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Does Streaming Speed Up Radio? Just A Lil Bit

It was clear early on that “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes was going to be a song that nobody liked except the audience. The first PD I talked to was cringing at the notion of playing it. The one thing we agreed on was that the time was now, to take advantage of its social […] […]

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West Virginia Radio Corp. Tabs George Pelletier As President

Following the retirement of longtime West Virginia Radio Corporation President/CEO Dale Miller, the company has announced it has hired former Alpha Media Midwest Regional President George Pelletier as his successor. Pelletier oversaw 28 of Alpha’s 42 markets after joining the company following its 2016 acquisition of Digity where her served as Chief Operating Officer. Pelletier […] […]

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Katrina Walburn Joins WAJI's Andy In The Morning

Sarkes Tarzian AC “Majic 95.1” WAJI Fort Wayne has announced the addition of Katrina ‘Kat’ Walburn to their “Andy In The Morning” hosted by Andy Beckman. Walburn has spent the past several years as Regional Marketing Manager at Jefferson Pointe Shopping Center but previously worked at Sarkes’s Fort Wayne cluster as Promotions Director for 101.7 […] […]

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Nielsen To Deploy New Wearable PPM Meters

Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) today announced that starting in September 2021, it will begin placing approximately 3,000 new Portable People Meter (PPM) Wearables in a subset of its nearly 60,000 active PPM panelists.  The deployment of PPM wearable devices and technologies is part of Nielsen’s continued efforts to modernize its panels and improve the panelist experience, […] […]