I got to thinking about this the other day while listening to the radio and hearing a commercial for one of those GPS mobile mapping tools. Who listens to the radio for traffic reports? Especially when one of those GPS mobile mapping tools now do live traffic updates, thanks to technology. I’m not faulting...
Freezin’ for a Reezin’, Radio personalities collect food for Ottawa food pantry
Ottawa radio personalities Karen Rhodes and Kris Michaels will be spending a cold December day sitting in a parking lot for 17 hours. Full story here Great local radio promotion. Hope they manage to keep warm in Illinois for the remote.
1 Year Ago – local radio stepped up to the plate and the proper use of translators in radio
It was one year ago tomorrow when sections of Central and Western Massachusetts were displaced by a major ice storm. As soon as the staff at then WEIM Radio (now WPKZ) in Fitchburg realized that this was going to be not-your-average-storm, they did what local radio is supposed to do. (Read my post from...
The economics of local sports in radio
I’ve worked for a number of radio stations that didn’t see the value of broadcasting high school sports on their local radio stations. Then again, I’ve worked for at least one station that really LOVED high school and college sports, and it showed both on air and in their bottom line. How can local...
Twitter Tweets about Local Radio as of November 26, 2009
Dewey_D: DON’T FORGET TO GET TUNED IN! FROM MIDNIGHT 2MORO GATEWAY FM BACK ON 87.7FM BASILDON/EAST THURROCK! YOUR REALLY LOCAL, LOCAL RADIO! 2009-11-26 15:05:30 · Reply · View tyrone246: RT@UbikYeah Dear local radio, please stop playing Cheryl Cole and Alexandra Burke in a row every single fucking day< lol! I love them songs! 2009-11-26...
Twitter Tweets about Local Radio as of November 23, 2009
FDC_DanielSmith: Chris Cooley said on a local radio show that Portis will not play wk 12 and Chris will know today if he (Chris) will end up on IR. 2009-11-23 14:35:05 · Reply · View andyknas: @kb965 safelink even advertises on some "other" local radio stations #paytogivestuffaway #twitterishard 2009-11-23 14:31:21 · Reply · View...