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Sunday August 1, 2010
KPAN
in Hereford announced on its Web
site that
Clint Formby,
the former president of the Texas
Association of Broadcasters , the
Associated Press Broadcasters
and a co-founder, and 2004 A former promotions employee of KVI-AM, Ryan Elizabeth Keeley, 27, was ordered Friday to pay $14,000 in restitution for rigging a call-in contest sponsored by the station - She was accused by the King County Prosecutor's Office of helping friends and associates of the friends to each win $1,000 by picking their names in a contest called the "Secret Listener Salute" in early 2007 (read more - Jennifer Sullivan - Seattle Times) (read more - Casey McNerthney - Seattle PI) California Congressman Dan Lundgren was driving to his Washington office Friday morning when he called into California radio station KFBK to discuss the recently-passed International Megan's Law. Before the interview could get underway, however, he was pulled over. A police officer can be heard in the interview, saying, "Can you hang up the phone, sir?" (read more - hear the audio - CBS News) Wholesale TV and Radio Advertising in Dallas has launched a new service called Flex-National Radio Advertising (read more - PR Web) From Tommy Kramer
-- Frankly, almost everything I teach to radio people - after they
master the It’s not at all about “positioning your radio station.” What Tribune CEO Randy Michaels is talking about here is creating radio worth listening to and worth buying (read more - Mark Ramsey - Hear 2.0) ABC Entertainment taps insider as new president -- Paul Lee, now president of ABC Family cable channel, will take over as head of ABC's studios and programming following Stephen McPherson's resignation (read more - Crain's NY Biz) Clear Channel Radio Cincinnati's longtime personality Scott Sloan has been named the permanent host for 700 WLW’s weekday 9:00 a.m. ET program. “Sloanie,” who has been with “The Big One” for the past 10 years, is now moving up to daytime radio Friday July 30, 2010 Madeleine Brand's back as the host of her own daily local magazine-style talk show, to debut at 9 a.m. weekdays in late August or early September on KPCC/89.3 FM + If you visited the KABC radio website last week – www.kabc.com - you would have seen new program director Jack Silver making his own assessment of the current line-up in a video blog (read more - Gary Lycan - Orange County Register) Drive-time radio traffic service Skywatch Traffic filed suit this week against Cumulus Media one of the nation's major broadcasting companies and owner of five FM stations in Nashville, accusing the media giant of breach of breach of contract (read more - E. Thomas Wood - Nashville Post) Christiane Amanpour, new in town -- She made her mark reporting from around the world for CNN. She brings new-job jitters to ABC News and a hunger to conquer the Sunday morning news show (read more - Geraldine Baum - LA Times) I know I should be jumping for joy now that WBBM-Channel 2 has announced the reunion of Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson, the iconic duo who redefined television news in Chicago nearly four decades ago. Like many who watched Bill & Walter in their heyday, I’ve long respected and admired them as the gold standard of local anchor teams. So how come the whole getting-back-together thing makes me feel . . . I don’t know . . . kind of sad? (read more - Robert Feder - Vocalo) Beasley Broadcast Group has announced operating results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30 (read more - Global Newswire) Grupo Radio Centro, one of Mexico's leading radio broadcasting companies, announced its results of operations for the second quarter and first half ended June 30 (read more - PR Newswire) Phil Valentine, Westwood One Syndicated Radio Host, is building an army of journalists in 72 US markets, and these journalists will be part of television and streaming programming by Tea Party HD (read more - MarketWire) News Burps
From
aMinuteMore.com -- Topic:
NASCAR driver Bobby LaBonte
is on a mission to help save the lives of drivers
More Evidence That Radio's Growth Is Slowing - Still another advertising forecast for radio's growth has been adjusted downward. Could we be seeing a trend developing? Barclays Captial is forecasting radio revenue will grow this year by 6.8% instead of the previously predicted 7.4%. It's just a fractional shift but it translates into tens of millions of fewer revenue dollars (read more - Mel Phillips - Now and Then) You would be surprised (or maybe not) to see the emails I get from people in the radio industry confirming management tactics that defy the imagination. At the same time, on occasion, a broadcaster or two connects with their local market to distinguish themselves in an era of poor management. It’s all available to us for learning purposes (read more - Jerry Del Colliano - Inside Music Media) Verizon’s new campaign ought to resonate for radio people because it focuses on our inherent strength and DNA - the wireless signal - and who’s best: Their “Rule the Air” marketing is all about letting the world know that no matter where you go, the Verizon network is best (read more - Fred Jacobs - Jacobs Media) What Kind of Digital Content Should Broadcasters Create? (read more - Mark Ramsey - Hear 2.0) From George Johns
-- Speaking of Chicken Little,
Jim Hilliard
once said in a meeting I attended, " Had they just killed the damn
chicken that would have ended all that nonsense." It would have made
story a whole lot shorter Dave Graveline and the Into Tomorrow team are in Los Angeles this week reporting from SIGGRAPH -- On air, online and on satellite radio WVTW-FM, the Roanoke-based news and talk station Radio IQ, has expanded its broadcast area to Richmond this month (read more - Katelyn Polantz - Roanoke Times) Bott Radio Network expanded its FM coverage in the greater St. Joseph, Missouri area with a power increase from 3,900 watts to 25,000 watts at 89.7 FM (Christian News Wire) Thursday July 29, 2010 Cumulus Media has reported financial results for the three and six months ended June 30 (read more - Cumulus) It's quiz time with San Diego columnist Randy Dotinga: Here are some questions about weird lyrics in well-known rock songs. 1. In "Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin sings that she "pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna." What is a "harpoon"? a. Hypodermic needle b. Diaphragm c. Jackknife d. Harmonica (read more - Randy Dotinga - North County Times) Radio pioneer set the stage for cell phones -- "He (Reginald A. Fessenden) is generally credited with being the first person to put his voice on the radio," said Tom Mittelstaedt, associate director of the Museum of Broadcasting in St. Louis Park, Minn. "He really showed the potential for radio broadcasting as we know it" (read more - Katie Falloon - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Gaggle of newscasters heading to Rhinebeck to cover Chelsea Clinton's super private wedding (read more - Richard Huff - NY Daily News) Academy Award nominated actor Eric Roberts, who grew up in Atlanta along with his sister Julia, is now on VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew” (read more - Rodney Ho - Atlanta JC) Amazon Reveals Sleeker, Faster Kindle and New $140 Wi-Fi-Only Version (read more - Dan Nosowitz - Fast Company) ESPN Deportes Radio, the only 24/7 national Spanish-language sports radio network in the U.S., will launch August 2nd on Beasley Broadcast Group’s WWDB-AM 860 as Philadelphia’s only Spanish-language sports radio network (read more - Naples Daily News) (read more - Michael Klein - Philly Inquirer) It’s been said before: “It’s an honor just to be nominated,” mostly uttered by Hollywood actors and actresses, but for radio personality Bill Ingram, being nominated to the Texas Radio Hall of Fame is more than he ever dreamt possible. Ingram, a remote operations technician and on-air traffic reporter for KSBJ, an Humble-based Christian radio station, said he is honored to be listed among his own radio heroes. “To see my name on the list with Dayna Steele, one of the best female talents, and Chuck Tillard, a legendary radio guy, overwhelms me,” said Ingram, who lives in Tarkington with his wife, Leitha (read more - Vanesa Brashier - Montgomery Observer) CNN's ratings woes not limited to Campbell Brown and Larry King (read more - Joe Flint - LA Times) News Burps
From
aMinuteMore.com -- Topic:
Grant Wood and Jake Dixon
have paired steak with beer and found out that
How about a salary cap for radio – in particular these three companies – one of whom voluntarily filed for bankruptcy, another facing $18 billion in debt it can’t repay in two years and the third singing “It’s a Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood” while its debt piles up. Are you with me? (read more - Jerry Del Colliano - Inside Music Media) Radio Growth Slows But Should Rebound -- You win some...you lose some, you're up...you're down. Life is like that you know and so is radio. While radio growth has been steadily gaining, it has suddenly hit a pot hole (read more - Mel Phillips - Now and Then) In Hollywood they call it “Cannes for Blockbusters.” Will Ferrell, Sly Stallone, Angelina Jolie, and dozens of other A-list stars were there. And so were K-Rock’s Kevin & Bean, broadcasting live from a parking lot. I’m talking about Comic-Con (read more - Mark Ramsey - Hear 2.0) All 1500 ESPN in the Twin Cities did was air a fascinating interview and generate some newsworthy quotes. Frankly, it's about time the sports "reporting" media made some news instead of spending endless hours touting rumors about trades and signings that fail to come to pass and acting as if they are "news" stories (read more - Dave Kohl) Apple has announced that its highly anticipated white iPhone’s release has been delayed. It is fascinating how this company can create demand in so many different ways. What is so different about the white iPhone besides the obvious? No one knows (read more - Fred Jacobs - Jacobs Media) The Media Financial Management Association’s (MFM) "Media Outlook 2011 CPE" (continuing professional education) seminar will be held on Wednesday, September 15 at the McGraw Hill Building in Manhattan (read more - MFM) Listeners would no longer be hostages of big commercial radio groups playing the same few songs. They could now break those shackles and find online radio stations that play their favorite music regardless of how obscure their taste in music might be (read more - Richard Harker - Radio InSights) Wednesday July 28, 2010 Cincinnati radio host Bill Cunningham to get syndicated TV talk show in Chicago -- "Phil Donahue came out of southwest Ohio. Jerry Springer came out of southwest Ohio," he said when asked why he wants to do this. "And I watch 'Larry King Live' and I'm thinking, 'Damn, I could do it better than that'" (read more - Phil Rosenthal - Chicago Tribune) Sales of microphones -- most of which target the professional market -- fell in 2009, to $388 million, from $465 million the prior year, according to industry publication Music Trades. The consumer market, however, has fared much better. Sales of USB mikes are up slightly -- a fact not lost on Blue Microphone competitors, who offer their own stable of USB microphones (read more - view the video - Jefferson Graham - USA Today) The Internal Revenue Service is demanding $45 million in back 2002 and 2003 taxes from San Antonio billionaire Billy Joe “Red” McCombs, who is contesting the IRS' assertion that he should have reported $213.4 million in long-term capital gains in 2002 from the sale of 11.3 million shares of Clear Channel Communications Inc. He's also disputing an additional $3.3 million in 2003 capital gains in connection with the same purported sale (read more - Janet Novack - Forbes) Entercom Communications reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30 (read more - MarketWatch) Ohana Broadcast Company (OBC), owner of Molokai’s only radio station KMKK (102.3 FM), has decided that it will no longer broadcast Molokai news or offer advertising to Molokai businesses (read more - Molokai News) Media, Race and Obama's First Year -- A Study of African Americans in U.S. News Coverage (read more - Pew Research) With Howard Stern, Carl Kasell, Steve Dahl, Terri Hemmert and “The WLS National Barn Dance” among this year’s eclectic group of nominees, voting ends at midnight Sunday for the National Radio Hall of Fame (read more - Robert Feder - Vocalo) News Burps
From
aMinuteMore.com -- Topic:
Ted Deeds
of the Law Enforcement Association warns about the rising
black
From Jimmy Rabbitt
-- My old friend Sam Phillips, owner of the legendary Sun Records
Company passed away this week in 2003 (July 30) at the age of 80.
Phillips, best known for his discovery of Elvis, also helped launch
the Year-Over-Year Comparison Shows Stability Of Radio Listening Habits -- Nielsen is calling their first year-over-year comparison of spring radio ratings "the most inclusive sample available in the radio measurement marketplace" (read more - Mel Phillips - Now and Then) When I took over as program director at a major market top 40 station, the first record promotion man to visit me walked in, sat down (with the door open) and pulled out a checkbook. He said, “how much do you want?” It’s not like I was naive about payola, but his frankness was still disconcerting. Maybe because I am an east coast guy I am not that always so trusting (read more - Jerry Del Colliano - Inside Music Media) According to a new University of Michigan American Customer Satisfaction report conducted with ForeSee Results, Facebook ranks in the bottom 5% of privately held companies included in the research. Larry Freed, president of ForeSee Results notes, “Facebook is a phenomenal success, so we were not expecting to see it score so poorly” (read more - Fred Jacobs - Jacobs Media) Howard Stern will stay at Sirius XM - Here's why (read more - Mark Ramsey - Hear 2.0) Tuesday July 27, 2010 Univision Radio will pay $1 million to settle claims that it secretly accepted payment from a record label for playing songs on the air - In one instance, a Los Angeles-based Univision executive in February 2006 sent a Federal Express package that contained $157,800 to a New York radio station programmer (read more - Denver Post) (read more - Meg James - LA Times) Advertising salesman for University of Memphis radio station WUMR Richard Wrighten is charged with theft of property and services for defrauding a potential advertiser and the station of money and products worth $1,174 (read more - Amy Barnette - Memphis Commercial Appeal) It didn't take long for a competing radio station to fill the news/talk void following Clear Channel's decision to cancel a once-popular morning radio show - Gary Elmore, the long-time voice of Arklahoma AM, passed away June 7 at the age of 56. Dave Ashcraft, the Fayetteville-based manager for Clear Channel stations operating in Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith, said Elmore’s death was the primary reason the show was pulled (read more - Fort Smith City Wire) When Tony Robbins updates his resume as a famous life coach to stars and civilians, here's an item he can put right up top: He persuaded a major broadcast network to give him an hour of prime time for a Tony Robbins infomercial. And is paying him for it. Now that's the kind of marketing success story Tony is talking about (read more - David Hinckley NY Daily News) Dominic Zaccagnini, who was known as Zakk Tyler during his 2005-07 stint at Emmis Communications' WLUP-FM 97.9, has left Tribune Co.'s IndySportsNation.com, an Indianapolis Web site where he was co-creator and managing editor (read more - Phil Rosenthal - Chicago Tribune) Fox News pundit Alan Colmes and wife Jocelyn Crowley have sold their Noho condo at the Silk Building on Broadway and East 4th Street for $1.725 million (read more - Chloe Malle - NY Observer) He was never as famous at "Joe the Plumber," but "Tito the Builder" also made a name for himself on the 2008 campaign trail by challenging Obama's "spread the wealth" agenda -- These days, Munoz spreads his patriotic, pro-capitalism message on talk radio -- In Texas, Conservative Latino Talk Radio offers daily programs hosted by Lauro Garza, who focuses on "reintroducing Latinos to the Republican party and vice versa." While these voices are still heard mostly at the periphery, they're a much-needed addition to the conservative talk-radio chorus (read more - Kathy Shaidle -WND) Tony Bridge, a pioneer in the East Texas broadcasting industry, is scheduled to be among those inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame this fall (read more - Mike Elswick - Longview News-Journal)
93 KHJ: Inside
Boss Radio - Excerpt # 12: Chuck
Blore:
KFWB’s original jocks had a collective name that was born when we
wrote a jingle calling them “The Seven Swinging Gentlemen.” That
never really stuck, but a couple of Tom Perryman was the co-owner of radio station KGRI with country music legend Jim Reeves - Perryman talked about the time he helped a young singer named Elvis Presley find his first paying gig in Texas (read more - Matthew Prosser - Henderson Daily News) |
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that's for sure + I always
loved Ron Chapman's
answer when pressured for an immediate answer to a sales promotion.
If you need an answer right this moment the answer is NO he said,
but if you give me a couple of days I might be able to turn that NO
around. But that's not a for sure. I just need a couple of days to
really ponder it. Do you think he got his extra time???
