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Nexstar Media Group's trio of top executives offered commentary on the company's health, including what ad categories performed well — and didn't — during Wednesday's Q4 2021 earnings call. There's also intelligence on retransmission consent revenue. Hear the highlights of this earnings call by tuning in to the latest RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast.  LISTEN HERE

Following this summer’s successful How to Make Real Money Podcasting virtual conference, Streamline Publishing's Podcast Business Journal is expanding the learning with the introduction of a 10-week virtual series.

Jay Meyers has been involved with the Smith family's broadcast radio assets for several years and assisted in the sale, announced Wednesday, of WSBH-FM, serving Florida's Space Coast. In May 2021 Meyers helped Smith execute the sale of Class A FMs in Tallahassee and Stuart, Fla. On that occasion, Meyers participated as a guest on the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. What he had to say still resonates today. LISTEN HERE

Michelle Chong, who exited in July 2023 as Group Director of Planning at Fitzco and is now a freelance media strategy planning partner, is in the front seat at ensuring marketers get the greatest ROI. She addressed the challenges in cross-platform marketing and how one should approach planning a campaign with cross-platform marketing in a November 2022 InFOCUS Podcast worth a fresh listen. LISTEN HERE

From tales of a mangled broadcast tower to tips on how to grow advertising, RBR+TVBR's 15-minute interview with this WGN-AM in Chicago talk host who is also an owner of an AM/FM combo in Arizona, remains entertaining and informative. By popular demand we're pleased to offer the chat as an encore RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

With autonomous vehicles in the public consciousness, expansion of HD Radio and the evolution of the user interface in the cars is one topic of conversation Joe D'Angelo, the Sr. Vice President of Broadcast and Digital Audio at Xperi Corp., shares with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.  LISTEN HERE

A new 10-page report from the research company Claritas offers fresh details on the Hispanic market opportunity -- including why Hispanic Households will spend $538,636 more than White American Households in their lifetime.

In late August, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson addressed the depressed stock price with Comscore CEO Jon Carpenter, asking him directly about continued quarterly losses and the sub-$1 performance for "SCOR" seen since May 15. Should investors be concerned? No, he said in a wide-ranging interview. LISTEN HERE

Alex Quintero is busy this week leading the launch of the all-new Radio Resources, described by parent company Gen Media Partners as “a tool kit for radio broadcasters that’s tailored for small and medium-market owners and operators." To find out more about this just-launched venture, we welcome Alex, who serves as Radio Resources' Director of Products and Services, to the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

The RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, hosted by RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson, this week taped its 161st episode. What are the five most-listened-to episodes offered to listeners since July 1? We take a look, and offer you to listen.

The Hispanic consumer has emerged in recent years as one of the most vitally important for brands and businesses. Media companies are no different. A successful approach to welcoming — and keeping — U.S. Latinos through audio entertainment that is relevant and of high appeal can reap huge dividends for radio broadcasting companies. To help AMs and FMs on their path to success, the Radio + Television Business Report and Radio INK are pleased to present the first in a series of short podcasts focused on Hispanic radio — and its power — in advance of the 2018 Hispanic Radio Conference, March 13-14 in Miami. 

In this fresh episode, Hadassa Gerber joins RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson to talk about some very intriguing new info from the just-released GfK 2022 Media Comparisons Study. In short, it’s great intelligence for broadcast and cable TV. LISTEN HERE

In market No. 108, Radio is dominated by iHeartMedia, Cumulus Media and Southern Stone Communications. How then can standalone "Mix 96.9" in Huntsville, Ala., survive and thrive? GM and GSM Nate Adams tackled these questions in a June 2021 InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. Some two years later, Mix 96.9 is stronger than ever.

If you can’t collect on a client, it creates a major headache and impacts the bottom line. Has debt collection increased in need since the start of the pandemic? That's just one of the questions posed to Randy Neff, the 26-year executive at Szabo Media Collection Professionals in this fresh InFOCUS Podcast. LISTEN HERE

Can radio stations benefit by reaching out to a segment of the U.S. Hispanic market that is growing in both affluence and influence? Yes, says Gabriela Alcantara-Diaz, founder and president of Miami-based Semilla AD. The Uruguay-born multicultural marketing veteran specializes in upscale Latinos, and in this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast, she tells Adam R Jacobson why the upscale Latina is very worthy of radio's attention.