A study by THE MEDIA AUDIT says that radio is the leading medium for time spent with media by prospective vehicle purchasers, with buyers spending over 20% of their time with radio and 18% … more
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Cleaning Up for Summer: Big Moves in Small Chunks
May 20th, 2013 
Audiostream By Chris Miller Chris Miller Digital SHAKER HEIGHTS — Even though it’s still spring, Memorial Day weekend is about to roll around. For a lot of us, that can feel like the start of summer. So I’m giving you the summer to do a little upgrading! Here’s a punch list of items you can work on each week between now and Labor Day to get your website and social media fixed up, and ready to totally support your on-air product this fall! Write Down Your Goals Your performance is being judged on some set of numbers. How can your digital platforms contribute to those numbers? Think about those goals, write them down, and share them with your co-workers. Whether it’s content on your site, your social media, email, texting, whatever … bring it into focus.
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Comments OffDave And Chuck The Freak To Be Named WRIF’s Morning Show At Noon Today
May 20th, 2013 GREATER MEDIA Active Rock WRIF/DETROIT morning duo DREW & MIKE said goodbye after 22 years last FRIDAY (NET NEWS 5/17).
Saga to restrict webcasts to local listeners.
May 20th, 2013 Unhappy with the way ad-insertion sounded on its radio stations, Saga Communications has been simulcasting what CEO Ed Christian says are “pollution-free” webcasts for the past several months. But in the wake of issues brought forward by advertisers over the airing of locally-placed commercials to anyone, anywhere, Saga is taking a new tact. It will limit streaming to local listeners only
‘Song Skipping’ Reportedly The Latest iRadio Holdup
May 20th, 2013 Earlier this month (NET NEWS 5/10), ALL ACCESS reported SONY MUSIC was holding up APPLE’s iRADIO service over licensing fees. SONY MUSIC was reportedly holding out for more lucrative … more
Big media issue remains undone at the FCC.
May 20th, 2013 The exit on Friday of FCC chair Julius Genachowski and commissioner Robert McDowell came with some sizable unfinished business for broadcasters. The 2010 quadrennial media ownership review is now in its third year, and it won’t be until summer’s end that a vote on proposed changes is expected.
Posted in News Tags: broadcast, radio, radio news, radio ratings, radio stations, streaming radio Comments OffBroadcasters plead case for reviving AM.
May 20th, 2013 Engineers, attorneys and advocacy groups barnstormed the FCC last week with a series of meetings laying out the problems facing AM broadcasters and potential fixes regulators could adopt. Commissioner Ajit Pai has said he’d like the FCC to address problems facing AM stations and the meetings signal that inside the agency, he’s not alone in his thinking. MORE
Digital sets new Q1 record.
May 20th, 2013 Digital continued to be the radio industry’s fastest-growing segment, with revenues climbing 9% compared to the first three months of 2012. Online revenue totaled $179 million, setting a new record as the industry’s best-ever first quarter for digital sales. But total spot revenue falls in choppy first quarter.
Judge Judy scores syndie ratings win
May 19th, 2013 Audiostream During the week beginning 4/29/13, Judge Judy beat back both The Big Bang Theory and Wheel of Fortune to win the household ratings derby a comfortable margin. Bang and Wheel were still one-two respectively in terms of total viewers.
Stocks notch records, fourth week of gains
May 19th, 2013 Audiostream Stocks on Friday advanced to a fourth weekly gain, with both the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 rising to all-time records, after data cast a positive spin on the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 121.18 points to 15,354.40. The RBR Radio Index was up 14.522, or 2.4%, to 631.932
