RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast

The Senior Broadcast Engineer at Hubbard Broadcasting, Dave Kolesar, has gained national attention for his pioneering of HD Radio on the AM radio band. Now, Kolesar is turning heads with the launch of a HD5 multichannel offering on a Hubbard-owned Northern Virginia simulcast partner of the nation's top-billing radio station, WTOP. Why HD5? It's about offering more to local radio listeners ... and...

The third FCC comment process authorized to help determine whether or not regulatory approval of Standard General's effort to acquire TEGNA, with the important non-voting equity investment of Apollo Global Management, is now closed. With rumors swirling that a February 22 must-close date for the deal will be extended for three weeks and high-profile Members of Congress questioning the transaction,...

The Chief Executive Officer of Veritonic, a company that’s become known for its marketing intelligence tools wrapped around digital audio marketing, has returned to the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot. FM, to discuss "ASMR." No, his is not a discussion about Ancient Rome. Rather, we’re diving in to autonomous sensory meridian response and how audio is engaging consumers like never before via mar...

Due to technical issues with our third-party provider, today's Afternoon Headlines Email could not be dispatched at its regular time. As such, this is an audio description of the stories available now at RBR.com, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson.

It's been an eventful start to 2023 on Capitol Hill. Aside from the Republican Party's struggle to name Kevin McCarthy the Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress, the House Energy & Commerce Committee has a new leader — one who contrasts sharply with former E&C Chair Frank Pallone Jr. Meanwhile, the FCC is still without a fifth Commissioner, and the White House has decided to try agai...

Travel north of Harrisburg, Pa., just south of Williamsport or east of Penn State University and you’ll find Sunbury, where longtime Program Director and morning host Mark Lawrence has led independently owned WKOK "NewsRadio 1070" for 21 years come February. What's it like to lead an AM spoken word radio station in an era where the removal of kHz-band receivers from automobiles is a hot topic? How...

Andy Denemark, the EVP of Programming for United Stations Radio Networks, has held that role since May 1994. Before that, he was associated with Westwood One and NBC Radio Networks. As such, he's attune to the continued importance of syndicated programming for radio, even as it strives to be "live and local." What are the trends, however, for radio syndication in a world where podcasts attract lis...

CES 2023 begins January 3 with media presentations, and when it comes to Beasley Media Group, there's perhaps much to glean from the Consumer Electronics Show's annual mega-conference and expo in Las Vegas. Why? Beasley's diverse revenue streams — in particular its eSports investments — are perhaps a great way to overcome challenges tied to core advertising reliance. Yet, CEO Caroline Beasley beli...

Visualization of radio is one of the top topics being discussed by broadcast technology leaders and those in the C-Suites of radio broadcasting companies across the U.S. With the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show scheduled to begin next week in Las Vegas, consumers are demanding a richer consumer experience. Seeing the album art, or the name of the artists, or even seeing weather information or that...

In the last year, advancements with the Connected Car have attracted the attention of such radio industry leaders as Joe D'Angelo, the Sr. Vice President of Broadcast and Digital Audio at Xperi Corp., the parent of Tivo, DTS and HD Radio. With autonomous vehicles in the public consciousness, expansion of HD Radio and the evolution of the user interface in the cars is one topic of conversation D'An...

In this fresh InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot. FM — released just in time for CES 2023 attendees — Benztown's Dave "Chachi" Denes shares details on what he believes are the tech trends and gadgetry that will truly impact Radio in 2023 and beyond. He also shares how CES attendees can attend an exclusive VIP invitation-only reception expressly for radio industry leaders.

CES 2023 is scheduled for January 5-8, 2023, and a VIP invitation-only cocktail reception presented by Quu, Beasley Media Group, Benztown, vCreative, Xperi Corp., Skyview Networks and Streamline Publishing's Radio + Television Business Report and Radio Ink is on target for January 5 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. What's on the minds of radio industry leaders who plan on attending the biggest consum...

The topic of AM radio in the automobile is a hot one. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) wants AM radio to remain in the electric vehicle and has called on manufactuers to mitigate interference to kHz-based broadcasts. The New York Times has covered the subject. But, what are actual AM radio station leaders doing to ensure their survival? Marc Beaven, GM of WCBM-AM and WQLL-AM in Baltimore, shares his thoug...

Convergent TV ad serving solutions are at the heart of what Beachfront provides its partners. What does this mean for broadcast television sales executives looking to maximize ROI for a client? Chris Maccaro, a media and ad tech veteran with more than 20 years of experience leading, transforming, and driving growth across a wide range of organizations who was named CEO of Beachfront in 2018, chats...

The broadcast media industry is abuzz over the availability from December 6 in the U.S. and Canada of "Never Ride a Rollercoaster Upside Down," a first-person tale from Emmis Communications Founder and CEO Jeff Smulyan that dives into deep detail about his experiences running a company that at one time owned radio and television stations across the country. Smulyan first offered an exclusive glimp...

If you can’t collect on a client, it creates a major headache and impacts the bottom line. Has debt collection increased in need since the start of the pandemic? That's just one of the questions posed to Randy Neff, the 26-year executive at Szabo Media Collection Professionals in this fresh InFOCUS Podcast.

What is the purpose of AM radio? Does it have much of a future, given the rise of the electric vehicle and the removal of AM radio accessibility in several EV models from the likes of Tesla to BMW? Those are just some of the questions RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson discussed with automotive technology expert Jim Motavalli in an interview airing on WPKN-FM 89.5 in Bridgeport, Conn., at 9:...

"Radio remains a constant source of news and information and music and listenership and the power it provides advertisers has never wavered," says Cathy Atkins, the Inbound Marketing Consultant for Fuse 32, an in-house marketing and creative agency at Zimmer Communications in Columbia, Mo. Fuse 32 was launched in 2015. And, one of the big reasons was to share information and attract leads via the...

As Fitzco, the Atlanta-based full service advertising agency that includes media and was named AdAge Small Business of the Year for 2022, sees it, linear and digital continue to collide. Michelle Chong, Group Director of Planning at Fitzco, is in the front seat at ensuring marketers get the greatest ROI. This involves flipping the script, if you will, by putting the audience at the center and lett...

With Carlos Santiago, co-founder of the ANA's Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing, and AIMM Executive Director Karla Lucia showing attribution analysis that validates that culture is a critical to sales growth, CarMax executive Clary Leffel shared how the brand has been testing the impact of culture in their total market, Black and Hispanic creative at a ANA Multicultural and Divers...

"The news is good, and the news is positive moving forward." That what Saga Communications interim CEO Warren Lada had to say as he opened the radio broadcasting company's third quarter 2022 earnings call on Thursday. It was Lada's first call in four years, and comes after the untimely August 2022 passing of Saga's founder, Ed Christian.  Lada shared his thoughts on Christian's legacy and how it w...

How is Delilah's investment in the first radio station she ever set foot in, hometown KDUN-AM in Reedsport, Ore., paying off? What impact has it had on a struggling Pacific Coast town no longer the home of a lumber mill? Delilah shares her thoughts in this second of a special two-part conversation with Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels, conducted for their "Media Insultants" podcast. Weaver offered...

"God put me in KDUN when I was a teenager," says Premiere Networks syndicated radio host Delilah, heard in evenings on Adult Contemporary radio stations across the U.S. She's a legend, and in this special guest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot. FM, long time radio executives Jackson Weaver in Seattle and Keith Samuels in Los Angeles chat with Delilah in the first of a two-part podcast for their "...

In June 2022, Cari Hernandez, a 25-year veteran news producer and documentary maker while at WFOR-4 in Miami, was promoted to News Content Director at TEGNA's flagship television property, WUSA9 in Washington, D.C. Reporting to VP and Station Manager Michael Valentine, Hernandez has excelled in bringing more diversity to the newsroom while ensuring that the local newscasts offer viewers unique and...

As someone who has been focused on digital for pretty much the last twenty years, Jared Lake, the SVP and head of media investments at Ocean Media LLC, is on the frontlines when it comes to what brands actively seeking audience through audio and video-based media are doing in 2022 with respect to media buying and planning. For Ocean Media's clients, the rise of Connected TV and SVOD and even FAST...