Nationally-syndicated radio personality Delilah will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2017 NAB Show. The induction will occur during the Radio Luncheon, held Tuesday, April 25 in Las Vegas.
Delilah first became interested in radio as a middle school student in Reedsport, Oregon, where she provided school news and sports reports for the local station KDUN-AM. Since then, Delilah has expanded her adult contemporary radio show audience to more than eight million weekly listeners on approximately 160 stations across the country, making her the most-listened-to-woman on radio in the United States.
“With her distinctive blend of story-telling, listening and encouragement, Delilah has rightfully earned the distinction of being one of the most significant voices in American radio,” said NAB Executive Vice President of Radio John David. “Delilah’s career represents the true impact that radio can have on its listeners.”
Delilah is the author of three books, including “Arms Full of Love,” which was released in 2012. Published by Harlequin Books, it features a collection of heartfelt listener stories and Delilah’s own tales that demonstrate the importance of family.
Additionally, Delilah established the non-profit Point Hope in 2004. The organization addresses the needs of special needs children in the foster care system nationwide, in addition to refugee children in Ghana. Delilah is the mother of 13 children, 10 of whom were adopted.
Previous NAB Radio Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductees include ESPN Radio’s Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg, KROQ’s Kevin and Bean, Steve Harvey, Dave Ramsey, Bob Uecker, Gerry House, Ron Chapman and Vin Scully, among others.
News/Talk WISN 1130 AM today announced the debut of The Dan O’Donnell Show, effective Tuesday, January 3, 2017. The Dan O’Donnell Show will broadcast weekdays from 9 – 11 a.m.
WISN 1130 AM (50 Kw, 10 Kw-N DA-2)
The Dan O’Donnell Show will feature local on-air personality Dan O’Donnell who will entertain Milwaukee listeners with his unique and humorous take on pop culture, national news and current events, as well as reports on local news, traffic and weather.
“WISN is blessed with a lineup of extremely strong, popular local talk show hosts,” said Jerry Bott, Program Director for WISN-AM, “Adding someone with Dan’s level of talent is an excellent opportunity to make that lineup even better.”
O’Donnell joined WISN-AM in 2013 and is currently a drive-time news anchor, reporter, and a substitute host for all of WISN’s local talk shows. Dan also serves as a Wisconsin Correspondent for FOX News Radio, HLN’s “The Nancy Grace Show,” ABC Radio News, Wall Street Journal Radio Network and CBS Radio News.
“For me, this is quite literally a dream come true. I have wanted to do a daily talk show since I first started working in radio as a teenager, and I couldn’t possibly be more excited to begin,” said O’Donnell.
In addition, O’Donnell is known for his extensive coverage of the 2007 Steven Avery murder trial in Manitowoc, WI, and subsequent “Rebutting A Murderer” podcast following the 2015 Netflix special “Making a Murderer.” Previously O’Donnell served as a news anchor for Journal Broadcasting for almost 12 years.
Full WISN-AM weekday line-up:
WISN’s Morning Briefing with Ken Herrera 5 – 6 a. m.
(Reuters) -- The amount of money spent on advertising on social media is set to catch up with newspaper ad revenues by 2020, a leading forecaster said on Monday.
The rapid expansion of social media platforms on mobile devices, as well as faster internet connectivity and more sophisticated technology, has triggered a huge shift in the way many people get their news.
Advertising agency Zenith Optimedia, owned by France's Publicis, predicts global advertising expenditure on social media will account for 20 percent of all internet advertising in 2019, hitting $50 billion and coming in just one percent smaller than newspaper ads. It expects social media to overtake newspapers comfortably by 2020.
Jonathan Barnard
"Social media and online video are driving continued growth in global ad spend, despite political threats to the economy," Jonathan Barnard, head of forecasting at Zenith, said.
The media industry has been convulsed by the rapid shift in advertising trends in recent years, with firms moving their ad budgets from traditional sources such as newspapers to websites found on computers and mobile phones.
Marketers are increasingly directing their spending to social media sites where ads blend into users' newsfeeds on platforms such as Facebook and Snapchat proving more effective than interruptive banner formats.
Zenith's report forecasts that global advertising expenditure will grow 4.4 percent in 2017, the same rate as in 2016, which it said would be a strong performance given that big events like the Olympic Games, Britain's EU referendum and the U.S. presidential election boosted advertising this year.
Online video advertising is also rapidly growing and set to total $35.4 billion across the world by 2019, fractionally ahead of the amount spent on radio advertising but still far less than television.
Global spending on advertising has been stable since 2010 the report showed, although growth has declined in the Middle East and North Africa. It was expected to continue to grow strongly in China and much of Asia.
Ad-spending growth is poised for a significant slowdown in 2017, due to economic and political uncertainty, according to the latest forecast from Magna Global, the ad-buying agency owned by Interpublic Group of Cos.
The Wall Street Journal reports the global ad business will see a slowdown to 3.6% spending growth next year, down from the 5.7% growth clip projected for 2016, when spending is expected to total $493 billion, Magna said. The 2017 forecast is an improvement over a June estimate that 2017 spending would grow 3.1%.
U.S. ad sales will face a slowdown to 1.7% growth in 2017, compared to 6.9% growth in 2016, according to the latest forecast, including the impact of political and Olympic spending.
Magna is among a handful of agencies releasing their spending forecasts at the UBS media conference on Monday.
Weighing on ad spending are several factors, including fewer advertising opportunities at big events like the election and Olympics, as well as uncertainty around the impact of Donald Trump’s presidential election victory and the U.K.’s decision to exit the European Union.
Strong digital ad spending growth, especially in social and search, is one bright spot and explains why Magna upgraded its global forecast from June.
According to Magna, digital spending is on track to surpass linear TV spending in 2017, thanks largely to a surge in mobile ad-spending. By 2021, mobile advertising will have increased to $215 billion, or 72% of total digital budgets, said Magna.
Bubba “the Love Sponge” Clem and Nielsen are trying to hammer out an out-of-court settlement to Nielsen’s $1 million ratings tapering case against the Tampa-based host, according to InsideRadio.
The parties have filed a joint motion to appoint a U.S. Magistrate Judge to preside over what would be their second mediation hearing.
After more than a year of contentious legal wrangling, the filing suggests the two parties may be ready to bury the hatchet and settle the suit quietly, out of the media glare and without racking up more legal bills. The parties ask the U.S District Court in Tampa for the mediation conference “to take place as soon as is practicable.”
A trial date is set for June 5, 2017.
It won’t be the first time that Nielsen, Clem and his Bubba Radio Network attempted to settle. On July 5 the parties sat down with retired chief judge Dennis Alvarez as mediator but failed to produce even a partial resolution. Since then both sides have been knee-deep in the discovery phase of the trial. The court recently granted Clem’s request to extend the discovery deadline until Jan. 9, 2017 and Clem’s lawyers have said they want to expand the case to include new counterclaims, allegations, and third-party defendants.
Rather than continuing to litigate the bloated, high-stakes case, “The parties have jointly determined that a second mediation conference, led by a United States Magistrate Judge, would be productive and may lead to a resolution of this matter,” the two sides say in the filing. “A second round of mediation is desirable in circumstances such as these: namely, when the parties themselves have evaluated the state of proceedings and jointly determined that the time may be ripe for resolving their dispute.”
Clay Travis's "Outkick the Coverage" radio show will be expanding its presence in Nashville on WLAC 1510 AM.
"Outkick the Coverage" will launch on Tuesday on WLAC in the 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. time slot. The show will expand to the full three hours beginning at 5 a.m. Currently the first hour of the show is broadcast on WGFX 104.5 The Zone, which has the rights to continue in that time slot for a few more weeks, Travis said.
According to The Tennessean, the expansion in Nashville comes as the show has performed well across the country on Fox Sports Radio. Travis' career has grown from local to regional to national in recent years. In addition to his weekday radio show, Travis hosts a live daily webcast on Periscope and Facebook Live that has generated millions of monthly viewers.
In early November, Fox Sports Radio released statistics highlighting the growth of the "Outkick the Coverage" radio show on traditional terrestrial radio and through streaming compared to the show it replaced in the same timeslot from a year ago. On the show's channel on the iHeartRadio app and website, the cumulative audience grew 166 percent and the monthly listening hours increased 153 percent compared to the same month in 2015.
WLAC 1510 AM (50 Kw, DA-N) Red=Local Coverage Area
Travis said the show is now in 240 markets and growing.
Travis has focused his career on social media and he said the success of the streaming numbers for his radio show combined with the popularity of his webcast shows that his strategy has paid off.
Alpha Media, Louisville hosted a two-day radiothon in support of Norton Children’s Hospital on November 17th and 18th. Louisville stations; WXMA 102.3 FM, WDJX 99.7 FM, WGZB 96.5 FM, WMJM 101.3 FM, and WGHL 105.1 FM, broadcast live from the hospital lobby for 13-hours straight each day.
The radiothon ended with over $890,000 raised.
During the radiothon each station took the name of a child who has been treated by the hospital
Station names are as follows:
99.7 WDJX – 99.7 Audrey FM
102.3 The Max – 102.3 Aiden FM
Magic 101.3 – Scharnese 101.3
B 96.5 – Boogie 96.5
For B96.5, the cause of Boogie was a personal one. Boogie is the child of afternoon drive personality, Tropikana. “It’s a blessing that the stations were able to come together and jump behind not only Boogie being a survivor, but us being able to tell his story to help somebody else. There’s no bigger or better feeling or blessing that I can imagine that would compare to being able to have a miracle kid that is going to be able to be a blessing for another sick kid,” said Tropikana.
2016 marked the 8th year that Alpha Media, Louisville has hosted the annual radiothon. Fundraising totals are now in the millions.
Alpha Media Operations Manager, Ben Davis commented on the announcement, “I want to personally thank everyone on our team for helping raise over $890,000 for Norton Children’s Hospital. That is a huge number for the hospital, the kids, and our community!!”
Lundquist and longtime sports partner Gary Danielson
Verne Lundquist was the voice of the SEC for 17 years. For many younger fans, he's the only voice of SEC football they've ever known.
Verne stepped away once and for all this weekend, leaving behind a legacy that will live on for years to come.
But before he cruised into retirement he got one final gift: A standing ovation following Alabama's 54-16 win in the SEC Championship game over Florida, and Verne thanked all involved in an emotional broadcast.
He began his broadcasting career as sports anchor for WFAA in Dallas and in Austin for KTBC, as well as being the radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys. Lundquist joined the Cowboys Radio Network in 1967 and remained with the team until the 1984 season.
Nationally, Lundquist worked for ABC Sports from 1974–81, then moved to CBS (1982–95) and TNT cable (1995–97) before returning to CBS in 1998.
Lundquist is scheduled to retire from broadcasting college football games after calling the Army-Navy football game on December 10, 2016
While podcasting has been around since the 2001 launch of the iPod, only a few, like Bill Simmons and Adam Carolla, had realized big success with them. In making their pitch to Swisher, Brown and Chief Content Officer Chris Corcoran used the popularity of podcast “Serial” as an example of podcasting’s promise, reports the NY Business Journal.
Earlier this fall, Kornheiser decided to shelve his local radio show in Washington, D.C., in favor of a daily podcast based on how many out-of-market listeners previously were listening to his radio show via an ESPN podcast.
“I’m just trying to adapt to what listeners want in terms of on-demand audio,” Kornheiser said in an interview before his podcast launch. “If you listened to the show, we were being podcast through ESPN and through iTunes, and we had an enormous out-of-market following that was getting us that way.”
Financial arrangements typically are based around revenue sharing. There are no out-of-pocket costs to the talent, and DGital sells the advertising and shares a percentage of the revenue. Currently, company executives say they are seeing revenue in the high seven figures.
“We are very bullish on the podcasting trend,” Corcoran said. “We know audio. We know how to monetize it. We have relationships on the talent side. We have relationships on the brand side.”
Those relationships come from a long career in radio broadcasting. DGital Managing Director David Landau and Brown were former co-CEOs of Dial Global/Westwood One. Corcoran was Dial Global’s executive vice president for content.
“People want things on demand,” Corcoran said. “I really believe that the days of listening to a radio show with commercial breaks are over. I don’t know that people are into that, especially younger audiences.”
Longtime Bay Area reporter and anchor Melanie Morgan did her farewell broadcast on KSRO 1350 AM / 103.5 FMon the day before Thanksgiving, according to the station's website.
After three decades at San Francisco’s KGO-TV, KGO and KSFO and a stint in Washington, D.C. as anchor of Talk Radio Network’s nationally syndicated America’s Morning News, Melanie assumed the news department and morning show reins at KSRO in March of 2014.
Under her leadership, KSRO news was honored with the Radio TV Digital News Association’s Edward R. Murrow Award and the AP’s Mark Twain Award for best newscast in the west. Also while at KSRO she continued her work with Move America Forward to raise donations and soldier care packages for American Troops.
She plans to garden more, travel more, and spend more time with her husband, noted radio programmer and executive Jack Swanson of KCBS.
In 1901...Disney empire founder Walt Disney was born on this day in 1901. He died Dec. 15, 1966 at 65.
In 1906...radio writer-producer-director William Spier was born in New York City. He is best remembered for his years producing CBS Radio’s top quality Suspense anthology dramas, and The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective. In 1952 he created TV’s first 90-minute program Omnibus for NBC. He died May 30 1973 at age 66.
In 1936...Bing Crosby takes over as host of the Kraft Music Hall radio show on NBC.
Bing Crosby
The Kraft Program debuted June 26, 1933 as a musical-variety program featuring orchestra leader Paul Whiteman and served to supplement print advertising and in-store displays promoting Kraft products. During its first year the show went through a series of name changes, including Kraft Musical Revue, until it finally settled on Kraft Music Hall in 1934. Paul Whiteman remained the host until December 6, 1935. Ford Bond was the announcer.
Bing Crosby was host until May 9, 1946. Other entertainers who appeared regularly during Crosby's tenure included Connie Boswell, Victor Borge, and Mary Martin. A review in Billboard magazine commented, "It is a tribute to Bing Crosby, program's highlight, that the Music Hall seems to survive all talent change -- these changes simply pointing up the fact that the show is completely dependent on Crosby."
For the advertising managers at Kraft, it was imperative that advertising and entertainment be kept separate. For this reason, Kraft insisted that an announcer, not cast members, read its commercials.
In 1952..Mutual Radio broadcast “The Green Hornet” for the final time. The show left the air after 15 years on Mutual, NBC and ABC. “The Green Hornet” reappeared in 1966, this time on TV.
In 1955...Disc-Jockey Alan Freed's movie "Rock Rock Rock" opened to packed theatres in New York City. Rock, Rock, Rock was black-and-white motion picture featuring performances from a number of early rock 'n' roll stars, such as Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Teddy Randazzo, The Moonglows, The Flamingos, and The Teenagers with Frankie Lymon as lead singer.
In 1967... Billboard Magazine has rated WMCA 570 AM the most influential in selling single records in New York. That doesn’t mean everything WMCA picks is going to be a hit, but there’s a good chance that it will get attention.
Ruth Meyer
A typical music meeting is held on Tuesday. Usually on hand - the station’s Program Director - Ruth Meyer, music assistants Joe Bogart and Frank Costa and several WMCA deejays. WMCA says its policy is to select records that the station believes will become hits or those that are already established hits in other cities. WMCA says “it will not play dirty records.”
From Billboard: During last week’s music meeting - four new records were voted on. The first was “Silent Night” by Simon and Garfunkel. This is a striking version. The duo’s singing is accompanied by a newscaster’s voice telling of rioting in Cicero (IL), of Richard Speck and the killing of the student nurses, of HUAC activities in Washington and Richard Nixon’s remarks on Vietnam. Four WMCA DJ’s present - said they loved the record. Said Joe O’Brien - “It’ll be the biggest protest song yet.” “Great Record” said Harry Harrison. “I think it’s fantastic” said Dan Daniel and Jack Spector claimed “It’s a seller.” The record was added for holiday play. The second record - “I Can’t Help Myself” by the Troggs was voted down. It was considered sexually suggestive. “Too tough” commented one DJ. The third record (and this one’s very interesting) is called “ Society’s Child ” by teenager Janice Ian. This is a song about an interracial dating. Very different. Research shows the record is a hit in Flint, Mich., Phoenix, Bakersfield and Denver and has been held over in several WMCA meetings. Ruth Meyer asks if there have been any calls? “No, but we’ve been getting a lot of postcards” said someone else. The record was not added to the WMCA playlist and will be held over. (WMCA and most top-40 stations would add the record in Spring of ‘67, after Leonard Bernstein featured Janice and the song on his March TV special.) The fourth record - “Wish You Were Here, Buddy” by Pat Boone - about a Vietnam soldier who voices a little social criticism of longhaired draft card burners back in the states. It is being held over.
In 1987...The Hot 100..Former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle reached the pinnacle with her first solo effort "Heaven Is A Place On Earth". Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes relinquished the top spot with "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life". George Michael moved to 3 with "Faith", leaping Richard Marx and "Should've Known Better". The rest of the Top 10: Whitesnake and their second hit "Is This Love", Debbie Gibson's "Shake Your Love", "We'll Be Together" by Sting, Whitney Houston roared in from 16 to 8 with "So Emotional", R.E.M. entered the list with "The One I Love" and Jody Watley grabbed #10--"Don't You Want Me".
In 1987...The album Chart...Dirty Dancing kept on as the #1 album with the previous Bad from Michael Jackson still clinging to #2. Whitesnake was third while Pink Floyd peaked at #4 with A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
The rest of the Top 10: Tunnel of Love from Bruce Springsteen falling to #5, The Lonesome Jubilee by John Cougar Mellencamp, Hysteria by Def Leppard was just in its infancy at #7, today was the day that Faith by George Michael climbed from 15-8 and first joined the Top 10 in its third week of release, ...Nothing Like the Sun from Sting remained at #9 and Whitney, Whitney Houston's second album, was at #10.
In 2002...Roone Arledge, the pioneering TV exec who headed ABC News and ABC Sports, created Wide World of Sports, Monday Night Football, Nightline and 20/20, and was responsible for sports coverage innovations like instant replay and slow motion, died. He was 71.
In 2003...Lafollette, Tennessee: DJ Jerry Monday and his wife were found dead in their home. Monday was the morning man on WLAF 1450 AM, a Gospel-formatted Radio station.
In 2008...iTunes Music Store reached a new sales plateau of 300 million applications downloaded.
In 2011...Monday Night Football Sports commentator/former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith died of a brain hemorrhage at age 72.
In 1889...radio/TV/film actress Isabel Randolph was born in Chicago.
In her mid-40’s she hit comedy gold playing Mrs. Uppington for seven seasons of NBC radio’s Fibber McGee and Molly show, a snooty personna she would recreate in movies. She starred in the late-30’s radio soap opera Dan Harding’s Wife, and in the 1940’s had a continuing role in One Man’s Family. In the early days of TV her credits include Our Miss Brooks, The Andy Griffith Show, Meet Millie, The Abbott & Costello Show, and Perry Mason.
She died Jan. 11 1973 at age 83.
In 1915...longtime newscaster Alan Jackson was born in Hot Springs Arkansas.
He was the head anchor at CBS Radio News for over twenty-five years beginning during the Second World War, reading the 6:00 PM national evening news (then the network’s main news program) and anchoring coverage of many of the major news headlines of the day. He anchored the CBS News coverage of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, and of V-E Day in May 1945. He is believed to have been the first to announce the assassination of JFK in 1963.
Alan Jackson retired from CBS in or before 1981.
Deanna Durbin "Something In The Wind" 1947
In 1921...Actress/singer Deanna Durbin was born Edna Rae Durbin in Winnipeg.
She had a short but successful film career, retiring at age 29 just at the start of the TV era. However she has genuine radio credentials as a singing star of the popular Eddie Cantor Show.
Having retired to France she died there in April 2013 at age 91.
In 1923...WEAF radio began broadcasting the "Eveready Hour". It was a variety show.
In 1932...The famous opening was heard for the first time. “Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea. Let’s go to press!” The Walter Winchell Show, later The Jergens Journal and still later, Kaiser-Frazer News, was first heard on the NBC Blue network.
Winchell kept that gossip show going on the radio for 23 years.
In 1933...one of America’s great radio soap operas made the leap to the big time. Ma Perkins moved from WLW Cincinnati to the NBC Red network. The show proved to be so popular that, for a while it was carried on both CBS and NBC simultaneously! Virginia Payne played the title role throughout the show’s 27-year run.
In 1944...In Nashville at the WSM Radio studios, Eddy Arnold recorded four songs, including "Cattle Call," at his first recording session.
In 1944...Beach Boys drummer, keyboardist and songwriter Dennis Wilson was born on this day in 1944. He drowned on Dec. 28, 1983 at 39. Dennis Wilson interview with Pete Fornatale on WNEW-FM, New York City, November 1976.
In 1954...the song “Mr. Sandman” by the Chordettes topped the charts and stayed there for 7 weeks.
In 1954...Billboard magazine reported that the New York Supreme Court had denied radio disc jockey Alan Freed any further use of the nickname "Moondog." Freed had been sued for infringement by New York street musician Louis T. Hardin, who claimed prior ownership of the nickname.
In 1957...Because of the furor created by Elvis Presley's recently released Christmas album, radio station CKWS in Kingston, Ontario plays the album in its entirety, opening the phones to public comment. Most listeners approve of the album.
In 1965..."Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" by The Byrds hit number one on the pop singles chart.
Harry Wismer
In 1967...nationally-known sportscaster Harry Wismer died at age 54. His career began at WJR Detroit; he went on to do radio play-by-play of Notre Dame and Washington Redskins football. He was a charter owner of the AFL, with the New York franchise (Titans) that became the Jets.
But he died broke, from a combination of depression, cancer & alcoholism ..following a fall.
In 1967...WCBS 880 AM expands "All News" format to midnight.
By the late 1950s and early 1960s, WCBS had evolved into a Middle of the road (MOR) music and personality format, which included limited talk programming. Personalities included legendary morning host Jack Sterling, Bill Randle and Lee Jordan. Like many MOR stations at the time, WCBS did mix in softer songs by rock-and-roll artists, as its ratings at the time were ordinary compared to the higher ratings at WOR and WNEW, both of which also had MOR formats and more distinct identities. Through it all, the variety show "Arthur Godfrey Time" remained a weekday mid-morning staple.
Eventually, WCBS gained a foothold in local news coverage (WOR and WNEW's strengths) bolstered by its standing as CBS's flagship radio station.
William S. Paley
During the 1960s, CBS chairman William S. Paley was concerned about the station's low ratings, and that concern started a process that would lead to the creation of a news radio format that would become known as "Newsradio 88". This format debuted on August 28, 1967.
Initially, the station ran news in the drive time periods but maintained an MOR format during the midday and overnight hours, and within a couple of years, it ran all-news programming for much of the broadcast day except for overnights. "Newsradio 88" began its transformation into an all-news format in 1970, when the overnight American Airlines-sponsored Music Till Dawn ended in January of that year, and completed the process in 1972, when Godfrey's weekday morning variety show came to an end. The station built a reputation as an all-news powerhouse during the 1970s, and has continued with an all-news format to this day.
In 1970…Frank Reynolds co-anchored the "ABC Evening News" with Howard K. Smith for the final time. Reynolds commented on the switch saying, "Due to circumstances beyond my control, the unemployment statistics rose yesterday." Harry Reasoner, formerly of CBS News and "60 Minutes," replaced Reynolds.
In 1989...Howard Hoffman and Stephanie Miller first show at WQHT
