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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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Radio Ch-ch-Changes to Watch for

December 11, 2009 – 1:13 pm | No Comment

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes are going on everywhere within our industry. Citadel Broadcasting is poised to drop 1.2 billion dollars in debt through a prearranged bankruptcy agreement. This should put Citadel in a good position to regain …

Building Tomorrow’s Companies During a Recession

November 12, 2009 – 5:27 pm | No Comment

Is there a lesson for radio?
Recently I read a post in BusinessWeek about the phenomenon of more businesses being started during a downturn. Some suggest that it’s easier to start companies during downturns because …

Radio’s Fortune Lies in a Bowl of Cereal

November 6, 2009 – 1:51 pm | Comments Off

By Eric Corwin
November 6, 2009
This morning, as with most mornings I skimmed over the Inside Radio email, got a sip of coffee and moved through the rest of my early morning reading. Seth Godin …