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February 12, 2013
Russ CrupnickFew people have their fingers on the pulse of the music-buying and listening public than Russ Crupnick of the NPD Group. Overseeing a regular series of research projects that monitor how American consume their music, as well as where and when they consume it, Crupnick and ...
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February 5, 2013
Dom TheodoreWebsites: http://hot1047maine.com/blog/ & http://www.1079cdy.com/site/ Dom Theodore is a true radio renaissance man. He first gained notoriety in the Top 40 hotbed of Tampa at the legendary WFLZ. He then took on executive programming posts, first at Clear Channel and ...
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January 29, 2013
George BeasleyGeorge Beasley is a true radio "lifer," having gotten into radio ownership over a half-century ago. Slowly, but surely, he has weathered a bevy of economic downturns, programming trends, a consolidation and debt tsunami, and technological sea changes, yet has come out of ...
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January 22, 2013
John DickeyCumulus Media has certainly been in the eye of radio's constant hurricane lately. There have been long-standing rumors that it's interested in more station wheeling-and-dealing (recent press reports cite the alleged availability of CBS Radio stations). That may or may not ...
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January 15, 2013
Fred JacobsIt has been a little less than three years since Jacobs Media Pres. Fred Jacobs discussed the ever-evolving radio environment and the just-released Tech Survey 6 and the launching of its own JacAPPS division in a Power Player interview. Today, just as they company is ...
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January 8, 2013
Skip BishopDescribing Skip Bishop purely in business terms is about as satisfying as watching a kaleidoscope on a black-and-white TV. For the record, Bishop, a label veteran of both the Pop and Country worlds, has launched SongStash.com with Jane Crossman. For starters. But as you ...
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January 1, 2013
Larry WilsonA little over three years ago, All Access asked Larry Wilson how big he sees his new radio group, Alpha Broadcasting, getting. "We're going to keep our options open, but it's too early to tell how big we'll get," he said. "I don't expect to look at anything in other ...
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December 4, 2012
Don BackusDirect Line: (248) 227-5547Additional Website: www.commotion.com While AM/FM radio parties are lowering their revenue sights for 2013 due to a slow-moving economy and debt load issues, there is one silver lining in the clouds - the revenue growth in digital and mobile. ...
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November 26, 2012
Jerry LeeAs we noted in the preceding Power Player interview, Jerry Lee has already accomplished enough in radio to last several career lifetimes. (If you missed the first part of his interview, click here.) Yet even though he is quite content to oversee just one – albeit ...
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November 13, 2012
Jerry LeeJerry Lee has already accomplished enough in radio to last several career lifetimes. Almost 50 years ago, he created the "Beautiful Music" format ... Five years after doing that, in 1968, the only station he has ever owned WBEB (B101)/Philadelphia, was the first in the ...

