For Traditional Radio, It’s All About Harnessing the Power of Digital
Each traditional medium faces its own unique struggle to adjust to digital competition for audience and advertising dollars, and that's certainly true for radio, challenged by online services like Pandora and more recently Spotify.
MTV Suspends ‘Catfish’ Over Nev’s Sex Harassment Claims
Nev Schulman denies the allegations, saying what he's been accused of "did not happen".
FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. May 18th
IT WAS MAY 18th … when radio’s espionage adventure drama Counterspy premiered on the Blue Network, beginning a 15-year run…
When 18-year-old singer Jackie DeShannon made her network television debut on CBS-TV’s Jackie Gleason Show…
When the final episode of “Baretta” aired on ABC TV, and the last “Murphy Brown” ran on CBS …
..and when after 50 years with the station Jack Cullen aired his final “Owl Prowl” on CKNW as it moved to a fulltime news/talk format.
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Suzanne Scott Named CEO of Fox News
"Suzanne has been instrumental in the success of FOX News and she has now made history as its first female CEO," Lachlan Murdoch said in a prepared statement.
Long time former TV News Journalist Harvey Oberfeld suffers heart attack
In Harvey's latest column he talks about his health issues from deep within the hospital (system)
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. May 17th
IT WAS MAY 17th … when the quiz show for the intelligentsia “Information Please!” began its 10-year run on radio, the first 2.5 years on the NBC Blue Network…
When the final episode of Groucho’s radio/TV quiz show “You Bet Your Life” was taped …
When the Elton John TV special “Say Goodbye To Norma Jean And Other Things” aired on ABC…
When Barry Manilow guested on the season finale of 'Murphy Brown' on CBS-TV ...
..and when NBC-TV paid $5 million for the rights to air the 1939 movie blockbuster “Gone with the Wind” just one time.
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In the UK, Digital Radio is now More Popular than FM and AM
Radio research body Rajar said 50.9% of all listening in the UK was digital in the first three months of the year.