Radio Ink

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Will Matty Be Back in The Morning?

Posted: 19 May 2021 03:35 PM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/will...n-the-morning/

iHeart Boston morning man Matty Siegel said he quit and walked off his
popular morning show Wednesday. The dramatic exit followed a call from
management who told him to stop talking about Demi Lovato's non-binary
announcement. The question is, will he be back Thursday morning.
This posting includes a media file:
https://radioink.com/wp-content/uplo.../Matty-Out.mp3

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Hollywood Slowing Things Down

Posted: 19 May 2021 03:05 PM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/holl...g-things-down/

After 35 years in syndication, Radio Hall of Fame inductee, Sean
“Hollywood� Hamilton has announced his retirement from all three of his
national radio programs. Hamilton will keep his gig as weekday afternoon
host in iHeart's KTU-FM in New York City.

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Radios New Advertisers

Posted: 19 May 2021 02:31 PM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/radios-new-advertisers/

Media Monitors took a look at the new creative being played during the
month of April on radio stations across the country. The number of new
unique creative on radio increased 44.6% in April, with 20,933 more
instances than April 2020. So who were the top advertisers?

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The X In Pittsburgh Names Krizner PD

Posted: 19 May 2021 09:36 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/the-...es-krizner-pd/

Abby Krizner has been named Program Director for 105.9 The X. Krizner began
her career at the station in 2008, where she most recently served as an
Assistant Program Director and Morning Show Host.

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Sales and Marketing Professionals

Posted: 19 May 2021 09:20 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/sale...professionals/

Cumulus Media Dallas is six highly recognized stations: Â*KTCK 1310 The
Ticket, KPLX 99.5 The Wolf, KSCS 96.3 New Country, WBAP 820 News/Talk,
KLIF-AM 570 News/Talk, KLIF-FM Hot 93.3 You could be representing these
tremendous media brands reaching millions of listeners in the Dallas Ft.
Worth area and scale up with our national footprint []

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2021 NAB Show Registration Opens

Posted: 19 May 2021 08:13 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/2021...tration-opens/

Registration is open for the 2021 NAB Show, taking place October 9–13, 2021
in Las Vegas. NAB Show co-located events, including Radio Show and NAB’s
Sales and Management Television Exchange (SMTE), have also opened
registration.

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Our Interview With Rushs Call Screener

Posted: 19 May 2021 01:24 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/our-...call-screener/

James Golden was not only Rush Limbaugh's call screener for 30 years, he
was his close friend. Golden is the host of a new podcast called Rush
Limbaugh: The Man Behind The Golden EIB Microphone. We interviewed Golden
about his latest assignment, the day Rush told him about his cancer
diagnosis and more. LISTEN

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J.J. Joins De De

Posted: 19 May 2021 01:08 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/j-j-joins-de-de/

Comedian J.J. Williamson - “J.J. from The Sipp� - has been hired to join
host DeDe McGuire and co-host Lady Jade on the nationally syndicated show,
Dede In The Morning. as its new comedian and co-host.

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How One Company Is Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy

Posted: 19 May 2021 01:03 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/how-...ine-hesitancy/

First there was the battle to get the COVID-19 vaccine distributed to
states and counties across the country. Now the challenge is convincing
everyone to take the shot. Here's how one radio company is helping to
educate the public.

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Spotify Rolling Out Podcast Transcripts

Posted: 19 May 2021 12:54 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2021/05/19/spot...t-transcripts/

Over the next few weeks Spotify will be rolling out auto-generated podcast
transcripts. The new service will start out in beta for select Spotify
original and exclusive podcasts. The feature will allow users to read the
text of podcasts on their phones either with or without sound.