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Hispanic consumers are gaining more confidence in the nation’s economic outlook and their own finances as COVID-19 vaccines become widely available and government support helps hard-hit households recover from the devastating pandemic.

That’s according to new research from Florida Atlantic University.

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The permitee and owner of five low-power television station construction permits has opted to sell them instead of moving forward with getting the properties up and running itself.

The result? David Lampel is getting a check from an individual largely known for his role as the head of Edge Spectrum.

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The InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, is growing its audience every week, with fresh episodes each Tuesday and Thursday.

In fact, there are 108 podcasts available for you to enjoy. And, it’s never been easier to tune in, thanks to our new embedded player at RBR.com!

From our latest episode, featuring Andy Whatley of Instreamatic to our acclaimed chat with Rich Stern, at TuneIn, there’s definitely something to enjoy — and learn from.

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The first full week of April 2021 ended with up-and-down activity across the broadcast media landscape, as Audacy enjoyed its first day with a new ticker symbol by gaining ground.

For companies such as ViacomCBS however, the pain for short-term investors continues.

Audacity’s opening day saw the former ETM rise 13 cents to $5.16.

Other gainers include Saga Communications, up 10 cents to $21, and Gray Television, rising 23 cents to $19.63.

ViacomCBS’s woes continued Friday, as Peter Dunn and David Friend are officially out at CBS Television Stations. The closing price: $41.88, off 41 cents.

Other decliners include Salem Media Group, shedding 26 cents to $2.50.

 

The FCC on Friday established a formal pleading cycle that will allow public comment in response to iHeartMedia‘s request to win Commission approval for greater foreign ownership and non-U.S. investment.

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Two top television broadcast executives will be joined by a key radio industry leader as the centerpiece of the opening session of NAB Show Premiere — a virtually delivered event scheduled for the midday hours, Eastern Time, on Monday.

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Promotion for Native Public Media coronavirus vaccination PSA campaign.

Getting the word out to Native American and Black communities about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines is the priority behind public media’s latest funding campaign.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has awarded more than $300,000 to Native Public Media and to KTSU(FM), a public radio station licensed to historically black college and universities, to coordinate a COVID-19 public outreach campaign.

That campaign, which will reach a total of 51 public radio stations serving Native and Black communities, will be broken down between 36 tribal stations and 15 stations licensed to HBCUs. The goal is to provide fact-based information to populations that have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

[Read: Community Broadcaster: How Stations Fight the Virus]

Figures show that Black and Native people have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus in a widespread manner that spans the country, regardless of location or age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the coronavirus has been far deadlier for Black, Native and Latino Americans than for other groups in the U.S.

Native communities depend on Native American-oriented stations for news and health information and as a local forum for discussion about critical issues, said Loris Taylor, Native Public Media president and CEO. “As in any community, a solid network of partnerships is critical to address Native American and Alaska Native emergency needs. We are grateful to CPB for funding these information campaigns, which address resilience gaps during this time of national emergency.”

Promotion for Native Public Media coronavirus vaccination PSA campaign.

NPM, which provides leadership, resources and strategic services to public radio stations across Indian Country, will be in charge of organizing, coordinating and providing financial support to tribal stations to produce and broadcast public service campaigns and other relevant content, such as social media infographics. A series of multimedia materials were produced by NPM and KTSU, the public radio station based at Texas Southern University. KTSU will also be responsible for providing funds to other HBCU stations to help them produce additional content and engagement materials.

“Public media stations, locally operated and highly trusted, are well-positioned to provide critical information to communities hard hit by the pandemic,” said Pat Harrison, CPB president and CEO. “By providing accurate and reliable information about COVID-19 vaccines, as well as the continuing need to wear masks and maintain social distance, these stations will reduce the spread of disinformation and advance the public health of the communities they serve.”

CPB is a founding partner of the COVID Collaborative, a national assembly of leaders from different sectors developing a unified platform for addressing the coronavirus pandemic.

The following stations are to receive public media funding and support as part of the public media campaign.

Tribal stations:

• Alaska: KNBA, Anchorage; KBRW, Barrow; KYUK, Bethel; KCUK, Chevak; KZPA, Ft. Yukon; KIYU, Galena; KOTZ, Kotzebue; KSDP, Sand Point; KUHB, St. Paul; KNSA, Unalaskleet; KRFF, Fairbanks
• Arizona: KNNB, Whiteriver; KUYI, Kykotsmovi; KGHR, Tuba City; KOHN, Sells
• California: KIDE, Hoopa
• Colorado: KSUT, Ignacio
• Idaho: KIYE, Lapwai
• Minnesota: KKWE, Callaway; KBFT, Nett Lake; KOJB, Cass Lake
• Montana: KGVA, Harlem
• New Mexico: KCIE, Dulce; KABR, Alamo; KTDB, Pine Hill; KSHI, Zuni
• North Dakota: KEYA, Belcourt; KMHA, New Town; KABU, St. Michael
• Oregon: KWSO, Warm Springs; KCUW, Pendleton
• South Dakota: KILI, Porcupine; KLND, McLaughlin; KDKO, Lake Andes; KOYA, Rosebud
• Wisconsin: WOJB, Hayward

HBCU stations:

• Alabama: WJAB, Alabama A&M University, Normal; WVAS, Alabama State University, Montgomery
• Georgia: WCLK, Clark University, Atlanta
• Mississippi: WJSU, Jackson State University, Jackson; WURC, Rust College, Holly Springs; WPRL, Alcorn State University, Lorman
• Missouri: KJLU, Lincoln University, Jefferson City
• North Carolina: WNCU, North Carolina Central University, Durham; WRVS, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City; WSNC, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem
• Ohio: WCSU, Wilberforce
• Texas: KTSU, Texas Southern University, Houston; KPVU, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View
• South Carolina: WSSB, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg
• Virginia: WNSB, Norfolk State University, Norfolk

 

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After two decades at the helm of a highly influential ABC affiliate that has long played a pivotal role in presidential elections, as the host of debates ahead of the New Hampshire primary, the President and GM of this Hearst Television property will soon retire.

This puts the wheels in motion on the search for a new leader at WMUR-9 in Manchester, N.H.

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And, just like that, 53 years of history crafted largely by Joseph Field disappeared with the push of a button as the New York Stock Exchange commenced its April 9, 2021 trading session.

Entercom Communications, which last week changed its corporate identity to Audacy and is in the process of transitioning its Radio.com brand to Audacy, officially said goodbye to its “ETM” ticker symbol. With that symbolic Opening Bell opportunity, a new era officially begins for Field’s son, President/CEO David Field.

The virtual appearance by Field’s C-Suite members as trading began followed a 30-minute interview on Clubhouse with Entercom CMO Paul Suchman, conducted by Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan, that saw Suchman share details about how the name change to Audacy came to be.

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Jeffrey Wlodarczak, a Principal and the Entertainment/Interactive Subscription Services Analyst for top Wall Street investment house Pivotal Research Group, this week took a deep dive into the NBCUniversal component of media giant Comcast.

Wlodarczak conducted the review as part of an assessment of NBC’s “mostly” new reporting format. His report card shows that a “likely significantly rebounding NBC” — along with “healthy” cable EBITDA growth, despite the multitude of cord-cutting tales — will fuel Comcast share growth.

As such, he raised his target price on Comcast.

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Meet Erica Mandy. Today Erica is running a multiple six-figure podcast business and taking home more money than she made working for KCBS-2 and KCAL-9 in Los Angeles.

She is also now one of the most successful podcasters in the space.

You can hear Erica’s story of how she became a successful podcaster and how she’s making money doing what she loves at “How to Make Real Money Podcasting.”

After 10 years in broadcast journalism, which culminated with a job in the second-largest news market in the country, Mandy had heard from too many people that news felt overly depressing, time-consuming, and biased, and she wanted to try to help solve those problems.

She took a big career risk by quitting her TV job and starting a new podcast.

In 2017 Erica left CBS Los Angeles and launched her podcast The NewsWorthy. The 10-minute short-form daily podcast combines Erica’s love for news with her upbeat and positive delivery style.

In addition to being available on all podcast platforms, Erica sends out her daily news podcast by e-mail to subscribers by 4 a.m. The podcast is accompanied by a professionally written and well-sourced daily newsletter that details the national stories Erica covers in the podcast.

The NewsWorthy has been written up by Fast Company, Harper’s Bazaar,  WWD, and  The Penny Hoarder. It’s also been featured in Apple Podcast’s New & Noteworthy. And, in 2020 Erica went over the 10 million download mark. Listen and subscribe to The NewsWorthy HERE.

Mandy says, “I’m grateful we’ve been able to grow our audience and team into a sustainable business and podcast because it allows us to continue doing what we love: providing real value to our listeners on a daily basis. Our main motivation is hearing from listeners who feel less anxiety about the news, who voted for the first time, or who are having better, more informed conversations with friends, families, and co-workers. It makes all the risks and hard work over the last few years worthwhile, and we’re excited for continued growth and expansion in the future.”

Register now for “How to Make Real Money Podcasting,” July 13-15.

The event features one-on-one interviews with Mandy and other podcasters who are making REAL money podcasting. They will tell you how they’re making money and show you how you can make money. They will share their SECRETS with you to help you develop a successful and money-making  podcasting strategy.

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Solid State Logic has introduced a digital audio workstation control surface, the UF8. It provides remote access to hardware faders, encoders and high-resolution color displays. It’s primarily intended for use in music creation, production and mixing, post-production and webcasting.

The UF8 is expandable to a 32-channel control surface and offers integration for all major DAW platforms. SSL’s new 360° control software (both Mac and Windows-compatible) manages multiple controller configurations, customized user keys, and DAW switching across multiple layers, allowing for switching between numerous sessions.

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The unit offers 100 mm touch-sensitive faders; high-resolution color displays; eight “endless” rotary encoders; creation and use of custom workflows via five banks of eight programmable user keys and three quick keys, adding up to 43 assignable keys per UF8; an intelligent multipurpose channel encoder; mouse scroll emulation, providing control of any plug-in parameter that is hovered over; the ability to switch control between three simultaneously connected DAWs; the ability to chain up to four UF8s together for a total of 32 channels of control; and a pair of SSL plug-in: SSL Native Vocalstrip 2 and Drumstrip.

Andy Jackson, SSL studio product manager, said, “UF8 is an obvious next step in SSL’s development in ergonomically designed studio tools for today’s mixers, producers and creators. The layout and build quality are all about our fixation with ‘human engineering’; creating products that keep you in the creative zone with high-speed access to every fader or control, without operator fatigue or discomfort.”

Info: www.solidstatelogic.com

 

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The agenda is up. The speakers are set. Are you ready to make money? Streamline Publishing’s co-owned Podcast Business Journal and Radio Ink Magazine are teaming up to help you maximize the revenue potential from your podcasting strategy.

Podcasting revenue has become a significant and profitable contributor to many big media corporations. By all projections, that pot of revenue is expected to become larger and larger over the next five years. Even during the pandemic podcasting was strong.

There are ways to generate revenue without hiring a huge team of writers, producers and Hollywood stars.

And for three days in July, you’ll get the opportunity to learn how.

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