[Radio Ink] Edison Says SirisXM is Top Dog

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Edison Says SirisXM is Top Dog

Posted: 17 May 2022 02:24 PM PDT
https://radioink.com/2022/05/17/61606/

Edison Research has released its Top Podcast Network chart for Q1 2022.
SiriusXM tops the Edison list, followed by Spotify and iHeartRadio. The
Edison list ranks the most popular podcast networks based on reach from
Edison Podcast Metrics.

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The NFLs Panthers Move From Urban One to iHeart

Posted: 17 May 2022 01:02 PM PDT
https://radioink.com/2022/05/17/the-nfls-panthers-move-from-urban-one-to-iheart/

iHeartMedia Charlotte and the Carolina Panthers have signed a new
multi-year broadcast deal to move games to WRFX-FM and make the station the
team's new flagship for the Carolina Panthers Radio Network. Urban One's
WBT had been carrying the games since 2005.

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Bold Gold With a Huge Haul For The Kids

Posted: 17 May 2022 12:23 PM PDT
https://radioink.com/2022/05/17/bold-gold-with-a-huge-haul-for-the-kids/

Bold Gold Media's 11th Annual Thunder 102 104.5 Country Cares for St. Jude
Kids Radiothon was recently held in Monticello, New York. The 2022 event
raised $61,729 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This annual event
has raised over $600,000 to date.

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Looking At Radios Immortality

Posted: 17 May 2022 10:50 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2022/05/17/looking-at-radios-immortality/

The latest Borrell Local Marketing Trends podcast looks at radio
resilience. Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media Strategies will join Gordon Borrell
for a deep dive into the latest Jacobs Media Survey.

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SXM Features Thomas Rhett

Posted: 17 May 2022 10:41 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2022/05/17/sxm-features-thomas-rhett/

Thomas Rhett will perform an exclusive concert for SiriusXM subscribers and
Pandora listeners on Tuesday, June 7. The show will feature Rhett
performing songs from his recently released album Where We Started, as well
as fan favorites.

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ESPN Cleveland Nabs Knott

Posted: 17 May 2022 10:35 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2022/05/17/espn-cleveland-nabs-knott/

850 ESPN Cleveland (WKNR) is adding Andre Knott to its content team. Knott
will join the Good Karma Brands Station as an on-air contributor, part-time
and fill in host, and an active contributor to the station's subscription
service, The Land on Demand.

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RABs Dick Rakovan Passes

Posted: 17 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2022/05/17/rabs-dick-rakovan-passes/

Dick "Rackets" Rakovan, former Chicago radio executive and 20-year veteran
of the Radio Advertising Bureau, has died. Joining the RAB in 1995, he was
Senior Vice President, Membership.

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New PD At KICT

Posted: 17 May 2022 10:25 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2022/05/17/new-pd-at-kict/

Phyliss D'Eugenio is the new Program Director and personality at T95,
Wichita, Kansas. She joins SummitMedia from Riverbend Communications,
KCVI-FM, Idaho Falls, Idaho.


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How One Music Station Covered The Buffalo Massacre

Posted: 17 May 2022 12:57 AM PDT
https://radioink.com/2022/05/17/how-one-music-station-covered-the-buffalo-massacre/

(By Tom Langmyer) The unfortunate conventional wisdom that has prevailed in
radio during the last 20 years is We are a music station. We don’t do news.
Unfortunately, this sentiment represents many people who set the tone for
the industry and make these proclamations proudly, as the radio business
becomes more and more irrelevant.