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AT THE END OF SUMMER, hee leaders of the nearly 250 public radio stations in the United States received a memo from NPR headquarters in Washington--'the mother ship,' as many [...]

Ken Beckwith saw our article about key management and shared an approach that may help fellow broadcast engineers. Ken purchased a CD/DVD case and stripped out the sleeves. He bought [...]

Early in Scott Herman's freshman year at Brooklyn College in 1976, the newcomer was having a rough time adapting. 'I wanted to drop out,' Herman remembered. 'My father suggested I [...]

Ampers is on the move. The Minnesota-based collection of 18 independent community stations is working to expand its services. The Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations is a nonprofit [...]

AXS TV Andy Schuon was named president of Anthem Sports & Entertainment-owned networks AXS TV and HDNet Movies. Schuon is the former president of Revolt Media and has managed such [...]

Streaming and on-demand audio provider TuneIn is playing a central role in the so-called 'audio renaissance' in the United States as COVID has transformed radio listening habits. The company, founded [...]

Broadcast engineer Steve Brown will be inducted into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. Michelle Vetterkind is president/CEO of the WBA, a state association that knows how to celebrate [...]

It sounds like a movie title: 'In Search of Engineers.' The story began back in 1996 when the FCC allowed corporations to own multiple radio stations. On the one hand, [...]

The recipient of the Radio World Excellence in Engineering Award for 2020-21 is Jason Ornellas, regional director of engineering for Bonneville International. Recipients of the award represent the highest ideals [...]

This is part of a Radio World series to celebrate early broadcasters as the industry prepares to note the 100th anniversary of what is, traditionally, considered the birth of modern [...]

Russia's horrific invasion of Ukraine and its simultaneous blocking of Western media outlets has renewed public interest in shortwave radio broadcasters like the federally funded Voice of America. Now managed [...]

The author is a consultant and is the retired senior VP of engineering at CBS Radio. He responds to the commentary 'Let's Talk About Mono,' in which David Bialik laid [...]

WE ARE WELL INTO THE ERA OF #MeToo and #TimesUp, but in the workplace women still face plenty of challenges, including the expectation that they manage to balance a career [...]

Growing up in the small town of Kingsley, Iowa, Ray Cole started working in the family grocery store at age 5. 'I'd sortpop bottles and break 100-pound bags of potatoes [...]

Abstract This article explores the roles of some of the key women producers, broadcasters and writers who were able to work within the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Australian Broadcasting [...]

I'm chief engineer for a cluster of 24 commercial broadcast radio stations in northeast Pennsylvania and reaching into New York state. I was licensed in amateur radio in 1974 as [...]

'Visual radio' is more than a webcam streaming live footage of a radio station's morning show. Properly executed, visual radio can be a compelling, multi-camera production that wows listeners and [...]

A technical session in the upcoming virtual Radio Show will focus on a topic of growing importance to U.S. broadcasters: hybrid radio. As Radio World readers know, the term refers [...]

The author is chief engineer for Entercom Communications station WIP(FM) in Philadelphia. I wrote an opinion piece in Radio World almost 20 years ago that I headlined 'A Fly in [...]

CHAD MATTHEWS. WABC NEW YORK (ABC) Chad Matthews moved into the top job at WABC New York in February, and has made his mark. He knew the station well, starting [...]

In a long and distinguished Washington career, Francisco 'Frank' Montero has served both at the Federal Communications Commission and in the D.C. legal community. He is a managing member at [...]

ATLANTA -- The potential for a financial turnaround by the second largest U.S. radio broadcast group is being viewed with skepticism by some business observers. However, others say it is [...]

1 Steve Hatch, general manager, northern Europe, Facebook Hatch has become the face of Facebook in medialand, selling the story and pressing the flesh. He likes to schmooze at Soho [...]

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REMEMBER SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL when your classmates voted for the best, worst and 'most likely to' in a variety of embarrassing categories? Well, we at Billboard Radio Monitor [...]

Internal Communications and Promotion ALL OTHER MEDIA Competitive Reference Manual--Know the Truth Adelphia Communications MARKETING TEAM: Robert Daleo, Director, Marketing & Sales, Adelphia Communications; Amy Isenberg, Marketing Coordinator, Adelphia Communications [...]

RadioDNS has a mission to accelerate the growth of hybrid radio by establishing standards that reduce the costs and complexity of implementation. There's growing adoption of our technical standards; but [...]

It's no secret that radio deejays, if you can even call them that anymore, hold a lot of power and influence over their legions of listeners. Howard Stern--who no one [...]

September 11. The date has come to symbolize so much, both good and bad. The terrorist attacks set off changes in our culture that have everyone wondering how our lives [...]

Despite the dotcom disaster, British broadcasting millionaires have had a largely profitable year. The article lists the top 100 by their 2001 wealth, led by Sir Peter Michael of GWR Group at 185 million pounds sterling. At number 100 is Lord Bragg of LWT at 4 million pounds sterling.

The richest British citizens in the UK broadcasting industry include those millionaires who work in radio, television, and the World Wide Web. The list is somewhat subjective, since emerging media technology is constantly redefining the term 'broadcasting', and some potential candidates do not disclose their income.

The year 1981 was a good one. Besides graduating from high school, it marked the end of my first year working part-time in commercial radio at WJER. Back then, we [...]

A reorganization earlier this year among the top technical positions at Cumulus, the second-largest U. S. radio group, unified broadcast engineering and information technology under the same umbrella. Leading that [...]

WHAT HE DID Studd created 'inside his head', an animation for BBC Radio 4 to accompany Stephen Hawking's Reith Lecture. Tell us about the project. The BBC asked me to [...]

A soft-spoken millionaire investor from Dallas, virtually unknown in the radio business a few years ago, has taken over the industry like a Texas tornado. Thomas O. Hicks now dominates [...]

Early in the afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 15, on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, a heaving throng surged toward the doors of the Barnes & Noble bookstore on the corner of [...]

Simon Wilson is the new regional editor for the BBC World Service Europe and Americas Region. Wilson provides managerial and editorial leadership for staff working for BBC's Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, [...]

Amelia Torode was given access to an array of research from Radiocentre that attempts to prove music's strategic strength and its role in creativity. Has this changed how she does [...]

Richard Wheatly died last week after a short illness, aged 69. The former chief executive and chairman of Leo Burnett joined Jazz FM as its managing director in 1995 and [...]

How to utilize technology to better connect with an audience, particularly the younger demographic? This is an ongoing challenge for public radio stations. WFAE, 'Charlotte's NPR news source,' has developed [...]

The author of this commentary is senior vice president of operations at Futuri Media. 'Alexa, lay out my station's smart speaker strategy for me.' That'd be nice, huh? Actually, that [...]

Few current broadcasters have had as long and interesting a career as ABC Radio's Bill Diehl. In his new memoir 'Stay Tuned: My Life Behind the Mic,' Diehl takes readers [...]

Jeff Lyon [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cumulus Media Appointed vice president/market manager for Abilene, Texas, group James Ruedlinger Electronics Research Inc. Rejoined the company as senior vice president of engineering Steven Meyers [...]

With the appointment of Andrew Morley, Clear Channel has reinforced its reputation for hiring chief executives from rather unusual backgrounds. Morley replaces the highbrow astrophysics graduate Matthew Dearden, who has [...]

Kenny hit the headlines last week when it was announced she would take the helm at the radio body. She was perhaps not the obvious choice given her lack of [...]