB and WD2XAB-1, located near Baltimore, MD which were first reported on in November 2010. Here are the conclusions drawn from the testing:
The Baltimore tests showed that:
-Single-frequency networks using digital-only boosters selectively expand HD Radio signal coverage;
-Digital time delays between main and booster signals need to be adjusted to account for propagation delays in the overlap regions to minimize inter-symbol interference.
Boston tests showed that:
-Digital coverage is enhanced within the station?s protected contour when using a SFN with a digital-only booster;
- Two overlapping, properly aligned and synchronized, digital signals do not degrade HD Radio performance;
- A Delphi automotive receiver with attributes of a well-designed, modern, FM receiver experienced little interference to the main station?s host analog signal near an all-digital booster station;
- An older Chrysler automotive receiver and a typical analog clock radio had difficulty receiving the main station?s host analog signal near an all-digital booster station.
See the full text of the final report HERE or http://www.nabfastroad.org/.
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July 1, 2011
In case this kind of thin interests you, the FCC has released its list of what they describe as "Call Sign Actions." It's a list of requests made by broadcasters to reserve call letters for a station they are about to own or put on the air and a list of call letters broadcasters would like to modify (change from and change to). The commission accepted applications between May 24th and June 24th and put out the list yesterday. And in case you were wondering, there is nothing on the list from Merlin Media.
Check out the full list HERE
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