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RADIO CASHES IN ON LOVE

June 23, 2011 – 2:01 pm No Comment

MatchLink is a singles dating network that served the radio industry for many years. The Evanston, Illinois company Spark Network Services provided an IVR-based dating service to radio stations. Radio listeners called a phone number and paid to interact with other singles through a sophisticated voice mail system. Payment was made through credit card or a 900 number. Some stations were earning a half million dollars per year with the service.

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Study: Who's On Which Social Nets

July 29, 2009 – 7:30 am | No Comment
Study: Who's On Which Social Nets

Marketers that are frustrated with targeting specific age groups or demographics in Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn could glean insight from a recent study by Anderson Analytics.
The study suggests that Twitter has become more popular …

Constructon Zones, Chapter 1

July 29, 2009 – 7:20 am | No Comment
Constructon Zones, Chapter 1

I work with a couple of radio stations in South Florida one of them being a sports station WFTL 6-40 Sports.
The station recently hired a new GM and it turned out to be Dave Manning …

Disney Unlocks Magic Kingdom of Online Advertising

July 29, 2009 – 7:15 am | No Comment
Disney Unlocks Magic Kingdom of Online Advertising

Disney are conducting detailed research to monitor the effectiveness of online advertising in order to learn more about how consumers react when they see different adverts online.
The company is due to make a presentation today …

Apple Rejects Official Google Voice iPhone App

July 29, 2009 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Apple Rejects Official Google Voice iPhone App

Now we know why Google Voice apps were only released for BlackBerry and Android. Apple rejected Google’s official Google Voice app when it was submitted for approval six weeks ago. What. The. Shit.
Here’s the quote …

A New Day for Radio

July 29, 2009 – 7:00 am | No Comment
A New Day for Radio

Back in the late 90’s I began work as a New Business Development director for a pair of start-up Smooth Jazz radio stations (it was a glorified title given to me by the owner of …

Proof Positive that These Non Traditional Revenue (NTR) Programs Deliver

July 21, 2009 – 10:59 am | One Comment
Proof Positive that These Non Traditional Revenue (NTR) Programs Deliver

THERE’S A SECRET THAT WE WANT TO SHARE
During my recent travels I have uncovered several NTR programs that are making stations a lot of money. These stations are combining the power of on-air and …

Subliminal advertising and original thought

July 21, 2009 – 7:45 am | No Comment
Subliminal advertising and original thought

Subliminal advertising has come of age. Naked ladies in Playboy ice cubes, subtle reflections in car windows, and one-frame flickers of popcorn and political candidates have been illegal since the sixties, and yet they still …

Ad Spending Confidence Rebounds, Improves For Most Major Media

July 21, 2009 – 7:30 am | One Comment
Ad Spending Confidence Rebounds, Improves For Most Major Media

Economic pessimism among marketers and agency media buyers appears to have bottomed out last spring and their ad spending plans are trending upward for most major media, according to the most recent data from an …

Robots to Advertise on the Moon

July 21, 2009 – 7:18 am | No Comment
Robots to Advertise on the Moon

It’s one giant leap for robot-kind. New Shadow Shaping technology creates images on the Moon that can be seen from Earth. Robots are used to create several small ridges in the lunar dust over large …

A Little Life And A Lot Of Radio!

July 21, 2009 – 7:00 am | No Comment
A Little Life And A Lot Of Radio!

The life rule has always been … Men are soft when they are hard and hard when they are soft.
Michael never got to be a Kid, now he doesn’t get to be a Senior either.
I …