Rising Through the Ranks, the RAB’s women’s management training program, is now accepting applications for its workshop sessions in Nashville in August of this year. Any upwardly-mobile woman in the radio industry is eligible; you can apply through May 13…
This year’s Crystal winners are. . .
The 2022 Crystal Radio Award winners were announced during the NAB Show last week. These 10 radio stations were judged to be the best among all entries in their service to their communities. Congratulations to all, especially the small market…
Radio duo pen second tome.
That would be fancy writer-speak for syndicated morning powerhouse Bob and Sheri publishing The Book of Bob, a collection of “Bob utterances” from their 30 years on the air. The eponymous Bob Lacey commented, “Sheri has written down almost everything…
Townsquare scoops up Cherry Creek stations.
It’s a deal worth $18.75 million and adds 43 stations to the Townsquare portfolio, bringing their total to 364 stations. Make that 356, since Townsquare will divest six stations in Missoula, MT and two more in Richland-Pascoe-Kennewick, WA. Bill to…
Exhibitors backing NAB Show big time.
The National Association of Broadcasters reveals that the number of exhibitors scheduled to appear at the NAB Show later this month is now over 900, including 160 first-timers.
NAB Show actually four shows.
The big Las Vegas extravaganza will be organized into four verticals: Create, Connect, Capitalize, and Intelligent Content. These four segments will be scattered around the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North, Central, and new West halls. Says NAB Executive Vice President/Managing…
Noted in passing: Milwaukee AM sold for $650,000.
That’s the price filed with the FCC for the transfer of WAUK and a translator from Good Karma Brand to Michael Crute.
When will they ever learn?
Yet another broadcaster has been terminated after posting a controversial tweet. Amber Athey was a morning-show co-host for WMAL in Washington, DC, until she made a joke about Vice President Kamala Harris’s wardrobe at the State of the Union Address…
Commission says “no-no” to broadcasting on translator while primary station is down.
It will cost Centro Cristiano de Vida Eterna $9000 for operating its translator while its main station, WRLL/Chicago, was off the air. There were other alleged infractions as well not completing the translator construction within the allocated window, not getting…