RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast

For the second consecutive year, the Radio+Television Business Report is teaming up with Media Staffing Network for an exclusive Sales Compensation Study.

Friday, July 23 is now the final day one can participate by taking the survey.

We know that sales teams have endured many challenges over the past year. What is perhaps the biggest visible change at broadcast TV that Laurie Kahn, CEO for Media Staffing Network, has seen?

Kahn shares her insights, along with why it's so important for those in TV sales to participate in this study, in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

TO TAKE THE SURVEY NOW, PLEASE VISIT RBR.COM!

Crossings TV can be found over the air on low-power TV station KBTV-8 in Sacramento; on Comcast Xfinity systems in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, San Francisco and Seattle-Tacoma; and on Charter Spectrum systems in Los Angeles in New York — some of the nation’s biggest Asian American population centers.

Why did Frank Washington, founder and CEO of the Sacramento-based channel, and COO Daniel Sakaya, each decide to focus their careers and attention to the build-out of a television channel that offers a variety of programming targeting all of these different groups?

They share this, and more, in a fresh InFOCUS podcast presented by DOT.FM.

How has the advertising landscape evolved in Northern California? What's the sense of "new normal" client activity, in particular for Spanish-language radio?

The return of live events is a big deal. Automotive is on the rebound.

Those are just some of the takeaways from Angie Balderas, the SVP of Integrated Marketing Solutions at Entravision Communications in Sacramento.

She's the latest guest in this all-new InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

With severe weather already impacting the U.S. as a tropical storm impacts the Southeast and extreme temperatures impacted much of the West Coast of the nation, how important is it for a local television station to invest in weather?

That's just one question we asked Wes Wyatt, who will become the Chief Meteorologist at Gray Television-owned FOX affiliate WBRC-6 in Birmingham come July 26.

What else does Wes have to say about the role of weather at a broadcast TV station? Listen to this fresh RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, to learn more!

The end of the 2021 fiscal year is ending tomorrow for many companies. For others, it marks the first half of a year in which broadcast media transactions have yielded A Tale of Two Signals.

For over-the-air broadcast TV, huge deals have come to fruition since the start of the year. For AM and FM radio, nary a deal that doesn't involve a religious institution has been had. What's to come? Veteran media broker Dick Foreman shares his analysis of the media transactions marketplace in this exclusive podcast, presented by dot.FM.

Tom Birch is the President of North Carolina-based Lakes Media LLC and an industry veteran who come July 5 will beta test an innovative subscription app that is being hyped up as a potential game-changer for the radio industry.

It allows for commercial-free subscription based listening of broadcast radio stations.

Who would pay for what is available for free, even if the commercials are deleted? And, does that keep local radio local? Those are just some of the questions we asked Birch about Auddia in the latest RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM!

On Thursday (6/17), television industry executives will once again be gathering in a virtual manner. While COVID-19 pandemic concerns are rapidly melting away, the organizers of the annual Kagan Media Summit opted to forego traveling to New York just yet. The comfort level of participants will undoubtedly be higher, as the 2020 affair was a digital one, too.

With the Radio + Television Business Report again the official media partner for the summit, same-day coverage of key Kagan events produced by the S&P Global Market Intelligence group will be delivered to RBR+TVBR subscribers at RBR.com. What can participants expect this year?

S&P Global Market Intelligence Senior Research Analyst Justin Nielson spoke with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson to offer a preview of the event, and you can listen to what he says in the latest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

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Here is an audio recap of all of the stories appearing at RBR.com, freshly prepared for the afternoon of June 8 and morning of June 9, 2021.

You can find these stories every business day following the Closing Bell on Wall Street in the RBR+TVBR Daily Headlines Email and at RBR.com.

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Adam R Jacobson
Editor-in-Chief
Radio + Television Business Report

He was honored by the readers of the Radio + Television Business Report as one of Broadcast Television’s Best Leaders. As he looks back on the last year, what’s the biggest sense of pride Mike Meara, President of NPG Broadcasting, has across the company’s TV stations?

Meara joins RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson in this new InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, to discuss the continued rollout of NextGen TV and the big advantages that come with ATSC 3.0.