Talk Stream Live (TSL) has issued the 'The TSL Power 50 Report' -- The 50 most influential and most listened-to streaming talk shows. The Power 50 includes the big personalities talk show fans would expect as well as some new media rising stars. 35 million listening sessions during 2021 were sampled to produce this report. There are new top talk shows to report in more than a decade More

P&G is Top Parent Advertiser for Second Year in a Row

Media Monitors

Procter & Gamble was the top parent advertiser in the U.S. for the second year in a row. The company aired more than 26 million spots on radio, local cable and broadcast TV in 2021, according to a new Media Monitors' analysis of the year's top 100 advertisers. For the second More

Bradford Caldwell Joins NAB as VP of Member Experience

Bradford Caldwell

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) hires Bradford Caldwell as Vice President of Member Experience. Caldwell, who starts on February 1, will report to Executive Vice President of Industry Affairs April Carty-Sipp. Caldwell was previously the Chief Financial Officer of East Arkansas Broadcasters More

SummitMedia Knoxville Market President Protzman to Retire

Chris Protzman

SummitMedia/Knoxville has announced that 18-year veteran Market President Chris Protzman will retire, effective February 1. Protzman stated, "Carl (SummitMedia Chairman/CEO Carl Parmer) and I started this conversation last Fall and I am delighted with how all the pieces came together." Protzman added, More

Three Ways AM/FM Radio Makes Facebook Ads Better

Westwood One

For many advertisers, social media is a great way to stay in front of customers and create impact. But how can it be used to grow business? This week's Westwood One Audio Active Group blog post outlines three ways AM/FM radio makes Facebook ads better. When adding AM/FM radio to social media campaigns, More

Marci Stanley-Boger Named PD for WIXV-FM in Savannah

MarciStanley-Boger

Cumulus appoints Marci Stanley-Boger as Program Director for Classic Rock WIXV-FM (I-95 The Rock)/Savannah, GA. Stanley-Boger, known on-air as Billie Marshall, joins the local cluster after 14 years as afternoon host of "The Bad Ass Rock Show" on crosstown WFXH-FM. She can now be heard in afternoons on WIXV, More

Tony Infantino Celebrates 45 Years On-Air in Rochester NY

Tony Infantino

WRMM-FM (WARM 101.3)'s Tony Infantino is celebrating 45 years on the air in Rochester, NY. At just 23, he started waking Rochester up and for the past 28 years, Stephens Media Group's WARM 101.3 has been home for Infantino's morning show, weekdays from 5:30-10am. "I love doing what I do so much, I'll work More

TuneIn Launches ''TuneIn On Air'' for Content Creators

TuneIn

TuneIn, a live streaming audio service, has released "TuneIn On Air," a new program that will provide emerging content creators, educational and non-profit broadcasters in the U.S. with access to the same distribution tools as major broadcasters through the TuneIn platform. "One More

Product of the Year Awards Returns for 2022 NAB Show

NAB Show

NAB Show will present the fourth annual Product of the Year Awards at the 2022 NAB Show. The awards, which recognize the most significant and promising new products and technologies exhibited at NAB Show, will be announced on Tuesday, April 26 at an awards ceremony and cocktail party More

Staffing Shifts at Research Director Inc. for 2022

Research Director

Following the December 31, 2021 retirement of Partner Charlie Sislen, Research Director is implementing several significant staff changes and promotions to take place during the first quarter of 2022. Kathryn Boxill will be creating and leading the new Quality Control Team as the More

GBS Names Octave as Authorized Partner in Canada

GeoBroadcast Solutions

GeoBroadcast Solutions has formed a partnership with Octave Communications in Quebec, Canada to bring GBS's MaxxCasting solutions and associated sales, field service and post-sales support to Canadian broadcasters seeking to improve their signal strength and audience reach. Octave and GeoBroadcast have had a More

iHeartRadio Launches ''Sports Illustrated Weekly''

Sports Illustrated Weekly

iHeartRadio and Sports Illustrated Media announce an original podcast series focused on iconic names in the sports industry, "Sports Illustrated Weekly." Hosted by John Gonzalez, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and previous podcast host and writer at The Ringer, the weekly series takes sports More

Abright and O'Malley and Brenner Present Pre-CRS Seminar

Abright and O’Malley and Brenner

Country radio consultants Mike O'Malley, Becky Brenner and Kenny Jay announce additions to their 28th annual Pre-CRS seminar, to be held Wednesday, February 23 at Nashville's Omni Hotel from 8:30-11:30am. The first announced addition to the program is Futuri's Daniel Anstandig "The More

Cumulus Promotes Todd Livingston to General Sales Manager

Todd Livingston

Cumulus Media promotes Todd Livingston to General Sales Manager in Birmingham. He's a 32-year media executive who joined the local cluster in July, 2021 as Account Executive. Prior to that, he was Local Sales Manager for Spectrum Reach in Tuscaloosa. Livingston was Market Manager for Cumulus' former station More

CMN Ups Doug Ingold to Vice President of AS/E&MP

Doug Ingold

Compass Media Networks promotes Doug Ingold to Vice President of Affiliate Sales for Entertainment & Music Programming, effective immediately. Ingold, who just celebrated his 8th anniversary with CMN, will continue to be based out of the company's Los Angeles office. Prior to joining CMN, Ingold managed More

iHeartMedia Ups Joe De Angelis to SVP of Promotions

Joe De Angelis

iHeartMedia elevates 20-year media vet Joe De Angelis to Senior Vice President of Promotions for the iHeartMedia Markets Group, effective immediately. He previously served as Director of Marketing and Promotions for iHeartMedia New York and National Event Brand Manager since 2015. Throughout his career, he's More

Audacy Names Two Additions to Performance Sales Team

Shirin Peykar and Dan Wolman

Audacy welcomes Shirin Peykar as Senior Vice President of Performance Sales, effective January 19. In this role, Peykar will lead Audacy's performance sales team and sell across its portfolio of products, leaning heavily into the company's podcast library. Audacy also welcomes Dan Wolman as Vice More

Waterloo Media/Austin Launches ''The New Mega 102.7''

''The New Mega 102.7''

Waterloo Media flips Adult Hits K274AX to "The New Mega 102.7"" today at noon as Austin's newest Rhythmic CHR outlet. Mega will feature Spanish and English Contemporary hits from Soda Estero, Camilo, Ariana Grande, Shakira and Bad Bunny. Plus Spanish Pop classic songs such as Natalia Lafourcade, More

2022 Celebration of Service to America Awards Now Open

National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Leadership Foundation is now accepting entries for the 2022 Celebration of Service to America Awards. The Celebration of Service to America Awards, presented by Bonneville International and Hearst Television, honors the impact and More

WTMX-FM/Chicago Taps Chris Petlak to Host Mornings

Chris Petlak

Chris Petlak will move to WTMX (101.9 The Mix) Chicago as morning host, leading Nikki, Whip, Violeta and Swany, effective January 24. Prior to this, Petlak spent nearly two years on The Afternoon Mix with Lisa Allen. Additionally, he hosted MIX evenings and served as Director of Digital Content for WTMX and More

KNWC-FM (Life 96.5)/Sioux Falls Welcomes Reid Holsen

Reid Holsen

KNWC-FM (Life 96.5)/Sioux Falls, SD, names Reid Holsen the station's Creative Director and afternoon host. Reid has served Life 96.5 for the past 13 years as a consultant, voice talent and fundraiser host. He replaces Ryan Nissley who left the station at the end of 2021. "What an immense talent we have More

Bennett Zier wins MLK Jr. Community Leaders Award

Bennett Zier

Bennett Zier, Audacy Virginia Senior Vice President and Market Manager, is the recipient of The Urban League of Hampton Roads' annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Leaders Award. Zier was honored Monday night at The Urban League of Hampton Roads' 38th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Leaders event. More