UK
Radio Foyle to lose breakfast news slot as BBC plans to cut up to 40 NI posts
Radio Foyle to lose its breakfast news show as BBC plans to cut upto 40 NI posts. […]
Month: November 2022
UK
Radio Foyle to lose breakfast news slot as BBC plans to cut up to 40 NI posts
Radio Foyle to lose its breakfast news show as BBC plans to cut upto 40 NI posts. […]
US
Audacy Promotes Aaron Roberts To Sacramento Operations Manager
Audacy has announced the promotion of Aaron Roberts to Operations Manager for its Sacramento cluster. Roberts had joined Audacy Sacramento at the end of August as Brand Manager of Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” KSEG and Rock “98 Rock” KRXQ Sacramento. In his new role, he adds operational oversight of Alternative “Alt 94.7” KKDO, Rhythmic […] […]
US
Diamond Tyleir Takes Nights At 95.7 Jamz
SummitMedia Hip Hop “95.7 Jamz” WBHJ Midfield/Birmingham AL has promoted Diamond Tyleir to evening host. Tyleir served as a weekend host and interim midday host since joining the station in 2019. She also worked in the market as a traffic reporter for WBRC-TV from November 2021 until August. Tyleir also hosted middays at Bluewater Broadcasting […] […]
ASIA
Pandemic has intensified media competition, says ABU President
The broadcasting business environment has changed significantly because of the pandemic, the ABU President, Masagaki Satoru, has said.Speaking at the opening of the ABU General Assembly in New Delhi on 29 November, he said the pandemic had accelerated the digitalisation of society around the world and changed media consumption patterns.“As a result, competition among media platforms has intensified further and the broadcasting business environment has changed significantly.“This General Assembly will be a valuable opportunity to sum up our recent experiences. Now we must consider the way to face the post-COVID era, an era in which digitalisation has further deepened.”Masagaki, who is also Executive Vice President of Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, said the ABU itself had learned a great deal from the pandemic, with activities being held online for the past three years.This had enabled the ABU to broaden its participants, making activities more accessible to general staff members.“On the other hand, we were reminded once again that face-to-face meetings are essential for networking and deepening friendships among top management.“In the future, I believe we can organically combine physical and virtual means to create an efficient and effective way, suitable for the post-COVID era.” […]
ASIA
Ahmed Nadeem is new ABU Secretary-General
The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union has appointed Ahmed Nadeem as its next Secretary-General.
The announcement was made by the ABU Administrative Council after a meeting in New Delhi on November 24, 2022.
Nadeem, who is from the Maldives, is currently Director, ABU Technology & Innovation.
He succeeds Dr Javad Mottaghi, who has been Secretary-General since May 2010 and completes his term at the end of March 2023. Mr Nadeem will take up the position on 1 April 2023.
An experienced electronic and ICT engineer, he has over 25 years of experience in the field of broadcasting and telecommunications. He has been working in the ABU Technology Department since 2008 and was appointed Director in May 2018.
He has previously worked as a Project Engineer at LSV Enterprises of Singapore from 2007 to 2008. Before that he was with Television Maldives, where he worked from 1996 to 2007 as Head of Engineering. […]