Hubbard DC Launches "Women Of Washington."

6-3-14

FederalNewsRadio.com and 1500 AM are launching a weekly interview series called Women of Washington, hosted by Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm. PD Lisa Wolfe says, ?I?m very excited about this particular program, not only because Aileen and Gigi are so well informed about the federal market, but because they have a higher goal to inspire young women to reach and excel at the executive level.? Some early guests include, Martha Johnson - former GSA Administrator, Linda Cureton - former CIO, NASA, Teri Takai - former CIO, Department of Defense, and Jill Singer - Partner, Deep Water Point.

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Roddy New Brand Manager For Saga Washington

3-20-13

Veteran Indianapolis programmer Scott Roddy joins Cascade Radio Group?s KAFE-FM in Bellingham, WA, as Brand Manager. Roddy replaces Ken Richards who resigned last year to relocate to Spokane. Scott comes to Bellingham after serving as PD for Entercom?s WNTR-FM, and News/Talk WXNT, Indianapolis, for four years. Prior to that he spent almost 10 years with Susquehanna in Indianapolis. 

Vice President and General Manager Michael O'Shea said, ?This is a terrific opportunity for KAFE to attract a talented and experienced programmer whose energy and creativity will be a sparkplug in our hallways." Saga Communications Executive Vice President Steve Goldstein added, ?We?ve tried to get Scott into our company before. I?m delighted that he?s joining the excellent staff at KAFE.?

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(AUDIO) Broadcasters Headed to Washington to Discuss FM Chip

4-13-2012

A group of broadcasters including representatives from The NAB, Clear Channel and Emmis are headed to Washington April 24th to have a roundtable discussion with Florida Congressman Gus Bilarakis (pictured) to discuss, among other things, getting the FM Chip in all cell phones. Bilirakis is the chairman of the subcommittee on emergency preparedness, response and communications subcommittee on Management, Investigations and oversight for the house committee on Homeland SecurityThe good news is this topic is still on the radar for broadcasters. The bad news is the cell phone industry is not committed to attending the meeting. Listen to our interview with the Congressman about the meeting later this month.

Broadcasters are no longer looking for a mandate from lawmakers, they are however, continuing to plug away on the safety issue. They consider radio essential in getting local information out to the public when a weather disaster hits. We spoke to Bilarakis yesterday about the hearing he has planned, what his goals are and what he expects to hear from broadcasters. The NAB, Emmis Interactive, Intel and iBiquity are hosting a press conference Monday at noon in Las Vegas to discuss HD chip technology for cell phones.

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Washington Post Writer Blasts Urban Radio

12-8-2011

Writer Natalie Hopkinson says she recently added Washington D.C.?s two FM hip-hop radio stations--WPGC (CBS) and WKYS (Radio One) to her list of items banned in her house. "I?ve long been tired of having to explain the latest raunchy R&B and hip-hop lyrics to my kids, and when I heard the radio ad for The Stadium (yeah, that strip club) for the umpteenth time, I realized that black radio is beyond redemption. Because at the tender ages of 8 and 11, kids have a whole lifetime of gutter street talk, cursing and unsubtle sexual innuendo ahead of them. Because, if they keep getting exposed to this stuff now, going away to college will be anticlimactic."

Hopkins chronicles how she was turned on to black radio, became a fan and witnessed it's demise into the gutter, blaming part of that demise on consolidation. Read her entire article HERE

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Washington Post Ad Revenue Drops 12% in Q2

We throw this story in just so you can get an idea for two things. The first is exactly how much the Post generates in revenue per quarter. The second is to give you a taste for how the competition is doing with ad revenue. Keep in mind that the number one billing radio station in the United States was WTOP which billed $60 million in 2010. The all-news WTOP considers the Post one of its market competitors. The Washington Post's publishing division revenue totaled $162.8 million for the second quarter of 2011, down 6% from revenue of $172.7 million for the second quarter of 2010. Print advertising revenue at The Washington Post in the second quarter of 2011 declined 12% to $66.6 million, from $75.2 million in the second quarter of 2010, and declined 10% to $129.8 million for the first six months of 2011, from $143.9 million for the first six months of 2010.

The declines are largely due to reductions in classified, zoned and general advertising. Revenue generated by the Company?s newspaper online publishing activities, primarily washingtonpost.com and Slate, decreased 13% to $23.4 million for the second quarter of 2011, versus $26.9 million for the second quarter of 2010; newspaper online revenues declined 3% to $49.1 million for the first six months of 2011, versus $50.6 million for the first six months of 2010. Display online advertising revenue declined 16% and 4% for the second quarter and first six months of 2011, respectively. Online classified advertising revenue on washingtonpost.com decreased 2% for the second quarter of 2011, but increased 2% for the first six months of 2011.

For the first six months of 2011, Post daily and Sunday circulation declined 4.5% and 4.1%, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year. For the six months ended July 3, 2011, average daily circulation at The Washington Post totaled 531,400, and average Sunday circulation totaled 745,300.

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Triton Media's Mike Agovino Talks Streaming in Washington Post.

June 20, 2011

The article, picked up by the business section of the Post first appeared at TechCrunch.com. Agovino discusses streaming and proposes a streaming rate fee structure for radio and music labels to consider. He also took a shot at anyone in radio that does not see Pandora as a threat. "Some in the radio business don?t see these ?pure? players as competition because they are based upon computer algorithms rather than professional curators. However, seeing these companies as anything other than competition is short sighted. Over time these companies will add more sports and talk programming and probably use some of these same technologies to build recommendations and playlists of spoken word content."

Many disagree with Agovino's lat statement and claim all radio (and music) listening is up due to the increased number of devices and programs the consumer can now listen. In fact, Arbitron claims in its most recent studies that listenership on traditional radio is growing. So who's right on that remains to be seen. On Streaming, Agovino says broadcasters are not making a profit, however he believe's radio?s future must include an aggressive online play. His suggestion is the following royalty agreement with music labels. 

"Institute an over the air royalty that starts at one percent of revenue and escalates to five percent of revenue over the next 10 years, then remains at that number in perpetuity. At the same time, institute a new set of streaming fees that start at twenty five percent of revenue and decline to five percent over the next 10 years and remain there. An all-in, five percent revenue share across the board in 2021 would allow broadcasters to anticipate and structure accordingly while also allowing the labels to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars today and billions in revenue over time. On the flip side it would let the labels participate in a meaningful way while not preventing broadcasters from building a profitable online business."

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