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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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Ratings and Revenue Support Programs

April 29, 2010 – 12:13 pm | No Comment
Ratings and Revenue Support Programs

Ratings Support
Cost Plus Guarantee
If your considering using direct marketing to reach PPM or Diary households this Year let us show you how our proven strategies are helping broadcasters save while extending their marketing dollars. …

Hello Radio, It's concept first and details later

April 29, 2010 – 9:22 am | No Comment
Hello Radio, It's concept first and details later

If you talk about what Rush, Hannity, Beck, or Savage talk about on their shows, they then become unbeatable.
Negativity is the killer of Creativity.
If we all evolved from Monkeys how come they still exist, or …

Radio Can be a Local Media Thought Leader

April 9, 2010 – 10:10 am | No Comment
Radio Can be a Local Media Thought Leader

By Eric Corwin

Radio should become a local marketing thought leader for business. What is a thought leader? Wikipedia’s description is as follows, a thought leader is a futurist or person who is recognized …

Ron Chapman and George Johns Form Alliance

April 9, 2010 – 10:07 am | No Comment
Ron Chapman and George Johns Form Alliance

For Immediate Release
Radio Performance Legends Launch Talent Coaching
In order to do something uncommonly well, you simply can’t do it for everyone. Yet for a select group of radio companies and their talent, two of our …

Is It All About Content, or Being Found?

April 9, 2010 – 9:22 am | No Comment
Is It All About Content, or Being Found?

By Ken Dardis
Audio Graphics
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Content is King.” Jack Benny, Edward R. Morrow, Paul Harvey, and Dick Clark found their content floating to the top at a time when each spoke into …

Consumer Trifecta Suggests Signs Of Life In U.S. Economy

April 9, 2010 – 8:43 am | No Comment
Consumer Trifecta Suggests Signs Of Life In U.S. Economy

Finally, there may be some combined signs of life in the consumer sector of the U.S. economy. First, the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose to 52.5 in March, recovering about half of the nearly …

Before the Beginning

April 9, 2010 – 8:37 am | No Comment
Before the Beginning

In “The New Beginning” I was writing about how I went from just a guy in a rock band to a Program Director of a radio station in about six months time.
To explain how I …