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Volume 23, Issue 157, Jim Carnegie, Editor & Publisher
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Monday Morning August 14th, 2006
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Radio News ®
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 Where are the
car ad buys going?
With auto advertising below the levels of recent years for both radio and television, is some other medium seeing growth in auto? If you guessed the Internet, you are correct. No surprise there, but Wachovia Securities sought to quantify it in a recent conference call for investors with Mitch Lowe, CEO of Jumpstart Automotive Media. He confirmed that ad spend is moving away from traditional media - and the pace is accelerating. Lowe said automakers are currently spending 4-5% of their ad budgets online and their dealers 6-7%, but he expects that to keep moving up to a range of 15-18% for the auto industry. Bad news for broadcasters but even worse for newspapers who are taking the biggest hit. About 60% of auto ad spending used to go to print, Lowe said, but that has already fallen to 37%, with the auto industry well aware that young consumers aren't big newspaper readers, but are the Internet generation. Lowe told the Wachovia clients that TV is the most complimentary medium to the Internet, but its share of auto ad spending is still declining. That's because the Web is not only visual, but is measurable, interactive and has a targeting capability that goes beyond simple demographic and psychographic characteristics. Asked about radio, Lowe said it hasn't been impacted as much because radio wasn't as big a part of auto campaigns as TV had been and is still cheaper than TV on a CPM basis.
RBR observation: What's to be done? Two things: First, right now, go after those Internet ad bucks with offerings on your station website that provide local auto dealers with interactive marketing and demonstrate how effectively they can reach your listeners via the Internet. Lowe spoke about online providing better ROI to the auto industry because it is targeted and provides hard data about consumer inquiries. That leads to the second thing, the need for electronic audience measurement, which radio is grappling with right now. Lowe said he expected it to be another 5-7 years before the technology is implemented to allow broadcasters to give auto advertisers the documented ROI they see now from the Web. Can we speed that up?
Political battlegrounds seem to be expanding
Back in January, we were expecting that about 10 US Senate seats would be in play in the midterm election season. However, that number may have gone up, if a recent New York Times handicapping chart is accurate. With 33 states electing a Senator, only 19 are considered safely in the hands of one party or the other. And governor races are even more uncertain. On the Senate side, NYT sees the Democrats with 12 safe seats and seven leaners; the Republicans have seven safe seats and four leaners. Three races are called toss-ups. Democrats have six safe and eight leaning state houses, compared to seven safe and six leaning governorships for the Republicans, and nine are up in the air. At this point, NYT does not see a Democratic takeover in the House unless they can take a healthy bite out of seats currently leaning Republican. The Dems have 189 safe and 13 leaning seats, compared to 194 safe and 25 leaning Republican. 14 are in the toss-up category.
| State-by-state standings here |
RBR observation: The more toss-ups and leaners, the more cash you're likely to see flowing into the state. Only three states are completely out of the combined senate/state house picture, Kentucky, Louisiana and North Carolina. Double safeties, which should depress expenditures, exist for the Democrats in New Mexico and New York, and for the Republicans in Texas. Interestingly, Connecticut has two safeties, but it's the Senate for Democrats despite Joe Lieberman's independent run, and the governorship for the Republicans.
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 Washimore or Baltington?
Minneapolis is wedded to St. Paul, Tampa to St. Petersburg, San Francisco to Oakland, Ft. Myers to Naples, Tyler to Longview, and if you're in the mood for a threesome, Saginaw to Bay City and Midland. The list of dual- or multiple-city markets goes on and on. Some are divided by nothing more than a body of water or an imaginary political boundary, and some are quite far apart. The question has occasionally been raised, should Washington and Baltimore join that list? Our road atlas separates by a mere 38 miles, and they compete for the loyalty of thousands upon thousands of media consumers in between (just look below the line in your Arbitron book). The answer has been no thus far, but the topic has come up on two different occasions recently. The NFL Baltimore Ravens are asking the league to treat the two cities as one market, which would force more Ravens games onto the schedule of Washington stations, allowing Maryland residents residing in the DC DMA to see all of the team(s) games. According to SI.com, the Washington Redskins haven't commented on the proposal. And, according to the Washington Post, Fox Broadcasting's Washington O&O, WTTG-TV, is going to ship five hours of daily news programming to its Baltimore O&O, complete with local Washington stories. (For the record, we wrote our article before looking at the Post effort, which included Washimore as a suggested multiplex name, did not mention Baltington, but also mentioned Baltiton and Baltiwash.)
RBR observation: First of all, RBR is based in the Washington market, and although we used to love the Baltimore Orioles after our beloved Washington Senators were purloined by Texas (and before current management allowed to franchise to lapse into a state of perpetual disrepair), we will not consider Baltimore to be a part of Washington until Metro puts a subway stop up there. Further, if the tables were reversed, we would not want to know about local Baltimore goings-on, and we suspect they will rightly feel the same way about things like the Washington mayoral election and when the cherry blossoms are expected to bloom. Therefore, we do not expect good things for WTTG news programming in Baltimore. However, we completely understand the NFL problem. The DC market extends though southern Maryland all the way to the Chesapeake Bay, and the closer to the Bay, the more likely the residents are to favor the Baltimore franchises over those from Washington. We understand the Ravens' request, and we're glad we're not the ones who have to make that particular decision.
 What's in a name?
CBS may be about to find out
CBS has been laboring diligently for months to find just the right lead singer for a new rock band, and has been devoting airtime to the project since 7/5/06 to the project. The show, "Rock Star: Supernova," is on the schedule through the end of September, and is winnowing an initial pool of wannabes reality-show style until it has a winner to front the new band. One problem: There already is a band called Supernova. It's been a going concern since 1989, has a movie credit on its resume (the song "Chewbacca" which was featured on cult classic "Clerks"). The band, through representatives from Fish & Richardson P.C. (three guesses what type of business Fish & Richardson is engaged in) has contacted CBS in an effort to protect the band's name, an effort that included a 6/27/06 lawsuit. Having not made satisfactory progress, they are now seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the CBS version of Supernova to either record or perform "...under the name 'Supernova' alone."
RBR observation: In any business that involves information and creativity, intellectual property is no joke. We've been there ourselves. The band Supernova is perfectly justified in protecting its vital turf. However, with an ever-expanding entertainment universe, it is becoming harder and harder to win the footrace to a given name. We were thinking that maybe the 60s-70s (and beyond) band Paul Revere and the Raiders had the right idea. The name Paul Revere was certainly in use, but during the 1760s-1770s rather than the 1960s-1970s, meaning Mr. Revere the elder was unlikely to lodge a serious intellectual property complaint. However, we did a little research, and were thus reminded that one member of the Raiders lineup was actually named Paul Revere, rendering our specific comment moot. But you get the idea. CBS might look to the pages of American history for inspiration. How about "Rock Star: Mugwump" or "Rock Star: Millard Fillmore." Just the thing to put your show on the map while avoiding messy and costly legal action.
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| Executive Comment |
 In our RAB academy class on Creative
We touch on the subject of commercial length and spot loads. I tell my students that the real issue isn't too many commercials. It is, rather, too many BAD commercials. That is not to say that there isn't such a thing as too many commercials. If we were to significantly increase our spot loads we would certainly see a proportionate increase in listener dissatisfaction. But at our current levels, we are below the commercial content ratio of newspapers, TV, and cable, all of whom are outselling us. We rely entirely too much on promoting "free production" when we position ourselves against the competition. Most of the resulting "free" commercials are just plain awful. That not only has a negative impact on the results we are able to produce for our client, it also creates a huge tune-out factor with our listeners.
Not long ago my family and I were out for a drive and we had the radio tuned to the local CHR station for my two teenage daughters in the back seat. At one point my 15 year old said, "Hey, turn that up. I LOVE that commercial!" Ponder that for a moment and ask yourself, "How many commercials do we have on our air that would make a listener want to turn up their radio?" Until the left brain thinkers and number crunchers in our business can grasp the concept of commercial messages that are actually compelling to the human brain, we will continue to debate the statistical nuances of :30's versus :60's and 12 units per hour versus 10 units per hour ad nauseam. Instead, I suggest we consider the option of hiring real production professionals to run our production departments or forming associations with real production companies, and advising our advertisers to buy commercials that people will enjoy listening to and, more importantly, remember. Great radio production still costs less than mediocre video production and it works better for everyone involved. Free production is worth exactly what the client pays for it...regardless of spot the length or how many of them run in an hour.
Doc Holliday
Academy Instructor
Radio Advertising Bureau
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Ad Business Report TM
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Net Radio Sales to rep ABC Radio streaming stations
Representing its network of online stations to national advertisers. Streaming radio's fast growing audience has reached a level of critical mass that has brought a large number of national advertisers into the medium. With this announcement, ABC Radio joins a growing list of broadcast companies that have selected Net Radio Sales to specifically develop national advertising revenues for their Internet radio group. "We are delighted to be working with ABC Radio with their legendary list of stations and excellent programming options." said Jennifer Lane, President of Net Radio Sales. "Their group of stations has well established online audiences that expand the reach of our network and offer more options within our network to advertisers." Other Net Radio Sales affiliates include CBS Radio, Cox Radio, Air America, Bonneville, Chaincast Network stations, Surfer Network stations, ESPN Radio and more.
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| Media Markets & Money TM |
Jones keeps up with the Joneses
Christopher Jones is the President of Charles River Broadcasting, and now, according to Tom McKinley and George R. Reed of Media Services Group, he is on his way to being sole owner of two of the company's radio stations. Jones was the top bidder for WCRI-FM Block Island RI and its sister, WCNX-AM Hope Valley RI. The FM is part of the World Classical Network, and the AM is a News-Talker. Both serve the Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket market. Mary L. Marshall is the Chairman of Charles River, and the late Ted Jones is the company's founder and Christopher's father. Christopher Jones is also actively seeking the company's Cape Cod stations.
Correction: Blaine is going INTO Clarksville
In our story about the sale of KXIO-FM Clarksville AR Friday, we inadvertently transposed the names of the buyer and seller. Blaine Leeds is the buyer, and the seller is Gary Barnett. Thanks to broker Bill Cates of Sunbelt Media for bringing this to our attention.
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| Washington Media Business Report TM |
FCC probing VNR usage
 Stations are reportedly receiving inquiries from the FCC concerning the broadcast of news segments based on or using footage from unattributed video news releases. The action, reported by Reuters, stems from an April complaint from watchdogs Free Press and Center for Media and Democracy. At that time, the watchdogs said they had documented 36 VNRs, used by 77 stations, and aired 98 times without sourcing. The releases, which can come from the government or from the corporate world, are essentially an electronic version of the old-fashioned press release, and although the current complaint is directed at television, the releases can be audio-only for distribution to radio stations. The watchdogs expressed their concern that the documented incidents represent only the tip of the iceberg, writing, "Still, the findings represent only a small sample, less than 1%, of the thousands of VNRs the public relations industry produces each year for broadcast on television news programs."
RBR observation: There is nothing inherently wrong with VNRs. As we've pointed out in the past, there was no press pool on the moon when Neil Armstrong took his giant leap for mankind. The world saw footage of this historic moment courtesy of the US government. However, VNRs became a hot potato when it was revealed that government agencies were using them, distributing "fake news" to further administration political goals such as No Child Left Behind and the Medicare prescription drug program. It'll be interesting to see where the FCC goes with this.
Seattle paper asks for public outcry
The topic is media consolidation, and the Seattle Times took to its editorial page to urge its readers to let the FCC know their opinion, as happened when Michael Powell undertook to loosen the regulations back on 6/2/03. The paper notes as a positive development Chairman Kevin Martin's promise to hold six public meetings on the topic. It goes further, though, strongly suggesting that Martin do something Powell did not, which is to actually attend more than a couple. (Powell went to one independently-organized forum in New York and another, scheduled by the FCC, in Richmond, avoiding a number of other independent forums which attracted only Democratic commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein.) The paper also noted that Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) had written to Martin requesting that one of the meetings be held in Washington State.
RBR observation: This is just one more indication that a lot of eyes are on the FCC as it prepares to re-examine the rules. There is zero chance that this is going to happen quietly behind closed doors.
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| New Owners |
What makes them tick? New entrants just venturing into radio and/or TV-why are they getting into it? What do they see that others that are bailing out don't?
New owners taking the broadcasting plunge
The Federal Communications Commission is getting ready to take up the issue of local and national broadcast ownership caps, as well as the issue of broadcast and newspaper cross-ownership. New rules which we passed on partisan lines at the Commission 6/2/03 were not struck down by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, as you read various places from time to time. They were not even labeled as being bad rules. They were instead said to be poorly justified. They were sent back to the Commission to either be rewritten or better explained. It is well known that Kevin Martin is particularly in favor of easing restrictions on newspaper/broadcast combinations. As we've noted many times, that concept was almost endorsed by the Third Circuit, which noted that in many markets where such combinations exist, they are demonstrably the finest news operation in town. Still, the Court had a problem with how the Commission arrived at the local media counts that would be permitted for markets of varying sizes.
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| Engineering Business Report TM |
 FCC calls XM on the
carpet over receivers
Apparently some of the terrestrial receivers used to pick up the programming of XM Satellite Radio are susceptible to springing leaks. Engineers at an FCC lab determined that the Delphi XM SKYFi2 was exceeding emission limits, as was Audiovox, a receiver manufactured by Audiovox Xpress. The FCC also wanted additional info on other receivers, including Sportscaster, Roady XT, MyFi, Airware, Tao and Roady 2. The NAB has been complaining about interference from such devices to FM broadcasts. In a recent letter to the FCC seeking relief, NAB President/CEO David Rehr wrote, "Although press reports indicate that XM and Sirius have requested their manufacturers to suspend production of noncompliant devices, these actions do nothing to address noncompliant products already in consumers' hands or those already shipped to distributors or retailers."
| Here is XM's SEC filing on the matter |
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| Monday Morning Makers & Shakers |
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Transactions: 6/26/06-6/30/06
We realize the ugly connotations of the phrase "on the beach" in the broadcasting business, but in the case of Makers & Shakers, we have to assume that's where everyone really was this week. Only six transactions showed up at the FCC, none on the television side. While the weather may have been hot, the trading market certainly was not.
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Total
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Total Deals
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6
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AMs
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5
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FMs
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8
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16.71M
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| Complete Charts |
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Radio Transactions of the Week
Archway enters Illinois
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TV Transactions of the Week
Television trading takes a timeout
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| Transactions |
86.8M KFYR-TV, KQCD-TV, KMOT-TV & KUMV-TV Bismarck ND (Bismarck, Dickinson, Minot, Williston ND); KVLY-TV Fargo ND; and KSFY-TV, KABY-TV & KPRY-TV Sioux Falls SD (Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Pierre SD) from North Dakota Television LLC/South Dakota Television LLC, subsidiaries of The Wicks Group of Companies (Robert Gluck) to Hoak Media LLC (Eric D. Van den Branden). 4.75M escrow, balance in cash at closing. Price adjusted for working capitak, assumed obligations and digital buildout of KFYR-TV. Flagship/satellite set-up. Bismarck and Fargo groups are NBC affiliates; Sioux Falls group are ABC affiliates. Also includes an LPTV in Bismarck, three in Fargo and one in Sioux Falls. Hoak will also be entering into an SSA in Fargo with CBS KXJB-TV, which Parker Broadcasting is acquiring from Spirit Television. [File date 7/24/06.]
890K KCOX-AM/KTXJ-FM Jasper TX from Lasting Value Radio Inc. (Meredith Clayton Beal) to Cross Texas Media Inc. (Richard S. Tallent, Carol A. Tallent, Theodore J. Bordelon Jr., Barbara J. Bordelon, Harold E. White, Roben Calfee, Telissa Calfee). 10K deposit, 440K cash at interim closing, 440K note. Deal based on 12/15/05 memorandum of understanding. LMA 7/7/06 @ 2K/month. [File date 7/24/06.]
676.4K KFMG-FM/KSRJ-FM Juneau AK from White Oak Broadcasting of Alaska Inc. (Neil A. Rones) to Capital Community Broadcasting Inc. (Bill Legere et al). 33,750 escrow, balance in cash at closing. Superduopoly & cross-ownership with KTOO-TV-FM. Buyer is noncommercial. [File date 7/21/06.]
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| Stock Talk |
Radio stocks tank again
Want to know how long it has been since radio stocks were this low? It took us a while to research the answer. The last time the RBR Radio Index was this low was January 2, 2001. The Radio Index fell 1.454, or 1.1%, on Friday to 130.705. There was nothing in particular negative for radio on Friday, just another day of general decline for the market based on worries about the economy, oil prices and terrorist threats. The Dow Industrials fell 36 points, or 0.3%, to 11,088 - but the already suffering radio sector fell again with the broader market.
SBS, which has been in penny stock territory for several weeks now, fell 7.5%. Beasley was down 3.6%.
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Here's how stocks fared on Friday
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Arbitron
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ARB
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35.48
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Hearst-Argyle
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HTV
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21.07
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-0.05
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Beasley
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BBGI
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6.90
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-0.26
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Journal Comm.
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JRN
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10.51
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-0.05
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CBS |
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26.37
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-0.13
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Lincoln Natl.
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LNC
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57.47
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+0.13
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CBSa |
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26.34
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-0.11
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Radio One, Cl. A
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ROIA
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5.71
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-0.04
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CDL |
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Radio One, Cl. D
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ROIAK
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5.73
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+0.04
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Clear Channel
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CCU
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27.77
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+0.07
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Regent
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RGCI
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4.11
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-0.04
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Cox Radio
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CXR
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14.49
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-0.11
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Saga Commun.
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SGA
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7.37
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+0.04
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Cumulus
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CMLS
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9.16
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+0.02
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Salem Comm.
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SALM
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10.54
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-0.17
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Disney
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DIS
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29.43
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-0.15
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Sirius Sat. Radio
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SIRI
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3.77
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unch
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Emmis
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EMMS
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11.42
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-0.01
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Spanish Bcg.
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SBSA
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4.08
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-0.33
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| Entercom |
ETM
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22.84
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-0.12
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Univision
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UVN
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33.47
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+0.01
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Entravision
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EVC
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6.81
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unch
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Westwood One
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WON
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6.57
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-0.05
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Fisher
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FSCI
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38.92
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-0.25
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XM Sat. Radio
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XMSR
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10.84
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-0.34
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Gaylord
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GET
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38.14
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-0.21
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Bounceback
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hear from you.
This is your column, so send your comments and
a photo to [email protected]
 Radio programmers have looked at commercial stop sets in a number of ways for a very long time: length of the set and the number of units. If we continue to talk about Less is More and More is Less we can all go to the "poor" house. Whatever happened to a stop set being 120 or 180 seconds in length and a specific number of units? This kind of control gives you the inventory control to drive rates and maintains a consistency in the number of and length of commercial stop sets. The problem comes from all the things that get tacked on to stop sets - weather in... traffic out... promos, etc! I may be of the old school, but I continue to believe that a listener views any interruption in the entertainment as a nuisance and we as broadcasters must find ways to make the commercials more interesting and get back to some old fashion creativity. Rip and read with a music bed has long since passed us by but we still hear it on the radio! I recently got a note from an old broadcaster that asked what the modern day radio guys/girls would do if they had to play records and read live spots? Modernization is a fact of life and I am all for it, however I think we need to get back to some of the essential basics of radio - Fun and Entertainment that produces revenue! I am not so sure listeners are being turned off by the commercials stop sets and am not so sure the general public really cares about Less is More. Talk radio seems to be able to run commercials on top of commercials without any adverse backlash. Could it be the "content" is so good that listeners don't care about the number of or length of commercials? If we continue to tell advertisers how bad commercials are, we may wake up a sleeping giant that will do in us all!
Tom Collins
Vice President
WTHZ FM WLXN AM
Greensboro/Winston-Salem/
High Point, NC
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Below the Fold
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Executive Comment
Too many BAD commercials
Great radio production still costs less than mediocre video...
Media Markets & Money
Jones keeps up with the Joneses
Christopher Jones on his way to being sole owner of two stations...
Washington Media Business Report
Seattle paper asks for public outcry
The topic is media consolidation...
Internet Media Business Report
Make money on the Web
New Owners
Taking the plunge
Look for activity on ownership caps...
Engineering Business Report
FCC calls XM on the carpet
Over receivers apparently some of the terrestrial receivers are susceptible to springing leaks...
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Stations for Sale
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CD Border 25kw FM
Profitable competitive op.
Small/dual market FM with huge upside for turnaround operator.
595K 781-848-4201 or [email protected]
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Radio Media Moves
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Peggy Panosh resigns from CBS Radio
CBS Radio SVP/Marketing Peggy Panosh has resigned the company, effective 8/31. Peggy came over to CBS Radio with former Westwood One CEO Joel Hollander. No word on a replacement yet.
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Broadcast pioneer
Mike Douglas passes
Mike Douglas, who served the radio industry pre-WWII as a staff singer (and when exactly is the last time your station employed a staff singer?) at WKY-AM in Oklahoma City and rose to his greatest fame as a daytime variety host on syndicated television, has died at the age of 81. He was credited with charting the waters for television talk, but said in his memoir that believed his was a music show with interludes of talk and laughter.
Boot camp for college radio journalists
For the 4th consecutive year, National Public Radio (NPR) and Collegiate Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) are sponsoring a radio journalism-training project for college students. This project will take place over five days at the CMA/ACP/CBI National Student Media Annual Convention. The project is part of NPR's series of "next generation radio" journalism training projects that are held across the country. NPR and CBI are now looking for student journalists to serve as reporters for a highly intensive "boot-camp." For more information contact Doug Mitchell, Project Manager of next generation radio, via email: [email protected].
How can broadcasters make money on the Web?
With Internet revenues a part of every broadcasting and cable company's plans for 2007, Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association (BCFM) is devoting its 2006 fall Regional Seminar in New York to "Business Modeling the Internet." The seminar will be held Wednesday, September 13th in Manhattan. Jim Clayton, CFO for Scripps Networks, and Sheldon Lee, Controller for Belo Corp's KING-TV Seattle, are Co-Chairs for the event, which will provide case studies from companies that are already using the Internet to deliver additional revenues; examples of partnership opportunities that are available; and practical answers to accounting and business questions. Confirmed speakers include Scott Yinger, Senior Vice President of Financial Planning, Analysis and Corporate Development for AOL; Dan Halyburton, Senior Vice President/Market Manager of Emmis New York; and Steve Safran, President, Safran Media Group, who also serves as Digital Media Advisor for Comcast's New England Cable News (NECN) and Managing Editor of LostRemote.com. "The mantra that can be heard throughout our membership is: 'no matter what business your plan says you are in, it's going to change.' New media applications require companies to adopt the same discipline the industry used for growing the robust business that it enjoys
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RBR Radar 2006
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Radio News you won't read any where else. RBR--First, Accurate, and Independently Owned.
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XM without satellites
Who needs a satellite? XM Satellite Radio announced a deal to have 20 of its music channels made available on Alltel Wireless Phones - similar to the deal that Sirius cut last year with Sprint for 6.95 per month. The XM Radio Mobile service costs 7.99 per month.
RBR observation: Smart move by XM. Radio companies should be looking to do their own deals with wireless phone companies (and some already are), since local traffic, weather, news and sports is probably going to appeal to cellular phone users as much or more than music. It is all about content. We've suggested before that the satellite radio business model, to the extent that there ever was one, will simply implode once wireless broadband becomes widely available and affordable in cars. But if XM (and/or Sirius) can establish their brand and deliver worthwhile content, they could be around long after everyone has forgotten that "satellite" used to be part of their name.
Publisher note: Content is King and if priced properly to consumers they will pay. Start getting paid for your content.
08/11/06 RBR #156
Executive Comment: Insights
into the 60s vs :30s discussion
Albert Berkshire Director of GreatCreative states: Regarding this comment from Jerry: "The study shows that :30s are 50% as effective as :60s in getting the messaged recalled. I think that we should be very careful in our selling of :30s. If we use them in the Reminder Phase of an Ad Campaign and charge 70% to 80% of the minute rate, we win and the Advertiser wins." Jerry makes some good points, but this statement, although from a study, amazes me. The primary problem in American radio is this.. see
08/11/06 RBR #156
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State Broadcast Association
President for one of the nation's top broadcast associations seeks a replacement for its retiring executive. Applicants must have broadcast management experience; knowledge of broadcast governmental, legal and regulatory affairs; an awareness of small and medium market broadcaster needs; ability to plan and coordinate a convention, workshops, seminars, and solicit event sponsors. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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Talk Radio Network
Seeking professionals in three areas to join our TRN team. First: Executive Producer on topical subjects, Second: Board Operator with 2 years experience with Telos call-screening software and Third: Staff Engineer that can take initiative. This is a fast paced high pressure environment, must be able to think and act professionally in emergency situations. EOE. For complete details all three positions
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General Manager
Saga Communications, a top of the line radio and media company really has a rare opening at Rock 102 and Lazer 99.3. Saga carefully reviews all GM applicants but this opportunity necessitates being extra picky. Considering only GM's with a documented reputation for effective leadership and management to oversee these facilities that are accustomed to high standards at all levels. Excellent facilities, benefits and quality of living in Springfield, MA. Saga a top of the line company committed to excellence in media today. EOE.
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