Athletes Turned Talkers Coming To Orlando

8-29-13

The NAB and RAB today announced a Radio Show Super Session titled "Jocks on Jocks." The session will include former athletes turned sports talk hosts and will include Bobby Hebert from Entercom's WWL-AM/FM in New Orleans, Tom Tolbert from Cumulus' KNBR-AM in San Francisco, and Amani Toomer from NBC Sports Radio. The discussion will focus on how they transitioned from sports to radio and why they favor the medium. It will be moderated by CBS Sports Radio Host Jim Rome. The session will be Thursday, September 19 at 11 a.m. at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando.

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Arbitron Shows Listeners Turned To Radio During Sandy

11/19/2012

Radio listening increased in the New York radio market as Super Storm Sandy made landfall during the evening of Monday, October 29. Compared to the week prior, the average number of people using radio* in any quarter hour from 7PM to Midnight on the storm night (10/29) increased 70 percent.

Percent increase
10/29 vs 10/22

In the coastal areas within the New York market, radio listening increased by even higher percentages.

Percent increase
10/29 vs. 10/22

When the lights went out, when TV and desktop PCs were no longer available, many New York area residents turned on their battery-powered radios. Many radio stations along the path of the storm, regardless of their regular format, revamped their programming to provide their listeners with weather updates, news, and emergency information. 

In the wake of the storm, radio remained an information lifeline to the residents of New York, particularly in the coastal areas of the market. Average radio listening on Tuesday, October 30 in New York was 1,525,500 persons in any given quarter hour between 6a.m. and Midnight, up 8 percent from 1,406,700 persons 6+ the week before.

The average audience in the NY coastal communities (Monmouth, Fairfield SN, Nassau-Suffolk, Staten Island, and Middlesex) totaled 670,200 on the Tuesday (6A-Mid) following landfall (10/30) which is 38 percent higher than the average of all Tuesdays year-to-date.

The Average in the NY coastal communities (Monmouth, Fairfield SN, Nassau-Suffolk, Staten Island, and Middlesex) totaled 651,200 on the Wednesday (6A-Mid) following landfall (10/31) which is 35 percent higher than the average of all Wednesdays year-to-date.

*radio encoded for Arbitron PPM measurement

Note: The Arbitron New York Radio Metro consists of the following counties:

Connecticut: Fairfield (Stamford-Norwalk Split)

New Jersey: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Union

New York: Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester

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Indianapolis Rock Radio War Turned Into Documentary

Naptown Rock Radio Wars, a 90 minute documentary about the rock radio war in Indianapolis, will be unveiled on public television January 14th. The feature film is a culmination of four years of work, dozens of interviews with former Indianapolis radio personalities and memorable radio airchecks.  The focus is on the rock radio war that raged for nearly two decades in Indianapolis from the late 50's to the late 70's. Indianapolis earned the nickname Naptown during that era. The fight centered around two fierce competitors ? WIBC-AM owner Richard Fairbanks with a 50,000 watt blowtorch and the young upstart Don Burden who launched the promotion-oriented but low-powered, WIFE-AM. Entering the mix was WNAP-FM, "The Buzzard" also owned by Fairbanks.

The project is the brainchild of President of Videopoliis TV David Fulton and former WNAP-FM Program Director  Al Stone. Four years ago Fulton reached out to Jon Quick who was still the Director of Operations at Emmis' WIBC. They asked Quick for help tracking down some of the old jocks and airchecks. Now, Quick owns his own public relations and marketing company called Absolutemax and he's helping Fulton get the word out. The final product will air in the Spring on Indiana Public Television, a special premiere, complete with many of the living legends behind the story is happening at the IMAX Theater in Indianapolis at 7PM on January 14, 2012. 
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Quick says what happened during this battle was truly a culture shift. "From loosely formatted to tightly formatted stations, the battle for listeners between WIBC, WIFE and WNAP is fascinating. The strategies and tactics the owners and managers developed and the on-air personalities implemented really changed Indianapolis, reflecting the same changes going on all over America at the time. For those who were around Indy at the time and for those who may not even remember a "45"  this documentary is both entertaining and informative.  It is the history of a time in a city when lives were changed and memories were made."

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Quick says it's still fascinating to see and hear the passion and the excitement the personalities still have about those days. "Many of these radio personalities are still well known in the area, even though some have now been out of the business for years.  It might be hard for many younger people to imagine that there was a day when radio personalities were huge stars, when their voices were instantly recognized in public, and when they were actually stopped for autographs on the street or in the supermarket."

Reach out to Jon Quick about the film via e-mail at QJon79@aol.com

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