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Foreign Investor Takes 8.8% Stake in iHeart, We Crown The Best PD’s in Country Radio This Monday
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Radio Headlines For Friday 02-12-21
 
Scott James is the owner and morning show host on Talk 92.1 WDDQ in Voldosta, Georgia. He also happens to be the Mayor. The NAACP and other community groups have filed an ethics complaint against James. They claim comments he makes on his show violate the city's ethics ordinance. [read more]
 
 
$117 million got Michael Tabor a nearly 9% position in the largest radio company in the United States. Tabor's Honeycomb Investments is based in the United Kingdom. The investment became possible when The FCC approved iHeart's request to exceed the 25% foreign ownership cap. To learn more about who Tabor is, visit our sister publication RBR-TVBR. [read more]
 
Join Radio Ink and SONY MUSIC / Nashville for a Facebook Live event, Monday February 15th when we unveil the Best PD's in Country Radio. Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti and syndicated personality Elaina Smith will host. Set yourself a reminder to watch HERE. [read more]
 
Dial and Error is a session scheduled for the upcoming CRS 2021. The session will reveal the findings of a survey conducted by Strategic Solutions Research. [read more]
 
 
New music metrics will also be the focus of a session at CRS, which begins Tuesday. Matt Bailey, President of Integr8 Research will host the discussion. [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 TODAY AT 5PM. [read more]
 
Beasley Media Group’s 101 WRIF will celebrate the station’s 50th Anniversary this Sunday, February 14, 2021. The celebration kicks off today with “The Riff’s Legends Weekend.” [read more]
 
 
This one comes from The John Kincade Show at Beasley's sports station in Philadelphia. With the impending trade of Eagles Quarterback Carson Wentz, the show is collecting clothing related to Wentz (jersey’s, t-shirts, etc.) to donate. [read more]
 
To commemorate Black History Month and to help her listeners achieve their academic and career dreams, DeDe McGuire and her foundation will be awarding five listeners $2,500 tuition scholarships for study at a HBCU institution. [read more]
 
The Ace & TJ Show reached out to a woman in Alabama who saw her home destroyed by a tornado. The syndicated show, through its charity, donated $1,000 to help her. [read more]
 
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Szabo Associates began life as a media collection services operation in 1971. Why? Robin Szabo shares the answer and more in the latest RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by DOT.FM.  Get direct access withRBR+TVBR's daily headlines e-mail newsletter. Sign up here.
 
 
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]
 
JVC Media of Florida is expanding its Florida Man Radio Network talk brand known onto its recently acquired Fort Walton Beach cluster. Florida Man Radio will be heard on WZLB-FM as of March 1st, becoming the brands third affiliate. [read more]
 
Blaine Jackson has been named Digital PD of the Beasley Media Group Augusta’s six station radio cluster. Jackson most recently served as PD and PM Drive Host on WLUB-FM in Augusta. [read more]
 
 
Don Cheto al Aire morning drive show is on Salem Media Group, La Patrona 1680. The recently launched AM Mexican music station is offering the Puget Sound Latino community music and talk in Spanish. [read more]
 
Joel Shimer is now a co-host of the morning show on 99.9 WODE-FM in Allentown, PA. The move updates its brand to The Hawk Morning Show with Rick and Joel. S. [read more]
 
The Stacking Benjamin's financial podcast, distributed by Westwood One, recently dropped its 1000th episode. The show launched back in 2012. Listen to the big number 1,000 HERE. [read more]
 
 
With the addition of KQKS-FM in Denver, Sunday Night Slow Jams has crossed the 200 affiliate station mark. Check out the Sunday Night Slow Jams’ 200th Affiliate video HERE [read more]
 
 
 




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