NAB to honor Lowry Mays
Clear Channel Communications co-founder and Chairman Lowry Mays will receive the 2005 Distinguished Service award during the All-Industry Opening at NAB2005 in Las Vegas on April 18. "Lowry Mays built from scratch a media and entertainment company that has changed the face of broadcasting and mass communications," said NAB president Eddie Fritts in announcing May's selection.
Roasters named for Bayliss bash
A trio of broadcast veterans have signed on to put the heat on Jefferson-Pilot Radio honcho Clarke Brown at the 19th Annual Bayliss Radio Roast March 16th in New York. Brown's career will be held up to examination and ridicule by Jeff Dashev, President of Interep's Sales Division, TV and film director and screenwriter Hugh Wilson, and Infinity Radio's Chad Brown. Proceeds from the black tie event will benefit the Bayliss Broadcast Foundation. Three more roasters will be named later.
RBR observation:
Why Hugh Wilson? He wrote the hit TV show "WKRP in Cincinnati." Although Clarke Brown never worked in Cincinnati, WKRP was actually modeled on an Atlanta station and "Herb Tarlek" was based on you-know-who. Chad Brown has been acquainted with the roastee from the day he was born. Clarke is his father.
What's in a name. Ratings, maybe
Arbitron is getting ready for its Winter 2005 survey, and it is asking all stations to review information on station identification to assure that listening to the station is recorded accurately. This is also an opportunity to assure that other stations in your market aren't overstepping the boundaries in ways which may distort results. Name changes are accepted by Arbitron through 3/30/05, and are not retroactive.
Jones Media Networks picks up West Coast sales for WSJRN
Jones MediaAmerica and The Wall Street Journal Radio Network announced Jones MediaAmerica will represent Wall Street Journal Radio for ad sales on the West Coast, effective immediately. The Wall Street Journal Radio Network distributes The Wall Street Journal Report, The Dow Jones Money Report, The Wall Street Journal This Morning and Barron's On Investment.
Tom Joyner Foundation partners with NEA
Reach Media's Tom Joyner announced a partnership with the National Education Association (NEA) to distribute more than 700,000 dollars to encourage current minority teachers to complete their certification and ultimately teach minority children in urban, suburban and rural public schools.
The program is designed to increase the number of fully certified minority teachers around the country. The teachers will be able to take classes on the campuses of seven Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCUs): Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.; Bowie State University, Bowie, Md.; Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss.; Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC; Cheyney State University, Cheyney, PA; Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tenn.; and Harris Stowe State College, St. Louis, Mo.
The program will be promoted on the Tom Joyner Morning Show and extensively by the NEA through its magazine that reaches 2.7 million readers.
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