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Nielsen December & Fall 2023 Ratings Releases 1/19

Nielsen continues its releases of the December 2023 and Fall 2023 diary surveys today. Today’s markets include December monthly ratings for Colorado Springs, Madison, Mobile, Toledo and Wichita. Fall ratings for Boise, Daytona Beach, Fort Pierce/Stuart/Vero Beach, Fort Walton Beach/Destin, Lakeland/Winter Haven, Melbourne/Titusville/Cocoa, Pensacola, Pueblo, Salina/Manhattan, and Topeka. Markets coming next week include: On Monday, […] […]

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How to Make Radio Ads Better, Quickly

For decades, our industry’s stopset discussion has often defaulted to focusing on the quality, not quantity of radio spots. Some broadcasters feel that ad quality is the real issue. Some allow that stopset length is a problem, but not one we can do anything about. The upshot is that neither quantity nor quality has ever […] […]

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United Stations Takes Over Domestic Syndication For The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll

United Stations has taken over domestic syndication of the weekly “The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll with Wink Martindale” from G Networks. Radio Express will continue to serve as International syndication partner for the two-hour weekly program that debuted in syndication in 2021 as a follow-up to the 1969/1978/1981 Bill Drake/Gene Chenault documentary series. As […] […]

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Ashley Vikdal Joins KUDL Sacramento & KRBQ San Francisco

Audacy has announced the appointment of ‘Ashley V’ Vikdal for the dual role of midday host on Classic Hip Hop “102.1 Jams” KRBQ San Francisco and afternoon host on CHR “106.5 The End” KUDL Sacramento. Vikdal joins Audacy from Desert Valley Media Group in Phoenix where she was Integrated Marketing Manager since 2018 and midday […] […]

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Bob James To Retire From KHAK

Bob James has announced his retirement as Brand Manager and afternoon host at Townsquare Media Country 98.1 KHAK Cedar Rapids IA after 33 years at the station. James joined KHAK (pronounced on-air as K-Hawk) in 1990 as overnight host before moving to nights in 1991 and cluster Production Director/midday host in 1994. He has served […] […]