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Analyticowl Debuts Broadcast Predictive Attribution Tool Analyticowl AnalyticOwl announces the launch of NumericOwl, a predictive attribution benchmark tool that helps advertisers and media companies predict response levels to aired commercials. It's based on real-world data and analysis derived by AnalyticOwl over the past three years by tracking billions of website and More

WPST/Trenton Names Joe Hyer Director of Digital Strategy Townsquare Media Townsquare Media CHR WPST-FM/Trenton, NJ, appoints Joe Hyer as Director of Digital Strategy. Most recently, Hyer was with Entercom's National Content team in Philadelphia, where he handled content for AC and CHR outlets and Radio.com. Previously, he spent five years with Townsquare as a Regional Content More

RAB, BMI, MIW Complete Management & Leadership Seminar The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), in conjunction with BMI and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio (MIW) Group, announces the successful completion of the eleventh annual Rising Through the Ranks Women in Radio Management & Leadership Training Program. Twenty-nine scholarship recipients were More

Townsquare Media Q2 Net Revs Rises 1.9%, Earnings Down Townsquare Media Townsquare Media reported second quarter net revenue increased 1.9% to $119.6 million from $117.3 million in 2017. Excluding political revenue, net revenue grew 1.3% to $118.3 million from $116.7 million. Adjusted EBITDA gained 1.3% to $0.4 million from $27.5 million. The company posted a 70.6% dip in net More

Malloy, Franco Suspended For Calling State AG ''Turban Man'' Judi Franco and Dennis Malloy Townsquare Media's WKXW-FM (New Jersey 101.5)/Trenton, NJ, midday hosts Dennis Malloy and Judi Franco (Dennis & Judi) have been suspended after repeatedly referring to the state's Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, who is Sikh, as "turban man." "You know the attorney general -- I'm never going to know his More

2018 Radio Show Session to Examine Radio's Economic Outlook Radio Show A panel of industry executives and experts will discuss the impact of deregulation and large-scale debt reduction on the radio industry in a session titled "Pillsbury's Broadcast Finance 2018: Radio's Debt Cloud Finally Lifts" at the 2018 Radio Show. The session will be held Wednesday, September 26 from More

Entercom/Baltimore Names Tom Cook Dir./Music Programming Tom Cook Entercom appoints Tom Cook to the role of Director of Music Programming in Baltimore, effective July 30. Cook will oversee programming on WLIF-FM (Today's 101.9) and WWMX-FM (Mix 106.5). Prior to joining Entercom, Cook was the Michigan Regional Operations Manager for Townsquare Media, where he oversaw More

Rising Through The Ranks Scholarship Winners Announced Scholarship winners for this year's Rising Through the Ranks Seminar, presented by Radio Advertising Bureau, BMI and Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio (MIW), have been selected. Listed below are twenty-three recipients attending this year's seminar, August 15-16, at the BMI Nashville office. This year's More

Hubbard Radio Talent Institute Begins on Monday The third annual Hubbard Radio Talent Institute starts Monday on the campus of Central Washington University with Hubbard Radio Chair/CEO Ginny Morris taking the opening session. Students accepted into the Institute are immersed in all things radio with sessions including on-air, production, promotions, More

Tillotson Joins Cumulus Pensacola as Operations Manager Greg Tillotson Cumulus Media appoints 20-year plus radio programmer Greg Tillotson as Operations Manager for its five-station cluster in Pensacola, FL, including WMEZ-FM, WJTQ-FM, WCOA-AM, WXBM-FM and WRRX-FM. Tillotson will also serve as Program Director of WMEZ, WJTQ and WCOA. He joins the company from Mapleton More

Townsquare Completes Sale of NAME for $23.5 Million Townsquare Media Townsquare Media has completed the sale of North American Midway Entertainment (NAME) to North American Fairs, an entity owned by Danny Huston, for $23.5 million plus a 15% residual interest in any future proceeds of a sale of NAME in the next ten years. Under the terms of the deal, North American Fairs will More

Townsquare Q1 Net Revenue Up 6.6%, Declares Dividend Townsquare Media Townsquare Media reported first quarter net revenue increased 6.6% to $94.2 million from $88.4 million in 2017. Local Marketing Solutions (broadcast and digital) net revenue grew 5.9%, or 5.6% excluding political revenue, while Entertainment revenue (Events) was up 10.8%. The company posted a net loss of More

Report: Radio Deals Total $149 Million in Q1 2018 SandP Market Intelligence U.S. broadcast station mergers and acquisitions volume reached $311.9 million in the first quarter of 2018, as tracked by Kagan, a media research group within S & P Global Market Intelligence. This is the lowest quarterly deal volume since Q4 2016 and one of the four lowest in the past four years. The More