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The CRB/CRS Executive Director Bill Mayne To Step Down Next Year.

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After leading the Country Radio Broadcasters/Country Radio Seminar since 2011 as executive director, Bill Mayne will leave his post in May 2019. Mayne will oversee the organization through the 50th Anniversary CRS set for next February and help in the search for his successor. Prior to his position as executive director, Mayne served on the organization’s board of directors.

“It will be the end of an era, really. That’s how much impact Bill has had on country music while at CRB,” CRB board president Kurt Johnson said. “It’s impossible to adequately express our thanks for his extraordinary leadership. And the good news is, Bill is working with the brilliant CRB staff to create a once-in-a-lifetime CRS this coming February.”

A search committee has been established by the CRB board who will oversee the process to find Mayne’s replacement.

“I’ve been so blessed to spend almost half of my adult life involved in CRB, followed b
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The New SCBA Series Aims To Educate Radio Sellers About Digital.

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With digital advertising surpassing television as the richest ad medium, radio sellers need to stay on top of the fast growing digital ad space and how it impacts radio. To help educate the industry, the Southern California Broadcasters Association (SCBA) has published a series of brief essays on all aspects of digital advertising.

The trade group says its new Digital Information Series is designed to assist members in understanding digital and how to position radio and its own digital platforms as “an important and essential partner to clients.” Each installment in the series is devoted to one subject and provides information “to engage and provoke creative thinking” for sellers in their meetings with clients and new prospects.

“The need for our member sales teams to have a solid working knowledge of non-radio digital platforms is critical to radio’s future,” SCBA president Thom Callahan said in a release announcing the series.

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An Anonymous Listener Leaves $10 Million To Seattle’s KEXP.

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KEXP-FM Seattle (90.5) has received one of the largest ever bequests to an individual public radio station. An anonymous listener, identified only as Suzanne, left nearly $10 million to the trend-setting adult alternative station.

The station says the surprisingly generous donation will be used for a number of music and media education programs, to help fund KEXP’s digital content strategy and to allow the station to expand and experiment with radio and online music programming. Inspired by the donation, KEXP has also created a new planned giving initiative, the Reverb Society.

The donor was celebrated with a special set of programming during KEXP chief content officer Kevin Cole’s afternoon program. “We intend to honor her legacy in every step we take in stewarding these funds,” Cole said. “Suzanne’s love of music, her support for artists, her sense of philanthropy and service to the community, and the joy she found in exploration and disc
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Riebeek-Kasteel JAN BLOHM and BAND

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Jan Blohm and band will entertain guests at our place with a rustic feel…for adults and kids … where parents can relax and enjoy the best of what Riebeek valley has to offer, while the children are entertained fed and very happy right next door.

Date:- 20 April 2018

Time:- From 13:00 until 22:00

Price:- R140

We only have 70 seats at tables, 8 seats at the bar and 4 seats at the Bruid’s table for the adventurous theatre enthusiast. If you do not want to miss out on this incredible show..plz rsvp and book in advance.

There is also a childrens side/Theatre with a light meal, sweeties,drinks, entertainment, full time supervision and lots of fun for R100.

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The NAB Show 2018 Wrap-Up: The Digital Revolution Rules.

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It wasn’t so long ago that the radio industry was collectively shuffling its feet as in-car listening—AM/FM’s bread and butter—was subsiding amid a threatening new technology called “streaming,” as at-home and at-home tune-in were also declining. Well, look at us now. While traditional over the air AM/FM remains the mothership, broadcasters at the 2018 NAB Show this month made clear that the industry has now created its own digital revolution.

During the National Association of Broadcasters convention last week in Las Vegas—which brought together 94,000 attendees from 161 countries and 1,800+ exhibitors—station streaming has become a given. Add proprietary websites and social media, and the likes of mobile apps, smart speaker skills, podcasting, ROI and geo-fencing.

Indeed, all of this dizzying change is, in fact, prompting broadcasters to reimagine what business they’re in, Entercom senior VP, Corporate Business Development Tim Murph
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NAB Show: Digital Experts Share Smart Device Strategies.

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It’s no secret that a wild, wondrous array of smart devices, voice-activated speakers and mobile apps are unlocking newfound potential to connect with radio audiences, while potentially plumping stations’ bottom lines. The challenge now for broadcasters is trying to keep up with these rapidly evolving platforms, even when that sometimes means starting from scratch—again.

At the Wednesday NAB Show session, “Maximizing Smart Devices and Mobile Apps for Radio,” executives from Beasley Media Group and Hubbard Radio shared their efforts to stay ahead of the curve.

Steve Meyers, Executive VP of Digital for Beasley, explained that his company has made the leap to a new mobile app platform for each of the company’s 63 stations in 15 markets, with a focus on next-generation features—which he admits continue to evolve. The media company began the design phase six years ago, working with jācappps.

Recognizing that more than 70% of its audien
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Stanley Cup Playoff Hockey To Air On Westwood One.

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The quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup gets underway tonight with Westwood One providing live play-by-play coverage beginning with the drop of the puck as the Vegas Golden Knights host the Los Angeles Kings in Game One of their Western Conference series and culminating with the crowning of the 2018 Stanley Cup Champion.

In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One will broadcast several playoff games throughout the next few weeks, including Game 3 between the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks on Monday, April 16 and Game 4 between the Nashville Predators and the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday, April 18. Other playoff games in the first two rounds will be announced at a later date. Coverage will continue with the audio broadcast of every game of both Conference Finals as well as the Stanley Cup Final.

Kenny Albert will handle play-by-play duties alongside analyst Joe Micheletti. The duo will will serve as the lead broadcast crew for We
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IHeart And Youngstown State Athletics Extend Agreement.

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iHeartMedia and Youngstown State University Athletics have extended their agreement keeping YSU football and men’s and women’s basketball on “NewsRadio 570” WKBN and “The Sports Animal” WNIO (1390) Youngstown, OH through the 2020-21 season.

“YSU is a cornerstone of our community and we are very proud to continue our partnership with them,” iHeartMedia market president Robert Hotchkiss said. “We’ve expanded our coverage of YSU Athletics over the years and recently decided to feature additional coaches and student-athletes on the weekly programs.”

iHeartMedia Youngstown has broadcast YSU football and basketball games since 2002 with football and men’s basketball games airing on WKBN and women’s basketball games carried on both stations. Additional YSU Athletics programming includes the football and basketball coaches show, “Penguin Playbook,” which airs Monday nights on WNIO and the “Fifth Quarter Call-In Show,
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Changes as SABC Radio shuffles presenters

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South Africa’s public broadcaster, the SABC, has announced several exciting changes to presenter line-ups on its radio stations, underscoring the need to stay relevant and stay tuned to listeners’ needs.

But the process isn’t without a great big elephant in the room: The Sakina Kamwendo situation. Kamwendo abruptly disappeared off air midway through her Forum at 8 show on Friday morning, replaced by music for the remainder of her allotted time. Rumours pointed to the show’s producers being told to take her off the air. Social media went crazy, with fans demanding answers.

Good Hope FM mixes it up, big time

There’s a new breakfast show host on Good Hope FM, and he’s the youngest since the legendary Mark Gillman shook up the station back in 1995. He’s 24-year-old Dan Corder, who started his radio career at UCT Radio, and he’s the youngest breakfast show presenter in the country. “We know Dan is a great fit for ou
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Nielsen Reveals Top 2017 Radio Advertisers Based On Total Spend.

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Comcast Xfinity, Mattress Firm, Home Depot and GEICO rank among the top 10 national advertisers at both music radio stations and spoken word outlets for 2017, based on total spend in PPM markets. That’s according to Nielsen’s just released Audio Today Report, based on its top 48 radio metros that are measured by Portable People Meters.

Nielsen separately broke down the top advertisers for music-based and news/talk stations. For the former, McDonald’s was No. 1, spending $46.1 million in PPM markets. It was followed by Mattress Firm ($41.4 million), Comcast Xfinity ($36.8 million), Home Depot ($34.0 million) and T-Mobile ($32.8 million), rounding out the top 5.

For spoken word radio, Zip-Recruiter was the top spender in the 48 PPM markets for 2017, dedicating $11.1 million over the airwaves. The top 5 there is fleshed out by Comcast Xfinity ($8.6 million), GEICO ($7.7 million), Mattress Firm ($6.8 million) and Accufacts Research ($6.8 million).Continue reading…

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