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Two iconic radio stations in the nation’s number one market are making headlines together. It’s a story we’re going to want to watch for a while to see how it all unfolds.

A pretty big shakeup overseas as UK Radio is getting a major facelift after some US-like deregulation.

It’s nearly impossible to keep up with all the people changing jobs right now, but we’re going to try. From DC to Columbus, Pittsburgh  to Palm Beach, Jockline has you covered.

Today, day two of a test run with mostly news and some other random stuff…

In the RadioDaily… February 27th 2019

 

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The Radio Daily ultimately will be powered by YOU – the members of the radio and records industry, and we’ll be launching full blown guest features coming up the middle of March, if all goes as planned. More on that coming up later in this episode. It’ll also be powered by some of the industry’s most innovative people and companies via many different sponsorship opportunities. For more info on how you and/or your company can get involved, go to THEradiodaily.com.

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Probably THE most iconic news sounder in the history of radio… it’s been heard in movies like Goodfellas and 1994’s underrated New York newspaper battle movie starring Michael Keaton and Glenn Close called “The Paper” (Seriously, great movie)… that of course, the top of hour at 1010 WINS in New York… now, the station subject of some gossip along with Entercom sister station WCBS Newsradio 880. The story coming from the New York Daily News that corporate is making demands for quote “cross-utilization” across the two stations’ news departments, and that of course, is making the staff of each uneasy. Entercom acquired both stations in the CBS merger a couple years ago and has been unable to strike a new deal with the union representing the newsroom staff. The issue at heart is corporate’s wish to cross utilize resources across both newsrooms. Their last contract expired in 2015, but talks have stalled over fear of consolidating duties and resources among the two stations. Entercom, for its part, tells the New York Daily news that is has no intention of merging the workforces or sharing content between the stations. But nonetheless, they were delivered a letter signed by some of New York’s most influential officials, stating quote “we oppose any effort by Entercom to use cross-utilization as a means to consolidate the newsrooms at 1010 Wins and WCBS NewsRadio 880. We stand with the men and women who bring us the news.” We’ll see how this story ends in time.

Bummer industry news coming from overseas yesterday. Our friends at Radio Today in the UK report that Global, the largest radio company in all of Europe, is conducting a mass layoff of staff as they consolidate all of their Capital, Heart and Smooth breakfast shows into widely syndicated network shows. For those unfamiliar with radio in the UK, the largest broadcasters operate independent stations in many different markets just like in the US, but often unite them by a single brand, much like the US TV networks do. Each station has been its own station with mostly local content and programming, and only carried a limited amount of network programming as per regulation. However, this past October saw some pretty significant DE-regulation, allowing Global to let go 14 breakfast shows across its Capital-branded stations,

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Not a good day for R. Kelly, but didn’t we all kinda see this coming one day eventually? Keep it on the down low? Not so much anymore.

Changes in Tampa, Orlando, Denver, Tucson, San Diego… and probably more before this episode is over.

And a DC morning show returns to the airwaves without so much of the air, or waves…

Today, we’re taking you on a test run with a whack at some news and music, without the guest features you’ll eventually come to know and love.

In the RadioDaily… February 26th 2019

 

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This is a test of what the Radio Daily will ultimately become… and right here is where you’d normally hear the fantastic sponsor messaging from two of radio’s best and brightest support businesses, imaging services or syndicated shows. You’ll also hear a couple snippets of demos from ReelWorld where we would normally take a quick break. That’s because, full disclosure, I work there and chose to throw them… us? a bone… We do already have a small waiting list for sponsors when we officially launch, so get your business  involved today by emailing me Chris Kelly, at [email protected].

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That’s Michael Avenatti, attorney for some of the alleged victims in the case of singer R Kelly, who appeared in a Chicago courtroom Monday morning for his arraignment on ten counts of sexual abuse of four alleged victims… three of which were underage at the time of the incidents. His attorney entered NOT GUILTY pleas on his behalf. Kelly entered the courtroom wearing your standard orange inmate apparel, a stark contrast from what you’ve grown accustomed to seeing him look like over his many years in the music industry. He has remained in police custody since turning himself in last Friday night and has been unable to make his One Million Dollar bond, in spite of only needing a hundred grand to do so. His attorney says he’s not cash liquid at the moment, adding that his finances are a mess and noting that he’s been dropped by his record label. Kelly is charged with ten counts of of sexual abuse, all allegedly occurring between 1998 and 2010. Three of the alleged victims were between age 14 and 16 at the time the incidents allegedly occurred. Kelly’s next court date will be March 22nd.

ENTERCOM has announced a new partnership with a couple of their competitors for content distribution on their RADIO dot COM platforms. In addition to live streaming of their terrestrial stations, Cox Radio and Bonneville stations nationwide will also offer premium on-demand audio and podcasts. This announcement follows Radio dot Com’s recent content distribution agreements with CNN and Bloomberg Media, and makes all the sense in the world. Food for thought… as a listener, do you really want to download several different apps to listen to content from multiple “favorite” stations? The more consolidated the content delivery options, the better, even if it means sharing a virtual transmitter with your competition. For the past hundred years, listeners didn’t have to use different radios to listen to different stations, so why should they start now? Cox and Bonneville content will begin streaming on Entercom’s Radio dot com platforms in the coming weeks, much as companies like Cumulus and Beasley share space with iHeartMedia stations on the iHeartRadio platforms.

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Oh… hello there. My name is Chris Kelly, former corporate radio Ops Manager and PD, turned director of programming for a cool imaging and branding company on the other side of the business, and now also executive producer and anchor of theRadioDaily.

Over the last several months, as we’ve been on the phone or been in meetings talking with industry movers and shakers about what theRadioDaily is to become, there’s been a common thread to each and every conversation we’ve had. It’s that our number one goal, each and every episode of the podcast, is to assemble the very best and brightest the radio and records industry has to offer. To share their experience, their advice, their knowledge and their fellowship with you, the listener.

Think of every episode of theRadioDaily as a shorter, audio only version of the tv show 60 Minutes but focused solely on the radio and records world… with a bit of industry news, then a handful of features loaded with inspiration, motivation or education each episode, created and produced to improve the greater good of the industry by moving it forward.

We wanted to create a platform where creative pros can collaborate and occasionally commiserate with their peers. Much like you’d go to a conference and sit in on a panel, listening to industry experts speak on topics they know so much about… this is just like that. Only in bite size audio chunks you can consume on your morning commute… packaged and anchored by us, but largely created for you, BY you.

Consider this an open casting call for the creative, the talented… an open casting call for the “doers.” We have many different ways for YOU to contribute content to an upcoming episode of theRadioDaily. From just contributing some news and information via press release like you’re used to, or sharing some audio from you or your station to lending your voiceover chops for our main titles or pitching an idea for a full blown feature – we want to collaborate with you!

You heard a friend of mine, Drew Carpenter, voice the main RadioDaily titles for this special trailer episode… EVERY episode will have a different VO artist, and you can submit your own version of those lines at theRadioDaily.com now. Think of it as a mass audience audition, free of charge, when your VO appears in an upcoming episode.

Say you’re flipping a format in the coming weeks and have produced the most amazing launch piece to get the new station off the ground… so let’s be honest… we really don’t produce launch pieces for listeners as much as we produce them our own benefit and to impress other radio people and/or scare our competition. So send it to us to share with the industry, alongside the format change write up you’ll get from all of our newsprint friends.

Most importantly… let’s say you have a Jerry Maguire moment where you’re sitting in your office, staring out the window, pondering something totally ground breaking. If only you had a platform to share it… well, now you do. Put your “Maguire Memo” into audio form and have it featured in an upcoming episode of theRadioDaily. Oh, he got fired for that? Yeah, bad example…

Point being… you’re a creative pro. Creative pros find creative ways to entertain, inform and CREATE COMPELLING CONTENT. Let’s do THAT. Let’s create compelling content for the industry, to help others in it also create more compelling content for their own listeners at home. The radio & records industry is a massive community… but still a small world… and we’ve created theRadioDaily to serve it proudly as an audio only, on demand channel for its citizens.

In other words… we are on the hunt for more FEATURE CONTRIBUTORS. These are three to eight minutes per episode… on the topic of your choice, written by you, produced by you and shared by us inside the friendly confines of the rest of theRadioDaily episode. It could be a one-off feature on something you’re passionate about… or it could be a series of feat...

Hey my name is Chris Kelly … executive producer and anchor of theRadioDaily. I hate ruining good surprises or divulging too much about a thing before a thing happens… but I suppose that’s the purpose of a sneak peek, right? So, for starters, you just heard the main titles for theRadioDaily – in this case, voiced by Lisa Keys. I mention it because it’s the epitome of what theRadioDaily was created for… to be a collaborative composite of the industry’s best and brightest. For example… Those Lisa Keys lines are up for grabs each and every episode, and any VO can find the script and submit their voice online at theRadioDaily.com. You’ll hear a different VO artist voice the main titles, literally every episode!

And that is only for starters.

Each episode will contain many different segments… from many different contributors, all across the radio and records world. Maybe even you.

Of course… Every day starts with the news… but imagine the industry’s news with the audio that goes with it… like this!

Finally, you can hear what you read about! In addition to things we manage to record, people around the industry can send audio press releases in, share imaging, promos, concert announcements… whatever makes the news of the day.

Plus, we’ll have daily three to eight minute features from contributors all across the industry, worldwide… A proverbial who’s who in radio and records … Many of whom you probably already know personally, or at least most you’ve heard of or should hear about.

We’ll keep up with the music industry to showcase artists and their new work, both from established core artists and up and comers who are trying to catch the ears of radio.

We’ll have the best audition stage in the business… for talent on the beach, hoping to catch the attention of their next employer… plus the most creative bulletin board for those looking to fill a position.

And of course, we’ll have ample sponsorship and advertising opportunities for the many businesses behind the business… the supporting cast of syndicated shows, voiceover artists, imaging, prep, software… and the list goes on and on.

Big things are happening in 2019. The list of those involved is growing by the day, so for more information about contributing a feature, submitting your news, highlighting your business with a sponsorship opportunity, lending your voice to our main titles… or for any other inquiry you might have… find us online at theRadioDaily.com.