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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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3 Ways to Add Revenue Today

August 28, 2009 – 10:43 am | No Comment
3 Ways to Add Revenue Today

For the past month I’ve been telling you there are ways to add revenue “hidden” within the 4 walls of your Radio station..here are just 3.
1. Develop a phone app for your …

Twitter Gets A Business Model

August 25, 2009 – 7:30 am | No Comment
Twitter Gets A Business Model

Also in Twitterland: Co-founder Biz Stone says the company is starting to roll out commercial accounts to encourage business users to pay for premium services like analytics.
Twitter to roll out commercial accounts this year
By Kim-Mai …

Hail to the Spammer in Chief: Where Obama Went Wrong

August 25, 2009 – 7:30 am | No Comment
Hail to the Spammer in Chief: Where Obama Went Wrong

E-Mail Masters Stumble on Health Care but Offer Lessons for Marketers

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, one of the few things about Barack Obama’s presidential campaign that was …

Analysis: Nielsen vs. Arbitron examined

August 25, 2009 – 7:05 am | No Comment
Analysis: Nielsen vs. Arbitron examined

Radio market surveys differ in samples and results
When the new-to-Topeka Nielsen Co. radio ratings last week listed Majic 107.7 as the local market’s most-listened-to station instead of No. 5 as the most recent Arbitron ratings …

George Johns … Still Thinking Out Loud.

August 25, 2009 – 7:00 am | No Comment
George Johns … Still Thinking Out Loud.

A lot of people over the years have asked me what the real secret of KVIL in Dallas was. Well try this on for size … Most of the air talent I had the privilege …

Radio opportunities and things to consider

August 20, 2009 – 2:22 pm | Comments Off
Radio opportunities and things to consider

Lawyer’s Pay Your Station
David Wolfe tells me, “general managers love his legal line program cause they rarely see a check from a lawyer, it’s usually the other way around. Something must be working. Citadel …

More Static: Citadel Radio Slams PPM

August 18, 2009 – 7:45 am | No Comment
More Static: Citadel Radio Slams PPM

The chorus of radio broadcasters criticizing ratings from Arbitron’s Portable People Meter now includes Citadel Broadcasting. Michael Luckoff, president and general manager of two Citadel stations in San Francisco, wrote an open letter to Arbitron …

Radio’s Recovery Involves Listening

August 18, 2009 – 7:35 am | No Comment
Radio’s Recovery Involves Listening

It struck me late one evening – radio spends nearly all of its time trying to get people to LISTEN… yet they spend very little time listening themselves. I had a business client a while …

Radio Industry Needs to Make Change, Not Wait for It

August 18, 2009 – 7:30 am | No Comment
Radio Industry Needs to Make Change, Not Wait for It

There’s a difference between making change and waiting for change. You decide what the radio industry has been doing over the past 10 years.
If your goal is to see a headline announcing change, you’ll come …

George Johns Thinks Out Loud!

August 18, 2009 – 7:00 am | No Comment
George Johns Thinks Out Loud!

If Babe Ruth had all the special advantages that Barry Bonds and a few others of his ilk had, he would have made them all look like school girls.
Radio of the future is going to …