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June 21, 2018
Proposal For Radio Version Of McSweeney's Wins WBUR/Boston 'Next Great Show Contest'
A proposed radio version of satirical quarterly and online magazine MCSWEENEY'S INTERNET TENDENCY has been declared the winner of BOSTON UNIVERSITY News-Talk WBUR/BOSTON's "Next Great Show Contest." The site's Managing Editor … more »
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June 19, 2018
RTDNA Announces National Murrow Award Winners For 2018
The RADIO TELEVISION DIGITAL NEWS ASSOCIATION (RTDNA) has announced the winners of the 2018 national EDWARD R. MURROW Awards. CBS NEWS RADIO took home the Overall Excellence award for network radio, with HUBBARD News WTOP/WASHINGTON willing the Overall … more »
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June 8, 2018
NPR-WBUR/Boston 'Only A Game' Host Bill Littlefield To Retire
BILL LITTLEFIELD, host of BOSTON UNIVERSITY News-Talk WBUR/BOSTON and NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO's weekly sports show "ONLY A GAME" since its 1993 inception, has announced his retirement, effective with the JULY 28th episode. LITTLEFIELD … more »
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February 23, 2018
Podtrac Releases January Podcast Industry Audience Rankings
PODTRAC has released its JANUARY rankings of Top 10 podcast publishers, with the return of iHEARTMEDIA to the list in the sixth slot after being removed from the rankings in the wake of discrepancies noted first by consultant and ALL ACCESS columnist … more »
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February 14, 2018
WBUR/Boston Fires 'On Point' Host Tom Ashbrook
After two months on leave, TOM ASHBROOK has been fired from his hosting duties on BOSTON UNIVERSITY News-Talk WBUR/BOSTON and NPR's "ON POINT." ASHBROOK was placed on leave in DECEMBER after allegations of sexual misconduct and … more »
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November 30, 2017
Research Director, Inc.: Exclusive November PPM Analysis For Houston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston
We now return you to your regularly scheduled column. The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC., with a healthy boost from the numbers nerds at XTRENDS, bring you another round of the NOVEMBER survey. The precise timeline for this run was 10/12 … more »
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November 14, 2017
Study Looks At Podcasting's 'Super Listeners'
A study by the KNIGHT FOUNDATION with EDISON RESEARCH takes a look at the podcast "Super Listener," a subset of the podcasting audience that the study concludes are the "most active, most engaged and most willing to take supportive … more »
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August 21, 2017
Public Radio Program Directors Association And Jacobs Media Millennial Research Project Data Released
THE PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION (PRPD) has released findings from the "Millennial Research Project" (MRP) at this year’s PRPD Content Conference in WASHINGTON, D.C. The PRPD conducted the project with JACOBS MEDIA. PRPD … more »
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May 12, 2017
NPR 'On Point' Host Tom Ashbrook Taking Time Off For Surgery
Get well wishes go out to NPR and BOSTON UNIVERSITY News-Talk WBUR/BOSTON "ON POINT" host TOM ASHBROOK, who told listeners TODAY (5/12) that he will be taking time off for vascular surgery. ASHBROOK said that he will be undergoing surgery next … more »
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May 10, 2017
Podtrac Releases April Podcast Industry Audience Rankings, With Year-To-Year Comparisons For First Time
PODTRAC's APRIL 2017 ranking of podcast publishers is largely unchanged from MARCH -- the same ten networks occupy the same slots with the exception of THE NEW YORK TIMES and CBS swapping places, and NPR leads the pack, as it has for 13 straight … more »