Podcast

In this latest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, Pamal/Hudson Valley Market Manager and former Interep executive Bruce Feniger shares how Pamal has carved a niche within the nation's No. 1 DMA — and attracts advertisers and consumers in ways New York City-based radio and TV stations can't.

Rob Deichert, the Chief Revenue Officer at TuneIn, joins RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson for this new InFOCUS Podcast episode to share more about TuneIn’s initiatives designed to help bring more ears to all-things audio — traditional radio, too. LISTEN HERE

Havas Media SVP of Investment Karolyne Sprague recently shared her thoughts on career development, mentorship, and leadership in a conversation with TVB Chief Communications Officer Abby Auerbach, and this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, is pleased to offer excerpts from the chat. LISTEN HERE

RBR+TVBR's review of the broadcast media industry's second quarter 2022 earnings reports continues with audio highlights from Cumulus Media's Q2 2022 call, featuring CEO Mary Berner and CFO Frank López-Balboa. It's all here in this 20-minute InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.  LISTEN HERE

With Carlos Santiago, co-founder of the ANA's Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing, and AIMM Executive Director Karla Lucia showing attribution analysis that validates that culture is a critical to sales growth, CarMax executive Clary Leffel shared how the brand has been testing the impact of culture in their total market, Black and Hispanic creative at a ANA Multicultural and Diversity Conference session we've summarized in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

What’s the biggest thing the President/CEO of Skyview Networks is looking forward to come April 23, when the NAB Show returns to Las Vegas for the first time since 2019? The answer is here in this latest InFOCUS Podcast. LISTEN HERE

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. 

The sordid tales surrounding Franklin, Tenn., mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson gained national attention and a lengthy story on "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver." The TV reporter who uncovered much of the facts surrounding Hanson, Phil Williams, joins RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson on the latest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

And, be sure to subscribe to the RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast on the service of your choice, so you don’t miss out on forthcoming episodes in 2024 —including Thursday's podcast devoted to political advertising and its importance to linear media channels.

Clark Smidt is selling spots, playing the hits of yesteryear and just launched a direct mail campaign to 7 "hot ZIPs" within the listening area of a New Haven-market AM left for dead by its previous owner. Is WATX a hobby, or is it an incubator designed to demonstrate why a licensee should never give up, and avoid turning in the license of a forlorn AM property? This InFOCUS Podcast has the answer. LISTEN HERE

In this InFOCUS Podcast, Envy Gaming CEO Adam Rymer answers key questions many including our editor-in-chief has about eSports and its future, in particular for those on Wall Street seeking a real revenue driver for an industry seeking ways to combat declining traditional ad revenues. LISTEN HERE

Susie Hedrick, CEO of vCreative, shares details on the just-announced Cocktails and Conversation VIP gathering happening during the NAB Show and why the return of the conference and expo after three years is so highly anticipated in this InFOCUS Podcast, hosted by RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson. LISTEN HERE

An unscheduled appearance by podcaster and Westwood One-distributed radio show host Ben Shapiro at a Podcast Movement conference booth proved to be so uncomfortable to at least one paid attendee that the show's organizers apologized for his attendance. The apology set off a firestorm of its own. Now, Westwood One's parent has chimed in by separating itself from any Podcast Movement activities in 2023 ... and perhaps beyond.

Introducing "PBS Appalachia Virginia," which bowed on June 10 as an online-exclusive digital offering that enjoys MVPD distribution, filling a void in one of the few places in the U.S. where over-the-air broadcasts for the public television system were absent. VP/GM Julie Newman, a former news anchor for WCYB-5 in the Tri-Cities, Tn.-Va.. shares details about the launch in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

Has FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's championing of "AM revitalization" through the introduction of FM translators as a rebroadcast outlet truly revitalized the radio industry? Absolutamente ... says Hispanic radio veteran George Mier. Thanks to translators serving Tampa and Orlando, his family's Q Broadcasting is soaring in Central Florida. We learn all about Q's new heights in this Hispanic Radio Podcast hosted by RBR+TVBR's Adam Jacobson.