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La Pantera To Debut In Washington DC

With their impending $800,000 purchase and takeover of Christian 1220 WFAX/100.7 W264DB Falls Church VA starting with an LMA on July 1, Costa Media has announced its programming plans for the station. WFAX will become “La Pantera” with a format mixing Regional Mexican and Spanish Rhythmic music. The station will also emphasize soccer including being […] […]

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Bret Burkhart Joins KCBS' Anchor Team

After 23 years at 810 KGO San Francisco, news anchor/reporter Bret Burkhart is jumping to Audacy News 740 KCBS/106.9 KFRC. Burkhart had been with KGO since 1999, most recently serving as morning and midday news anchor. He has also worked at KCSC and KPAY Chico and KFBK Sacramento in his career. Audacy welcomes veteran news […] […]

ASIA

Big FM announces new marketing strategy

Big FM, one of India’s largest radio networks launched ‘BIG World’ – a slew of offerings emanating from their core strengths, which can be tapped into by clients to engage with consumers in the new digital world.BIG World aims to utilise the power of digital media by playing to their strengths in audio creation and explore new avenues to increase their customer base and engage with their audiences.The launch commenced with a keynote by Abraham Thomas, CEO, Reliance Broadcast Network Limited, who shed light on the Radio industry and its trends, followed by a short presentation by Sunil Kumaran, COO BIG FM, on the four pillars of BIG World.Thomas said: “Radio is a shared experience with human connection. Growth in Digital radio is also getting driven by this ‘radio-like’ experience. At Big FM, our endeavour is to keep creating amazing content, and be available everywhere through valuable partnerships. To provide an immersive radio experience is why we chose the metaverse to make the Big World announcement. Big World is a bouquet of client solutions that provide immersive and engaging experiences for consumers through multiple platforms.”Outlining the offerings, Kumaran spoke about the following four pillars of BIG World:
BIG Radio and its evolution into an audio conglomerate offering
BIG LIVE is a vertical dedicated to live events, both on-ground and online. The network has already established BIG Cafe online as their flagship offering for online concerts during the last two years.
BIG Social leverages the rapid growth of digital to the fullest, to introduce a myriad of avenues that include gamification, social commerce, & advocacy. With their RJs already being influencers on radio, the network has now opened them to digital advocacy for branded content. They also recently launched their first social commerce platform BIG Living, a one-stop destination for sustainable and mindful products curated by BIG FM RJs.
BIG Voice focuses on digital platforms for audio like podcasts and smart speakers. In the last one year, BIG FM has successfully deployed 200+ episodes of original podcasts across 30+ platforms.
Adding on, Kumaran said: “Audiences today are seamlessly moving across media platforms and content formats.  BIG WORLD offers operate at the crux of Content & Platform to drive a much deeper level of engagement with the audiences.  Utilising the power of Social media, Events on- ground and on digital, through new age audio formats like Podcast, through presence on Smart Speakers and through Games, the offering of BIG WORLD will provide clients a much deeper and effective way to reach audiences”.   […]

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Juana Summers Joins All Things Considered/Consider This Anchor Team

NPR has announced the addition of Juana Summers to the anchor team for All Things Considered and Consider This joining Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly, Ari Shapiro and Michel Martin. Summers has served as a political correspondent for NPR since October 2019 after previously working for the organization as a reporter focusing on education and […] […]

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Triton Digital Adds Jelli; Makes Multiple Executive Promotions

Following its $230 million acquisition by iHeartMedia last December, Triton Digital has announced a series of executive promotions and the integration of the Jelli platform into its services. The new promotions include Stephanie Donovan to Global Head of Revenue, Alex Fournier to Chief Technology Officer, Benjamin Masse to Chief Product Officer, and Molly Glover Gallatin […] […]

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iHeart & State Farm To Launch iHeartLand On Roblox

After announcing earlier this year its intent to “bring immersive musical moments to the over 47M daily active users on the Roblox platform and launch its first tokenized community”, iHeartMedia has announced it is partnering with State Farm to launch “iHeartLand” on the platform. The metaverse growth will feature “live experiences, combining major album releases, […] […]