Why Did Two SBS Board Members Suddenly Step Down?
On Aug. 17, Alan B. Miller and Gary B. Stone notified Spanish Broadcasting System of their resignation as members of the Miami-based multimedia company's Board of Directors. SBS and the Board thanked Miller and Stone for their three years of service. But, why exit now? Miller offered a blunt one-sentence reason via e-mail to several board members. Stone didn't give a reason, so we contacted him.
A ‘Retired’ Radio One President Returns To Radio
One Chris is succeeding another Chris in the Big Easy: A four-decade radio industry veteran who began his career at then-R&B WBOK-AM in New Orleans has been appointed VP/Market Manager of Entercom/New Orleans. To take the job, he abandoned retirement after several years at the nation's leading media company serving African-American consumers.
How To Grow Talent, And Revenue … With Women
Looking for new ways to grow your talent pool, as well as your vault of cash? The 2017 Radio Show, set for Sept. 5-8 in Austin, Tex., promises to deliver some solid answers, and they'll all be given by a collection of the radio industry's top women.
Millennials On Millennials: Nielsen Probes Its Own For Media Likes
Who better than to ask about the media preferences of millennials than millennials themselves? That's exactly what Nielsen did with its second volume of its "Millennials on Millennials" report, and it queried its own associates to get the answers it wanted.
Duquesne Gets Dollars To Help Preserve Radio’s Roots
Years from now, when historians and tourists visiting the Steel City go to the nascent National Museum of Broadcasting, they'll likely see and hear invaluable artifacts relating to the birth of American radio. Thank Duquesne University in Pittsburgh for the foresight to preserve some of the radio industry's roots, and thank the Pennsylvania Department of Education for funding it.
The FCC’s Pirate Fight Moves West
The Chicago and New Orleans field offices of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau are stepping into the fight to quash pirates. These newest violators are in suburban towns, and far from the urban centers on the East Coast where such activity is rampant and recidivist.
Saga By The Numbers: How’d It Do In Q2?
Saga Communications is one of the media industry's darlings of Wall Street, and has regularly been a solid performer providing investors with strong dividends. How did Saga's Q2 compare to that of its peers? Capital Cube asked, and we've got the answers.
Rhode Island’s NPR Member Sells In Providence
Despite vociferous opposition from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student body, Rhode Island Public Radio is now the owner and operator of the station formerly known as WUMD-FM 89.3. The station is now WXNI, and its big signal has led RIPR to formally shed one of its other properties—an AM in the state's biggest market.
DOT Drives Ahead With New Radio Effort
A new campaign from the U.S. Department of Transportation has made it the third-biggest advertiser using radio for the week ending Aug. 20. Who are the other big users of AM and FM radio to get their advertising messages to consumers? Click here to get the answer!
Happy Birthday, FM Radio!
Eighty 80 years ago today, the FCC granted the first FM radio construction permit. Four years later, the station signed on under the ownership of General Tire & Rubber. None other than FCC Chairman Ajit Pai commemorated this, via a Friday Tweet.
Mining Rights Assigned To New Owner For Golden State AM
A Class B AM station serving a city along California's Central Coast is being sold to a mining corporation. It's the lead item in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Friday, Aug. 18, which also features the spin of an FM translator in Jacksonville, Fla.
A Chevy-Powered Takeover Of Chicago Radio
In a statement that seeks to demonstrate the positive power of audio to deliver results to advertisers, more than 40 radio stations in the nation's No. 3 market have signed on to simultaneously air a minute-long interview from a big Chevrolet dealer operator on Tuesday — in afternoon drive. We've got an RBR+TVBR Observation on the effort.
North Ohio Is Hotchkiss’ New Region With Heart
The individual who has most recently served as Regional SVP/Sales for iHeartMedia in its Virginia-Carolina Region is taking his talents to The Flats and the home of LeBron James.
NYSBA Picks Pittman As ‘Broadcaster Of The Year’
The board of directors of the New York State Broadcasters Association has a big heart for iHeartMedia. That's because it has selected its Chairman/CEO as its Broadcaster of the Year.
Black Adds Third Ohio OM Hat, As ‘Big Bink’ Moves To Indy
Urban One's Radio One has assigned its OM for the company's Cleveland and Cincinnati radio stations additional duties for its Columbus, Ohio, stations. The move comes as the individual that had been leading the company's radio properties in the Ohio state capital drives west on I-70 to become Radio's One new OM in Indianapolis.