KUBE Returns to Seattle
“An iconic brand has been missing in SEATTLE radio,” iHEARTMEDIA/SEATTLE Region Pres. ROBERT DOVE said. “KUBE is a name that's been part of SEATTLE's music conscience and lifestyle for over 20 years."
Late Night ‘Conan’ Show Reduced to Half-Hour in 2019
"A half-hour show will give me the time to do a higher percentage of the comedy in, and out, of the studio that I love and that seems to resonate in this new digital world."
After 35 Years, Vista Radio’s Prince George GM Gary Russell Retires
Russell started on the graveyard shift, and eventually ended up as Regional Cluster GM/GSM for all 10 Vista stations in Northern BC.
Fox Network’s Difficult Plans to Cut Back Ads
The 21st Century Fox-owned network has spent several weeks telling top media buyers that it intends to enact a massive 40% reduction in the number of TV ads it runs during its Sunday primetime schedule.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. May 3rd
IT WAS MAY 3rd… when National Public Radio began operations in the US with 112 affiliates ….
When President Ronald Reagan began a series of 5-minute Saturday morning radio broadcasts, which most successive presidents have continued ....
When the final episode of the original prime time TV soap opera “Dallas” aired on CBS…
and when the British group Gerry & the Pacemakers made their US TV debut, performing “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show.
ALL the milestones for May 3rd INSIDE.
Opie of ‘Opie & Anthony’ Joins Westwood One Podcasts
“Boy, do I have a story to tell you, starting MAY 9th! Go subscribe to the OPIE RADIO Podcast now so you’re the first to hear it.”
Stingray Digital pushes into radio with $506-million purchase of Newfoundland Capital
Montreal media company Stingray Digital Group Inc. is making a big bet on radio with the purchase of Newfoundland Capital Corp. Ltd., Canada’s second biggest private radio broadcaster