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What We Learned About ‘Bruno’

In January, as program directors grappled with Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” Matt Kelly, PD/afternoon host of WVAQ Morgantown, W. Va., opened the phone and text lines to let listeners decide if they wanted to hear it on the radio. Kelly had a plan if they voted no. He was going to say, “I […] […]

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Station Sales Week Of 4/22

Crain Media Group sells Hip Hop “96.5 The Box” KHTE-FM England/Little Rock AR to Alfred Bradford IV’s Bradford Media Group for $1.2 million. Bradford has operated KHTE-FM since August 1, 2018 via Time Brokerage Agreement when the current brand was launched. The Buddy Tucker Association sells Silent 1360 WMOB Mobile and 1110 WTOF Bay Minette […] […]

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Latest Radio Today podcast: creative and food

In this week’s Radio Today podcast, Megan and Bray review the Siren’s winners and chat to Sarah Patterson about her food podcast, which has now been picked up by Ace Radio as a weekend show.Podcast edit by Abe’s Audio.  
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Mary Lucia's Exit Leads To Departure Of KCMP Program Director Jim McGuinn

Immediately after Mary Lucia signed-off from afternoons at Minnesota Public Radio AAA “The Current” 89.3 KCMP Minneapolis, staffers were informed of the immediate departure of Program Director Jim McGuinn. In a memo from MPR President Duchesne Drew obtained by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune it was announced, “Jim McGuinn is no longer with Minnesota Public Radio. We […] […]

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Spotify video podcast expansion

Spotify has expanded its general availability of video podcasts, by allowing creators in Australia, the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK to upload their video content to Spotify through Anchor.“We began rolling out video podcasts in 2020 with the introduction of several Spotify Original shows as video podcasts, and in October 2021, we soft-launched… Read More
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Radio techs: “The real fun happens behind the scenes”

“Who’s the tech on duty?”I’ve always thought of broadcast technicians as radio’s superheroes – minus the cape.They’re the people you call when you rock up at 4.30am, the studio panel’s on the fritz and the emergency back-up tape’s kicked in.Or your login/password/swipe card doesn’t work.Or the newsroom computers are dead as doornails.Maybe the headphones don’t… Read More
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