Radio services provider Benztown has launched a new service called Role Callers. This service provides radio stations with paid phone actors who can be used to spark conversations, participate in sketches and bits, share local information, and promote contests. The…
AI sales assistant introduced.
The Center for Sales Strategy has launched Sales Accelerator AI, an AI-powered chat system that provides radio sellers with real-time assistance, answers questions, offers guidance, and creates content specifically suited to individual sales processes. The system is designed to help…
Restaurants in the RAB spotlight.
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) is hosting a webinar on August 16th at 1pm ET titled “Radio Works for Restaurants.” The webinar will provide insights for radio sellers into dining out and alcohol purchasing habits, as well as how the…
Apple takes on Spotify.
Apple Music has quietly launched a new personal radio station called Discovery Station. The station is designed to play music that users may like but haven’t yet heard. It is algorithmically generated and takes into account user tastes. It is…
Comings and goings.
Congratulations to John Hoscheidt of WRMJ in Aledo, Illinois on the sale of his radio station to a couple of successful business people with hometown roots. According to John, nothing much will change. The new general manager is a former…
More news is good news.
All Access will be shutting down on August 15th, but a modified/abbreviated version of the site will be available starting August 16th. The new site will still offer All Access Downloads, Jobs/Situations Wanted boards, Mediabase, Chartmetric, Industry Directory, Ratings, Videos,…
Sports radio star to host Marconis.
Rich Eisen, host of Westwood One and NFL Network, will be the host of the 2023 NAB Marconi Radio Awards ceremony in New York on October 25th. Music for the event will once again be provided by WXBK (94.7 the…
Record-industry group slams radio behemoth.
musicFIRST, a coalition of music creators, lashed out at radio after iHeartMedia’s Q2 earnings call. musicFIRST chairman Senator Mark Pryor accused iHeartMedia of hypocrisy and greed, claiming that the company refuses to pay music artists for AM/FM radio plays while…
EAS national alert slated for October.
FEMA and the FCC will be conducting a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alert system on October 4th at 2:20pm ET. This is a test of the system and is not an emergency. If…