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Friday July 3, 2009 Broadcasters call the Performance Rights Act a tax. To the music industry, it's more like a royalty fee. But the legislation, which is gaining momentum in both the House and the Senate, is making radio stations nervous (read more - Kristina Perry - LA Times) Mark Chauppetta, a private investigator, called into “The Booth” on WXBR-AM (1460) last Friday and asked if anyone would have slept with the former “Charlie’s Angels” star during her final days to say that they were with a legend. Host Keith “Sinista1” Hayes apologized to listeners (read more - Jessica Heslam - Boston Herald) Now that "SNL" has its first alum in the US Senate, the question arises: Can Al Franken come back and play himself? Or does the show need to cast an actor to play the first Senator with stand-up comedy experience? (read more - Amanda Melillo - NY Post) A Chicago office space rental company filed suit Thursday against David Hernandez, the Downers Grove businessman facing charges that he scammed investors and Chicago sports radio personalities out of $11 million (read more - Robert Mitchum - Chicago Breaking News) Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin gets a pay hike and contract extension through 2012 (read more - Sarah McBride - Wall Street Journal) Arbitron numbers for
Denver-Boulder, Colorado Springs and Columbus OH
(read the numbers) Iowa Public Radio will cut nine positions as it completes a merger of three radio groups into a statewide network. The cuts represent 14 percent of the network’s workforce. Four of the nine positions are vacant and will not be rehired (read more - Des Moines Register) Satellite radio firms feel static from auto woes (read more - Karim Bardeesy - The Globe and Mail CA) Although other people have played supporting roles in making Chicago fine arts radio station WFMT-FM a unique broadcast outlet that is respected around the world, one man saw to it that 98.7 FM would remain to this day an oasis of class, style and intelligence amid the rock-and-yak-dominated dial of commercial radio. That man was Norman Pellegrini 1929-2009 (read more - John von Rhein - Chicago Tribune) Online radio listeners hits 17 million, Rajar research reveals (read more - Maisie McCabe - Media Week U.K.) Radio personality Tom the Treeman is OK after fireworks stunt on Bubba the Love Sponge's show (read more - Walt Belcher - Tampa Tribune)
News Burps Internet radio stations got a second chance to hammer out a royalty agreement with copyright holders Tuesday when President Obama signed the Webcasters Settlement Act (read more - Chloe Albanesius - PC Mag) Glenn Beck is a successful phoney. A mother of all hucksters. And he's found his perfect TV conduit at Fox News, which along with his radio show and books, makes him one of the hottest media names in the business. How and why? (read more - Rich Lieberman - SF Chronicle) In celebration of 20 years as a talk station, The Big 89 WLS being “Where Chicago Comes to Talk”, the station is airing a 2-hour holiday special this weekend called “The Big Hosts of The Big 89”. Host Jeff Davis will trace The Big 89’s relevance, impact and status and will interview Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Don Wade and Roma and Roe Conn. The show will air July 3rd, 9am to 11am and then re-broadcast on July 5th from 12 Noon to 2 pm Tom Gresham's Gun Talk adds KKAM AM 1340 in Lubbock, Texas and WKBN AM 570 in Youngstown, Ohio Dave Graveline and the "Into Tomorrow" team are back in Miami this weekend with tech gadgets and gizmos gab (visit www.graveline.com) Thursday July 2, 2009 Martin R. Gausvik, Cumulus Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities (read more - Cumulus) A little over a year after KRCL 90.9 FM's controversial switch from a stylistic weekday potpourri of volunteer DJs to a stable roster of paid talent, one has apparently had all the radio he needs: David Perschon, who helmed mornings 6-10 am, has left the station (read more - Bill Frost - Salt Lake City Weekly) As long as we've known it
radio has been a one way
information street. We tell
listeners where traffic is, what a hit song is, where to go on the
weekend and they respond. Listeners are no longer If you're a conservative, you're more likely to listen to Rush Limbaugh than turn to National Public Radio. And if you're liberal, you're probably don't spend your time tuned to Roger Hedgecock, Sean Hannity and Rick Roberts. Pretty obvious, right? Yes, but now researchers have gone and confirmed what we think we know: People like to hear opinions that back up what they already think. In a study published this week in a journal called Psychological Bulletin, researchers say we do indeed turn to sources of information that confirm our biases, especially when it comes to things like politics and religion (read more - Randy Dotinga - San Diego North County Times) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has pushed digital radio here for some years now, but a report on its flagship Radio 4 news program, Today, confirmed today that really it's very unsatisfactory compared to the good old FM band (read more - Mike Magee - TG Daily U.K.) Jay Leno has won the rights to the Web name for his new show (read more - San Diego Union-Tribune) Satellite radio will celebrate the Fourth of July weekend with live and vintage Bruce Springsteen concerts, among other things, and that's just part of the holiday weekend action on the dial in New York (read more - David Hinckley - NY Daily News) A Sydney radio show was caught up in a global Michael Jackson spam storm after its website was hijacked in a bid to infect users with malware by Cyber criminals who hacked into the web server of Beatz Radio (read more - Sydney Morning Herald AU) Bott Radio Network's Nebraska flagship station at 88.5 FM now broadcasts with ten times the power from one of the tallest radio towers in the state at 1,250 feet high providing coverage to 600,000 new people all across Southeast Nebraska, including Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice and Nebraska City (read more - Christian Newswire) When TMZ founder Harvey Levin picks up the phone, it's 5:35 a.m. in Los Angeles and, amazingly, he's driving past the home where Michael Jackson died. The location is a coincidence, but it's what happened there that has propelled Levin and his staff to the forefront of the Jackson story (read more - Richard Huff - NY Daily News) Hal Turner, the bombastic on-line commentator from Hudson County, was ordered held without bail again today on charges of threatening to murder federal judges who upheld handgun bans in Illinois (read more - Joe Ryan - NJ Star-Ledger) In the midst of a recession, Netflix has reported record subscriber growth and revenue at a time when DVD sales fell 8% in 2008 and are projected to fall 9% this year. Netflix says it has 10.3 million subscribers, up from just over 8 million a year ago - Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney agrees that for all the hoopla over new media formats and streaming video websites such as YouTube and Hulu, there's still enormous demand for DVDs. "People love the functionality of discs," he says. Additionally, he says, there's no "great" mass market streaming option yet (read more - Jefferson Graham - USA Today) Radio pundits love to make their mark, and spewing anger and vitriol is one way to get some craved attention. However, local sports talk host Mike Taylor may have gone way over the line of decency and taste when he laid into Michael Jackson on the very afternoon the pop icon died. In fact, e-mailer Carlos Rodriguez vowed never to listen to KTKR Ticket 760 AM as long as Taylor remained on the air (read more - Jeanne Jakle - San Antonio Express-News) Arbitron numbers for Gainesville, West Palm Beach, Orlando and Charlotte-Gastonia (read the numbers)
News Burps Radio program directors will readily admit that Arbitron's diary recall system for audience ratings was imperfect if not inferior. We always knew that respondents were not carrying diaries around all day to accurately record their radio listening. We all knew to pull every trick we could to get diary keepers to write down more listening than they actually did. In fact, we programmers were very comfortable with that fallible system because to paraphrase former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, “you go to war with the People Meter you have---not the ratings system you might want or wish to have at a later time”. The Founding Fathers of Consolidation didn't exactly move at lightning speed to adopt the People Meter technology even when they were making a profit. Why spoil a good thing (read more - Jerry Del Colliano - Inside Music Media) You've read it in my book, you've read it on this blog, you've heard it from Gap Media, and now you can read it from BIA (referring to TV): BIA continues to emphasize that local TV stations will see a return to profitability the quicker they see themselves as local information and entertainment companies rather than simply television transmitters (read more - Mark Ramsey - Hear 2.0) Sirius XM Radio celebrates the 4th of July Weekend with Uncle Sam Radio and music from the past Willie Nelson Picnics, Bruce Springsteen, the Grateful Dead Channel and the Essence Musical Festival (read more - Sirius XM Radio) Oprah's stamp of approval is in a whole different universe. It sells products - books, clothing, or anything she endorses. This is where NBC is headed with Jay Leno's new show, and we can look for even more product engagement and integration with television talent. Marketers want more than commercials - they crave an honest-sounding endorsement of their product by a trusted celebrity. So how does radio fit into this equation? (read more - Fred Jacobs - Jacobs Media) Arbitron announced double digit gains in its Designated Delivery Index (DDI ) sample quality metric for young adults age 18-34 in the first month of cell-phone-only sampling from 151 Spring 2009 diary markets. Arbitron’s DDI metric gained 17 points versus the prior survey for Persons 18-34 in two-book markets and 11 points in four-book markets (read more - Arbitron) As of late next week, the Yankees will already not be the only team to stream some of its telecasts. The July 16th telecast of the Padres vs. Colorado game begins a series of streams. But hold the phone. Don't get excited. Like with the Yankees' plan, it really isn't the big deal the teams are making it out to be. Not only is this package of games only available to Cox Cable's high speed internet in areas which already receive the Padres telecasts on cable, but there is an additional fee (read more - Dave Kohl) The Media Rating Council (MRC) has joined the fray in defense of Arbitron. MRC filed a 73-page document taking a strong stand with a claim that the Federal Communications Commission is not qualified to handle a review of the measurement company’s Portable People Meter (PPM) service. In his filing, MRC CEO George Ivie says that it would be “difficult if not impossible” for any other agency to complete a probe or review (read more - Mel Phillips) The Conclave will be presenting an important presentation addressing the current radio/record industry relationship at the 34th annual Learning Conference in Minneapolis, July 16-18. The session - "No Hits Barred" - takes place Friday, July 17 Joined by Ryen Russillo. the Scott Van Pelt Show replaces Tirico & Van Pelt in ESPN Radio’s afternoon time slot on Monday July 6 Phil Strider, formerly with Jones Radio Networks and Metro Networks, is the new Vice-President of Affiliate Relations for the Tom Kent Radio Network The
Mike and Mike Morning Show on ESPN Radio will feature
“80’s
Wednesday July 1, 2009 During the past two years, Arbitron has switched how it measures listenership. Where survey participants once wrote down their radio-listening habits in paper journals, they now carry an electronic device, called the Portable People Meter, to do it automatically. The new system has caused turmoil in the radio industry - A congressional committee has launched an inquiry (read more - Mike Musgrove - Washington Post) CBS Radio News topped National Public Radio in the annual Radio and Television News Directors Association awards given out Tuesday, taking the Edward R. Murrow "Overall Excellence" award and four others + Sirius satellite is running "The History of Howard Stern," Act II, through July 10, on Channel 100 and 101 (read more - David Hinckley - NY Daily News) Former SNL and Air America radio personality Senator-elect Al Franken's (D) victory over former senator Norm Coleman (R) in the Minnesota Senate race was among the closest (a 312 vote margin) and longest (it ended 238 days after election day) contests in modern political history. How did Franken manage to wind up on top? (read more - Chris Cillizza - Washington Post) That rumble you heard was Bill O'Reilly turning over in his grave: How the far right elected Al Franken (read more - Steve Young - Huffington Post) Ex-athletes have no safety from ax in TV, radio gigs: Brian Mitchell, 40, says he's frustrated about losing his $150,000-a-year radio gig with ESPN 980, a station owned by Redskins team owner Dan Snyder's Red Zebra radio network. While Red Zebra chief executive Bruce Gilbert says the decision not to renew his contract was "100% driven by the economy," Mitchell says his old bosses are using the recession as an excuse (read more - Michael McCarthy - USA Today) Arbitron numbers for Tampa - St Petersburg, Shreveport and Buffalo-Niagara Falls (read the numbers) The live premiere of the BET Awards '09 on Sunday, June 28, drew 10.65 Million Total Viewers - the #1 cable telecast year-to-date and BET's biggest audience ever (read more - THR - PR Newswire) A new broadcasting satellite for Sirius XM Radio launched Monday aboard a Proton rocket, beginning a 9-hour journey to a high-altitude transfer orbit stretching more than 22,000 miles above Earth (read more - Stephen Clark - Space.com) Last week saw three passing of three well known Hollywood-style personalities: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. While events like this dominate the news for days, they also represent prime opportunity for e-criminals with an eye on hijacking your browser by getting you to click on am email that suggests something related to the three aforementioned names (read more - Greg Michetti - Canoe ) After almost 20 years of planning, the ABC has flicked the switch for its first three radio stations to hit the digital airwaves. The national broadcaster officially turned on ABC Country, ABC Jazz and contemporary music station ABC Dig Music on Wednesday (read more - News-Mail AU) The former GMG Radio chief executive, John Myers, has launched a stinging attack on Ofcom, accusing the media regulator of being out of date. Myers, who wrote a review of local radio for Lord Carter's Digital Britain report published in April, said there had been a breakdown in the relationship between commercial stations and the regulator (read more - John Plunkett - The Guardian U.K.) As for the beer that consumers will be buying to wash down their dogs, Nielsen predicts that almost two billion servings will be purchased in preparation for the Fourth of July in 2009 (read more - Nielsen) U.S. car sales are in a ridiculous funk. Even with a strong June, the current annualized rate of about 10 million vehicles isn't enough to compensate for scrapped cars and population growth. Yet the best investment play on an American recovery may not be a car or parts maker. Curiously, it may be Sirius XM Radio which operates the radio in the dashboard (read more - Robert Cyran - Fortune) A sentiment heard after Michael Jackson's sudden death eclipsed everything in its media path, including the long-expected death of actress Farrah Fawcett hours earlier, was that Fawcett got cheated out of her obituary. That sort of thing happens every day, although it's usually the life of someone less famous than Fawcett getting overshadowed by news more mundane than Jackson's. Everyone has a story, yet most people never see their names and pictures in the paper or on TV, dead or alive (read more - Phil Rosenthal - Chicago Tribune) |
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satisfied with this dynamic, and are forcing dramatic change.
New stats from Nielsen Online
show that by the end of 2008, social networking had overtaken email
in terms of worldwide reach. Bottom line, we want to share with
anyone and everyone. Since listeners are looking to participate in
our product and imaging, how do we let them do it?
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July 7 - Guests Include Larry
Bird, Joe Montana, Jim McMahon, Kirk Gibson, Jerry Rice
- In the middle of the ‘80’s, Mike
Golic was drafted into the NFL while Mike Greenberg was graduating
high school
