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HOT NEWS: IHeart And Youngstown State Athletics Extend Agreement.

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iHeartMedia and Youngstown State University Athletics have extended their agreement keeping YSU football and men’s and women’s basketball on “NewsRadio 570” WKBN and “The Sports Animal” WNIO (1390) Youngstown, OH through the 2020-21 season.

“YSU is a cornerstone of our community and we are very proud to continue our partnership with them,” iHeartMedia market president Robert Hotchkiss said. “We’ve expanded our coverage of YSU Athletics over the years and recently decided to feature additional coaches and student-athletes on the weekly programs.”

iHeartMedia Youngstown has broadcast YSU football and basketball games since 2002 with football and men’s basketball games airing on WKBN and women’s basketball games carried on both stations. Additional YSU Athletics programming includes the football and basketball coaches show, “Penguin Playbook,” which airs Monday nights on WNIO and the “Fifth Quarter Call-In Show,
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Latest Research Offers Tools And Tips To Corral At-Work Listening.

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Attracting at-work listeners has long been indispensable to the success of AC, classic hits and other music formats. A webinar from NuVoodoo Media Services, “How to Win the Workplace War With PPM Panels & Diary Keepers,” offered broadcasters a tool chest of new information about best practices to reel them in and keep them listening.

The media marketing, programming and content intelligence provider surveyed 3,041 persons ages 14-54 online in January 2018, focused in Nielsen PPM markets.

Calling its sample group “ratings likelies,” meaning those deemed inclined to participate in PPM or diary surveys, NuVoodoo asked participants if they listened to either the radio or a streaming service while at work. In total, 39.1% said yes—with a robust 56.4% of “PPM likelies” responding yes and 59.0% of “diary likelies” saying yes. The percentages were highest for those 18-34, followed by 25-54, 35-54 and 14-24.

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KNUC has been re-branded as ‘98.9 The Bull.’ by Well Hubbard

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Hubbard Radio has rebranded country KNUC Seattle as “98.9 The Bull” from “Country 98.9.” It’s the latest change at the new station, which Hubbard flipped from rock in December, after Entercom dropped country on KMPS in favor of soft AC as “The New 94.1 The Sound.”

“Welcome to the next evolution of 98.9, a personality all its own,” PD Lisa Adams said. “More Bull, more music, more fun.”

Adams was named PD of the station in January after serving as marketing director for AC sister “Warm 106.9” KRWM. Her programming experience includes the OM/PD post at Townsquare Media hot AC “Mix 106” KCIX, AC “107.9 Lite FM” KXLT and “WOW Country 104.3” KAWO in Boise, ID.

Since her hire, Adams has been staffing up the new country outlet, adding the morning team of Tim Leary, Claire Beverly and Karen (Red) Daiss in February. The trio came to KNUC from Alpha Media country “Bob 106.9” WUBB Savannah, GA, where they anchored m
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Last Push For Radio To Move To Online Public Files.

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The countdown is on for all full-power radio stations to move their public inspection files online. The Federal Communications Commission has ordered all stations to shift to an online file on the FCC’s searchable portal website by March 1. It’s the last wave of stations to make the switch. Television stations began posting their public files online in 2012 and radio stations in the top 50 markets followed in 2016.

For the final group converting over to the FCC’s web portal, the largest headache has been technical. “The single biggest question that we are getting isn’t what do I upload or anything along the traditional lines, it’s I can’t get the system to work—and as a result people can’t get even started in the process and it’s been incredibly frustrating,” said Fletcher Heald & Hildreth attorney Scott Flick on a recent webinar hosted by several state broadcast associations. It’s a good reason for stations not to put off the process until the last minute.
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Action stations as sudden radio station resignations and reshuffles change the airwaves

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After 22 years at Metro FM, star talent Glen Lewis left the station to join the revolutionary digital pioneer, Touch HD. Prior to that its founder, Tbo Touch, left the SABC’s powerhouse commercial station, openly threatening to poach its top presenters. Then Unathi Msengana upped and went a few days after Lewis – to Touch..
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Traffic a major driver in powering drive time radio

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The latest BRC Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) numbers, which were for the first full year of research, continue to reflect longer listening times and a listening curve that no longer has sharp peaks that stand out during the drive time periods. But this does not mean that drive time radio is any less important. MICHAEL..
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Motel 6 Again Shines Brightest At Radio Mercury Awards.

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“We’ll leave the light on for you.” That iconic slogan shone brightly at the 26th annual Radio Mercury Awards, with The Richards Group winning the $50,000 Best of Show award for their Motel 6 Campaign. The 15 victors were announced at the awards presentation at Stage 48 in New York Thursday evening. “The Motel 6..
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