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Sean Ross: Why Arent We Fighting Over The Hits?

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:39 AM PST
http://radioinsight.com/news-links/1...over-the-hits/





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Empire State Building Sues WBAI Over Unpaid Rent

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:34 AM PST
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/11...r-unpaid-rent/


The ongoing saga of the Pacifica Foundation and its stations attempts for
survival has taken another turn as a lawsuit filed by the Empire State
Building over unpaid tower rent by 99.5 WBAI New York has been made public.
The ESB sued Pacifica in November 2016 for the $1,357,429.71 owed in rent
and late fees plus interest, costs, disbursements, and attorneys fees.
WBAIs lease runs contractually through 2020 with the station paying for
tower and combiner space, backup antenna/combiner, and a transmitter room
on the 81st floor.
WBAI holds a Construction Permit to relocate to 4 Times Square should it be
evicted from the Empire State Building that expires in July. But with the
Pacifica Foundation struggling survive, a judges ruling to force payment
could help expedite whatever the group needs to do to raise funds.
The WBAI-NowThen blog has posted the full filing including the rent
contract signed in 2005.


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96.9 The Bull Launches In Des Moines

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:19 AM PST
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/11...in-des-moines/


iHeartMedia Country 96.5 Country K243CA Millman/100.3 KDRB-HD2 Des Moines
has completed its power increase to 250 watts and move to 96.9.
With the change in frequency, iHeart has relaunched the station as 96.9 The
Bull. The Bull features The Bobby Bones Show in mornings, Billy Greenwood
in middays, local host Nick Bruns in afternoons, and Michael J in evenings.
K243CA competes against Cumulus combo of 92.5 Nash Icon KJJY and 97.3
Nash-FM KHKI. The station was not listed publicly in the Fall 2016 Nielsen
Audio ratings.


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Dick Taylor: What Amazon Could Teach Radio

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:56 AM PST
https://dicktaylorblog.com/2017/01/2...d-teach-radio/





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Brent Musberger To Headline New SiriusXM Sports Gambling Channel

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 08:25 AM PST
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/11...bling-channel/


Vegas Stats Information Network will launch the first station dedicated to
sports gambling (or gaming as they put it) on SiriusXM in February.
The network, which will also be available as a video stream on VSiNs
website, will operate from the South Point Hotel Casino Spa on the
southern end of the Las Vegas Strip. The channel will debut on February 27
on XM 204 and Sirius 215 with a special preview show airing on Super Bowl
Sunday from 3-6pm eastern on SiriusXM Rush (channel 93).
The networks signature voice will be veteran sportscaster Brent Musberger.
Musberger will call his final game for ESPN on Tuesday, January 31 before
moving to VSiN. The 77 year-old will anchor My Guys in the Desert on
Thursdays through Mondays from 6-8pm eastern/3-5pm pacific.
Longtime boxing analyst Al Bernstein will host Bernstein by the Book from
3-5pm weekdays. Bernstein is best known for his 23 years at ESPN from
1980-2003 and last 14 years at Showtime as analyst on Showtime Championship
Boxing.
VSiN (Vegas Stats Information Network), the first national radio channel
dedicated to sports gaming, will launch on SiriusXM in February. The
channel will be headlined by Brent Musburger, who is stepping away from his
longtime career as a play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN, and Al Bernstein,
who will each host shows dedicated to providing exclusive and proprietary
news, analysis and data to fans.
VSiN will make its official launch on SiriusXM on Monday, February 27.
This Sunday, February 5, Musburger will host a special early edition of his
show, My Guys in the Desert. That show will air on SiriusXM Rush (channel
93) from 3:00-6:00 pm ET/noon-3:00 pm PT.
Starting on February 27, the channel will air nationwide on satellite radio
(Sirius channel 215, XM channel 204) and on the SiriusXM app (channel 961),
broadcasting live, seven days a week, from the floor of the sports book at
the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa in Las Vegas.
“You didn’t think I’d put down the microphone completely, did you?!� said
Musburger. “We’re incredibly excited about this new chapter and I look
forward to having the platform of SiriusXM to talk to sports fans each
day. We’re not here to tout or sell picks, but to talk about the real
science behind gaming to help educate people about the games and what they
read in the papers and hear from friends.�
VSiN will provide gaming enthusiasts with unbiased, timely, actionable
information and expert perspectives on daily sporting events, including
worldwide professional and college sports, boxing, MMA, horse racing and
more. Teaming with legendary Las Vegas oddsmakers Jimmy Vaccaro, Vinny
Magliulo and Chris Andrews, Musburger and Bernstein and their guests will
share and discuss real-time news, analysis and data to inform and enlighten
sports fans.
“I have announced many great boxing events from Las Vegas and lived here
for over 25 years so I am familiar with the fact that it is the epicenter
of entertainment and sports,� added Bernstein. “The combination of
broadcasting from here and having SiriusXM as a platform to sports fans
adds more excitement to VSiN.
VSiN’s daily schedule will featu
Bernstein by the Book – airing daily (3:00-5:00 pm ET/noon-2:00 pm PT)
Hosted by Al Bernstein (Monday through Friday) and others, the show will
feature conversations with personalities from Las Vegas and the wider world
of sports.
The Quantz – airing daily (5:00-6:00 pm ET/2:00-3:00 pm PT)
Hosted by veteran radio personality Gill Alexander and others, the program
will take a sabermetrics approach, focusing on the statistics and variables
that come into play.
My Guys in the Desert – airing daily (6:00-8:00 pm ET/3:00-5:00 pm PT)
Hosted by Brent Musburger (Thursday through Monday) and others, this show
will examine what goes in to creating the spread or the odds and what makes
those numbers move, and will showcase Musburger’s adept storytelling and
experiences from a remarkable career.
“We are very excited to have Brent and Al, two extraordinarily accomplished
broadcasters, headlining VSiN on SiriusXM,� said Steve Cohen, SiriusXM’s
SVP of Sports Programming. “Broadcasting live each day from a state of the
art studio in Las Vegas, the sports gaming capital of the world, they and
their guests will share a tremendous level of insight and info with our
listeners.�
Additional programs for VSiN will be added and announced later.


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Entercom Launches Content Innovation Group

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 08:07 AM PST
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/11...ovation-group/


Entercom Communications has announced the launch of a four person Content
Innovation Group to develop digital and social content and syndicate
content from local markets nationally.
The new group will be led by Managing Editor Kyle McCann. McCann joins
Entercom from A.C. Moore stores, but previously served as Digital Managing
Editor for Townsquare Medias stations in New Jersey as well as a producer
at multiple television stations in Baltimore and Philadelphia. Other team
members are former country music blogger Lauren Hoffman, Joe Hyer who was a
member of Townsquares national digital content team and weekender at AC
92.7 WOBM-FM Toms River NJ, and Maura OMalley former senior content editor
and social media manager for Main Street Hub in Austin TX.
The group will focus on syndicating digital content to all of Entercoms
stations.
Entercom Communications, the 4th largest radio broadcaster and one of
today’s fastest growing and best performing media companies, today
announced the launch of the Content Innovation Group as part of the
company’s commitment to delivering the best curated music, news, talk and
sports content in the markets it serves. This new group will focus on
providing listeners with a deeper, richer experience both on and off air
via exclusively developed digital and social content and national
syndication of locally curated content.
“We are pleased to kick off the year with this exciting and progressive
move,� said Pat Paxon, president of programming, Entercom Communications.
“The launch of this new team underscores our continued commitment to
investing in best-in-class content and syndication tools and delivering the
top-notch listener experience that our fans across the country have come to
expect.�
The Content Innovation Group will be led by Kyle McCann, managing editor,
who will report to Liana Huth, vice president of programming innovation.
McCann joins Entercom from Townsquare Media in New Jersey where he led
content development and previously served as a senior news producer at Fox
Television’s WTFX-TV in Philadelphia, Hearst’s WBAL-TV and Scripps
Networks’ WMAR-TV, both in Baltimore, Maryland. The group will also include
three content managers, including Lauren Hoffman, previously a country
music blogger and an entertainment reporter for The Journal magazine in New
Jersey, Joe Hyer, formerly a key member of Townsquare Media’s digital
content team who led development of format-specific content for Townsquare
markets across the country, and Maura O’Malley, formerly from Main Street
Hub in Austin, Texas where she served as a senior content editor and social
media community manager. The group will be spearheaded by Pat Paxton,
president of programming at Entercom.
“With the creation of this new team, we will be focused on pushing out
exclusive and original new content as well as pulling compelling and
engaging local content to enhance the local listener experience,� said
Liana Huth, vice president of programming innovation, Entercom
Communications. “This is a strategic effort to leverage the great content
that is created at the local level in each of our 28 markets across the
country and maximize our broadcast, digital and social media platforms to
provide a comprehensive and engaging experience for our listeners.�


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WIL Rebrands As New Country 92.3

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 05:55 AM PST
http://radioinsight.com/headlines/11...-country-92-3/


Hubbard Country 92.3 WIL-FM St. Louis has removed its heritage call letters
from its imaging in favor of just New Country 92.3.
No airstaff changes accompany the rebranding. WIL-FMs lineup continues to
feature Bud Broadway in mornings, Danny Montana middays, Bo Matthews
afternoons, and JT in nights under Program Director Scott Roddy. WIL-FM
currently leads the two-way Country battle in St. Louis against
iHeartMedias 93.7 The Bull KSD-FM. 92.3 held a 4.7 share in the Holiday
2016 Nielsen Audio ratings to 93.7s 3.3.