Radio Ink Coronavirus Daily Update

Jesus Laura, President of Univision Radio, talks about the impact of COVID 19 on programming and serving the unique needs of Hispanic audiences during this time. He also shares his perspective about the impact of the crisis on radio moving forward.

Educational Media Foundation CEO Bill Reeves tells us about how his team is dealing with the coronavirus crisis, and, he details the new launch of the EMF podcast network. Plus Bill shares a little breaking news.

Dennis Wharton, EVP of the NAB, talks about how the organization's support of broadcasters in serving their local communities, especially in face of the COVID 19 crisis, continues to make a difference. And he shares some highlights of his 24 years as part of the NAB, which represents radio and television's interests in the nation's capitol.

The impact of COVID 19 was not the same for all markets and formats. Find out which ones defied the law of averages for Salem Media Group along with Broadcast Media president Dave Santrella’s “Four V” steps to recovery from the crisis in today’s Radio Ink Coronavirus podcast.

Today on the Radio Ink podcast....Former Citadel and Alpha CEO Larry Wilson talks about his new book, his thoughts on the radio industry during the COVID crisis and why he got fired from Alpha Media.

As president of The Cromwell Group, Bud Walters has insights in both larger (Nashville) and small (Mattoon, Il, among others) radio stations. He shares how the COVID 19 crisis impact on ad revenues has been different based on market size - and why - in today's podcast.

Consultant Rick Fink from Ens Media joins us to discuss what salespeople should be doing as states start to open up again. What about remotes? And, what do advertisers think about the number of commercials radio stations play every hour?

According to Jeff Warshaw his company credo has always centered on three "C's" - community, clients, and colleagues. How those principles have guided their stations during the COVID 19 crisis as well as Jeff's thoughts on the future of the industry are the subjects of today's Coronavirus podcast update.

Having faced hurricane disasters in the past, JVC Broadcasting's stations in Long Island and Florida were probably better prepared than many when COVID 19 hit. Even so, there have been new challenges in this situation. President/CEO John Caracciolo shares some of those, along with his optimism for the future and what categories, new and returning, he sees as potential prospects in the advertising pipeline.

Steve Goldstein, Amplifi Media, pulls no punches with some frank perspective on radio, podcasting, and how both have handled the pandemic crisis. He also offers some smart speaker listening tips every radio station needs to consider to better compete on that platform.