RAB recently attended the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas. With nearly sixty-one thousand attendees, we heard from featured keynote speakers and enjoyed informative sessions focused on topics that are of relevance to broadcasting, media and entertainment. RAB President and CEO Mike Hulvey and immediate past CEO Erica Farber had an opportunity to sit down with thought leaders from the radio industry and talk about their plans for the future.

In this first episode of the series, we hear the live conversation Mike Hulvey had with Erica Farber, an icon in the radio industry where listeners have the opportunity to hear from Erica about her radio journey and the experiences that led her to lead RAB during a successful twelve-year tenure.

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In the eighth episode of the NAB Show series, we hear the conversation Erica Farber had with Linley Grande, vice president of political strategies at Gen Media Partners. In this wide-ranging discussion, you’ll hear what she’s seeing at the local agency level, how the continuation of fragmented ad dollars is affecting the media business, as well as some insights into political ad dollars and the opportunities in local elections and races.

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In the seventh episode of the series, you’ll hear the conversation RAB’s Mike Hulvey had with Nicole Ovadia, vice president of forecasting and analysis at BIA Advisory, focusing on BIA’s local advertising forecast and the opportunities she sees available to radio to grow its share of wallet and revenue. Nicole provides a snapshot of what she sees happening in the marketplace in 2024 and broadcasters can drive revenue to their local stations by helping local clients be better marketers and helping them understand changing consumer behavior. Above all, she speaks about radio’s ability to be quick, nimble and responsive to their clients’ needs.

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In the sixth episode of the series, you’ll hear from Joe D’Angelo, senior vice president of Global Broadcast Radio at Xperi, about the exciting innovation taking place at the company. Specifically, how the combination of HD and analog radio paired with IP connectivity in the car enhances the listener experience for radio discovery, makes it more engaging and measurable. Broadcasters can leverage this new ecosystem in many ways and for the first time these improved capabilities provide opportunities for advertisers as well as ensuring radio’s place in the dashboard with Xperi’s DTS Autostage.

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In this fifth episode of the NAB Show series, we hear the live conversation Erica
Farber had with Yung Joc and Amanda Orlando, a great example of two authentic on-air personalities that are connecting with their audiences and loving every second of it. In this episode, we hear from two tremendously talented personalities on a lot of hot topics including collaborating with their sales teams, partnering with advertisers, AI and how authenticity plays into everything they do.

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In the fourth episode of this continuing series, we hear the live conversation Erica Farber had with Salem Media Group’s Jamie Cohen, senior vice president of Broadcast Digital. Jamie’s media career has always been about transformation working for media companies as they grapple with digital change, including newspapers and radio. In this discussion, Jamie shares his perspective on radio’s digital transformation.

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In this third episode of the series, we hear the live streamed conversation Mike Hulvey had with Jason Barrett, owner and operator of Barrett Sports Media. Jason shares how the sports radio format continues to explode with roughly 700 sports stations across the country. He also talks about the opportunity that enables broadcasters to tap into the passion and credibility of live and local events and how the listener’s trust and radio’s unique live and local ability to produce connections is a great differentiator for the radio medium.

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In the second episode of the series, we hear the live conversation Erica Farber had with Donnie Simpson, a legendary media trailblazer and award-winning program director. In this podcast, Simpson reflects on his 55-year career in broadcast radio and shares a few fun stories from his days on the radio as well as advice on what it takes to be successful.

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RAB recently attended the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas. With nearly sixty-one thousand attendees, we heard from featured keynote speakers and enjoyed informative sessions focused on topics that are of relevance to broadcasting, media and entertainment. RAB President and CEO Mike Hulvey and immediate past CEO Erica Farber had an opportunity to sit down with thought leaders from the radio industry and talk about their plans for the future.

In this first episode of the series, we hear the live conversation Mike Hulvey had with Erica Farber, an icon in the radio industry where listeners have the opportunity to hear from Erica about her radio journey and the experiences that led her to lead RAB during a successful twelve-year tenure.

Click Here to watch the interview on our YouTube channel.

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In the 17th and final episode of this ANA Masters series, Erica Farber chats with Blair Fischer, director of national partnerships at Westwood One to gain her thoughts on her first Masters of Marketing conference. Blair shared so many nuggets of great advice for radio sellers, regardless of whether you are national or local. Have a listen and you’ll be energized and reminded how passion for our medium is infectious and ultimately leads to growth.

As a new feature, we are now including a video version of this interview on YouTube. Click here to watch.

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