RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast

Many know him as the face of Wedel Software. Now, he’s the CEO of a brand-new ad sales platform for radio advertising called Adthos.

Raoul Wedel joins RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson from the Dutch city of The Hague to share more about the new product release.

How does Adthos from what is presently available in the marketplace? The Adthos Ad-Server is free ... so how does Wedel make money?

Get the no-nonsense answers to these questions in this fresh podcast, presented by dot.FM!

In mid-March, a Dallas-based entertainment and e-sports company founded in 2007 snagged a multimillion-dollar investment from one of broadcast television’s biggest owner groups, Gray Television.

In this InFOCUS Podcast, that company's CEO, Adam Rymer, answers key questions many including our editor-in-chief has, about eSports and its future, in particular for those on Wall Street seeking a real revenue driver for an industry seeking ways to combat declining traditional ad revenues.

It's all here, in this fresh audio offering presented by dot.FM.

In-person conferences are back on the schedule, with IBC on May 25 confirming it will stage a 2021 show in December, postponing it from September rather than scratching it off the calendar or going with an all-virtual presentation.

Ahead of that event, in late August, is a state broadcasters' association conference that promises to be one of the more dynamic post-pandemic gatherings leading up to the NAB Show in October: the 70th Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Summer Conference.

The 2021 agenda is a dynamic one, and WBA President/CEO Michelle Vetterkind spoke with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson to share what's on tap for attendees this year in this podcast, presented by dot.FM.

Colin Benedict, the Vice President of News for radio and TV station owner Morgan Murphy Media, played an integral role in the planning and execution of an effort across all of the multimedia company’s markets to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations.

How did the initial idea for a “Vaccine Day” effort originate, and then pollinate? What does this effort say about the role that local TV stations, in particular, play in their respective markets?

Learn more in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, with host Adam R Jacobson, who candidly shares his own qualms about getting vaccinated.

To some broadcast industry observers, it seems that nearly every day a new transaction is reported by RBR+TVBR, a non-secular, non-profit buyer is grabbing a radio station.

Is it our imagination, or have broadcast ministries taken advantage of the pandemic by going on a buying binge?

Jon Yinger, President and CEO of The Christian Broadcasting System and Broadcast Properties LLC, shares his perspective on access to capital, and the strategic purchases religious groups are able to do today compared to a decade ago.

"It's time to pick up a dream purchase," Yinger says in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

Jay Meyers, the veteran broadcast media executive who today serves as President/CEO of Broadcast Management and Technology, was in the news this week for his role as the broker in the sale of two radio stations to the operators of "The Joy FM."

This gave RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson to connect with Meyers and discuss the state of the industry today from the eyes of a former PD, ex-Clear Channel and Jacor executive, radio group CEO and now broker. It's all here in this fresh InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.fm.

Mike Woods joined Amagi right before the pandemic in February of 2020 as SVP of Product. In this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, Woods shares how the cloud-based automation, playout, and delivery tool company is working with broadcast media companies so they can benefit, not fret, over digital video delivery platform growth.

News, in Spanish, credible news, has become essential to people’s lives.

How is CNN en Español meeting this challenge in the U.S. as a global news organization? SVP and Managing Director Cynthia Hudson shares all with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

It’s that time of year again, and the IAB NewFronts are upon us already. Upfront presentations the week of May 17 already dotting the calendar.

Hispanic-targeted LATV is right in the thick of it, offering a platform self-described as “The Latino Voices Redefining Culture.”

Today's LATV is quite different than what existed a decade ago. How does one define what LATV is today, and its primary value proposition? It's a question Gisella Fu-Ripp answers, among others, in this fresh InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

In November 2013, a veteran of Interep with time at Katz Radio Group and MacGavren Guild was promoted after 3 1/2 years as GSM, of a group of stations serving New York's Mid-Hudson Valley.

Today, Bruce Feniger remains in command of the Pamal Broadcasting stations, including two 50kw heritage FMs that continue to command large audiences. In this exclusive conversation, Feniger shares on the latest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, how Pamal has carved a niche within the nation's No. 1 DMA -- and attracts advertisers and consumers in ways New York City-based radio and TV stations can't.