If your stations are not programming Urban or CHR or Alternative, chances are the big winners at the 55th annual Grammy Awards were largely unfamiliar to you: The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, The Magnetic Zeros, Old Crow, Fun., Gotye,…
Regional Reps Corp., the country’s oldest and one of the largest independent sales representatives specializing in small and medium market Radio stations, has signed an exclusive representation agreement with West Virginia Radio’s WJLS-A/F in Beckley, West Virginia and Dailey Corp.’s…
After three months back at its original home, Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the Grand Ole Oprey is returning to its own house. The Opry is the oldest continuous radio program in the nation, having started as “the WSM Barn Dance”…
An article in The New York Times reports that while webcasting is growing in popularity, the artists who produce the content are being left in the cold. The article notes, “From 78 r.p.m. records to the age of iTunes, artists’…
The NAB is offering the “myNAB Show” app for Apple and Android devices that the organization says “is a free personal planning tool that offers easy-to-use searching, visualization and a mobile app to make the most of your time at…
The new Microsoft “Surface” tablet carries up to 128GB of storage on board, and so does the new iPad, for about $800 with WiFi—almost $200 less than the Windows 8 device. Let the games begin.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has released its year-end Gold & Platinum Program awards, with the most digital song download honors ever awarded—a 25% increase year-over-year, and a record breaking 139 digital songs certified Platinum in 2012. In…
No need for the late Country legend to walk the line, or stand in one, to become one of the faces of the Music Icons series of the U.S. Postal Service Forever Stamps. According to the USPO’s announcement in its…
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation says it has received a record number of entries for the 2013 Gracie Awards, recognizing exemplary programming created for women, by women and about women in all facets of media and entertainment, as…