Monday Memo: Meet Meg. While syndicated shows compete to fill former
Rush Limbaugh hours, some stations are reverting to local hosts. In this weekâs column, consultant
Holland Cooke introduces you to âa radio newcomer who quickly clicked.â Read it
Pending Business: The Long and Winding Road. The seller who needs to provide metrics in a highly accountable media landscape and has no ânumbersâ to show could be at a competitive disadvantage. But sales and marketing pro Steve Lapa offers strategy for selling news/talk radio when your station doesnât subscribe to a ratings service. Read it
Barry Farber, in association withÂ
The âMichael Harrison Wrap:
An Overview of the National Conversationâ Marks its Second Anniversary with This Weekendâs Show.  The latest installment of the one-hour weekend special, âTheÂ
Michael Harrison Wrap,â that looks back each week at the hottest topics discussed in American talk media per the research ofÂ
TALKERSÂ magazine, is now posted. This new episode titled,Â
âSmokinâ a Joint Session,â looks back at this past week of April 26-30. The program features guests (in order of appearance):Â
Kevin Casey, executive editor,Â
TALKERSÂ magazine;Â
Westwood One;Â
WYD Media;Â
Dom Giordano, talk show host, WPHT, Philadelphia; andÂ
Victoria Jones, executive director,Â
Friday, April 23, 2021 : TALKERS magazine – The bible of talk media talkers.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from talkers.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Edison Research and
NPR identifies six types of radio listeners, bolsters broadcasters’ top-dog-of-audio status, and arms sales reps and public radio fundraisers with powerful ammo. For example, the study finds that the heaviest users of radio are the most open to its advertising messages. Two of the six segments of listeners, “Radio Heads” and “Connection Seekers,” the groups that spend the most time with radio, are the least likely to avoid ads or sponsorship messages on AM/FM radio. Consultant
Holland Cooke covered the webinar for
TALKERS magazine and he points to the free multimedia download and summarizes yesterday’s debut webinar in his coverage
Audacy Extends Contract with CFO Richard Schmaeling. The company and chief financial officer
Richard Schmaeling sign a new contract set to begin on May 1 that keeps Schmaeling in his CFO role and adds the position of executive vice president, strategic initiatives to his duties. The new contract runs through April 30 of 2025 and pays Schmaeling an annual base salary of $800,000 that will be increased by not less than three percent annually beginning in May of 2022. Other aspects of the contract include: a target annual cash performance bonus at 90% of his annual base salary, to be earned based on
Audacy’s performance; a grant of 60,000 restricted stock units as soon as practicable following May 1, 2021 which will vest 50% on May 1, 2023; 25% on May 1, 2024; and 25% on May 1, 2025; and restricted stock unit grants of 50,000 in 2021; 40,000 in 2022; 30,000 in 2023; and 20,000 in 2024, with vesting 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date and 25% on each of the third and