Radio Daily for 10-27-20

Radio Daily for Tuesday, October 27, 2020

America's Top Testing Christmas Songs 2020

Are America's all-Christmas stations playing the right songs? P1 Media Group and MRC Entertainment tested the appeal of the 40 most-played and 40 most-streamed Christmas songs from the 2019 Holiday Season, according to BDSradio, a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs More

FCC Order Allows AM Stations to Broadcast All-Digital Signal

The FCC issued a Report and Order adopting rules to allow AM radio stations to broadcast an all-digital signal using the HD Radio in-band on-channel (IBOC) mode named MA3.1 The agency says that a voluntary conversion to all-digital broadcasting will benefit many AM stations and their More

Nielsen Webinar Discusses October 2020 PPM Data

Nielsen held a client webinar Tuesday on October, 2020 PPM data. This is the first monthly PPM data release that will see the results of its headphone adjustment and outlier mitigation enhancements, announced last month. The October PPM survey covered September 10 through October 7, More

Townsquare Names Ish Johnson MP/CRO of Killeen-Temple, TX

Townsquare Media Inc. has named Ishmael Johnson Market President and Chief Revenue Officer for its Killeen-Temple local media cluster in addition to his current role of Market President and Chief Revenue Officer of Townsquare Lufkin. The cluster includes New Country KUSJ 105, B106 Hip Hop and R&B (KOOC-FM), More

WIXV's Scott Honored With Outstanding Georgia Citizen Award

Cumulus Media has announced that WIXV-FM (I-95)/Savannah, GA Program Director and air personality Don Scott has been honored by the State of Georgia with the Outstanding Georgia Citizen Award for exemplary community service. The award is Georgia's highest service award, and was personally presented to Scott More

Podchaser Pro Debuts Access to Reach, Contacts, Demos

Podchaser, a podcast database, has announced the release of its new service for podcast professionals entitled Podchaser Pro, bringing efficiency to the process of discovering, qualifying and contacting podcasts. The service builds upon its data set to provide access to reach, contacts, demographics and more More

The New 96.1 Now/San Antonio Welcomes "The Jubal Show"

The New 96.1 Now in San Antonio welcomes "The Jubal Show" to the morning program lineup, effective immediately. The popular syndicated show will broadcast weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. "The Jubal Show" will add to the continued evolution of 96.1 Now to be the foremost Contemporary Hit Music More

Roger Malinowski Joins NuVoodoo as VP/Business Development

NuVoodoo Media Services has appointed Roger Malinowski as Vice President, Business Development, a newly created position. Malinowski will support the growth and development of NuVoodoo's advanced research and marketing services across multiple sectors. He will also lead business development strategies for More

Unearthed Interviews Podcast Celebrates First Anniversary

A podcast from Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Famer Bob Barry is marking more than one year's worth of episodes. The Bob Barry Unearthed Interviews podcast highlights his historic interviews with musicians and celebrities. Barry had a long career interviewing some of the biggest names in music More

iHeartMedia's Final Voter Participation Push

iHeartMedia has announced the culmination of its 2020 voter participation efforts with longtime partners When We All Vote, a national, nonpartisan nonprofit that brings together citizens, institutions, brands, and organizations to increase participation in every election; The National Urban League, a More

Benztown Releases "Christmas in a Box" Programming

Benztown has made its holly, jolly market-exclusive "Christmas in a Box" library available for free to stations with a Benztown library subscription. "Christmas in a Box" delivers festive Christmas programming including over 5,000 tracks of audio Christmas cheer that will delight Christmas lovers More

FOX Soul Adds ''Hollywood Unlocked with Jason Lee''

"Hollywood Unlocked with Jason Lee [UNCENSORED]" inks a deal with FOX Soul. The entertainment podcast will debut on the digital television network on Friday, October 30 at 7pm PT. Lee is also host of the Premiere Networks-syndicated "Hollywood Unlocked with Jason Lee," a two-hour weekend show airing on 60 More

SBG's Smart Talk Radio Network Expands in Seattle

KIXI-AM/Seattle is expanding its weekend lineup this fall with Smart Talk Radio Network programs "Around The House With Eric G," "Our Auto Expert" and "Barbeque Nation." These three shows, offered through Sun Broadcast Group, will be available on KIXI-AM's weekend lineup with, "Around The House With Eric G" More

Entercom/Phoenix Elevates Chris Hernandez to Ops Mgr.

Entercom promotes Chris Hernandez to Operations Manager for the company's cluster in Phoenix, overseeing KOOL-FM, KMLE-FM (KMLE Country 107.9) and KALV-FM (LIVE 101.5). He joined LIVE 101.5 in 2007 as an on-air mixer and imaging director, roles he held until 2015 when he became the station's Assistant More