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The Bifurcation of Country, Is It Time To Hire?
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Radio Headlines For Monday 02-15-21
 
Join Radio Ink and SONY MUSIC / Nashville for a Facebook Live event, today at 11AM Eastern, when we unveil the Best PD's in Country Radio. Set yourself a reminder to watch HERE. [read more]
 
 
(Mike McVay) Country, as a radio format, has been eroding for several years. Country is seeing an audience rating slide that’s greater than that of other mass music formats. [read more]
 
(By Laurie Kahn) We recently participated in the Rising Above Summit. The pandemic and hiring were among the many questions raised by radio managers. [read more]
 
(By Rick Fink) The goal of every ad is to get people to “listen to the ad” and “recall” the ad. I refer to it as...“leaning forward”. [read more]
 
 
2020 was the hardest year ever to be a leader in radio. A raging pandemic, businesses closing and employee cutbacks. If you work for a true leader that mastered all of those challenges, you need to nominate that person HERE. YOUR DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 AT 5PM. [read more]
 
iHeartMedia has hired John Beck to run its St. Louis market. The 30 year vet joins iHeart from Emmis, where he most recently served as the SVP, overseeing St. Louis' heritage rock station, KSHE. He began his career at WFFM in Pittsburgh. [read more]
 
Members of the Colorado Broadcasters Association now have free access to Chris Lytle's Instant Sales Training service. [read more]
 
 
(By Loyd Ford) When you sell for a living, you hear a significant amount of resistance or negativity and objections regularly. Encouragement, sales team care and attention can make a critical difference in better results inside any business. [read more]
 
The station raised $1.3 million for Children’s Hospital Colorado, part of the Children’s Miracle Network during Alice 105.9’s Cares for Kids Radiothon in Denver. The amount donated during the 20th annual radiothon brought the overall fundraising total to over $24 million since 2001. [read more]
 
The Columbus Radio Group hosted “COATS FOR A CAUSE,” to benefit the Columbus Homeless Families Foundation, and the response was overwhelming. GM Erik Schmidt said, “Our listeners answered the call for donations of new coats, hats, gloves, & scarves as the area was hit with the largest snowfall of the season so far." [read more]
 
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670 The Score (WSCR-AM) will continue as the flagship station for the Chicago Cubs. The station has served as the radio home of the team since 2016. [read more]
 
The Sun Radio Foundation announced the company was again offering its Sun Radio Recharge program, in support of Central Texas restaurant and bar workers whose careers were impacted by COVID-19. [read more]
 
The BBC World Service, iHeartMedia and American Public Media are jointly releasing a new podcast called Deeply Human. Hosted by writer and musician Dessa, the show's goal is to answer questions about the inner self. [read more]
 
 
WAPE-FM morning co-host Mark Kaye is moving over to Cox Media Group sister station, WOKV-FM. He will focus exclusively on his talk show on the news/talk station. [read more]
 
Benztown and P1 Media Group will host a free webinar called Bits Are Out, Conversations Are In hosted by Benztown CEO Andreas Sannemann and P1 Media's Ken Benson. The webinar will feature Paul Kaye, VP Brands & In-House Production, for Rogers Sports & Media in Canada. REGISTER [read more]
 
Radio Ink is on the hunt for the best radio facilities in America. We'll feature radio's best newly built studios in our March issue. If you've built new studios, over the past year, send all the details to edryantheeditor@gmail.com. [read more]
 
 
 
 
 




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