Radio Ink February 6, 2019 Radio PA, the state news and information network covering the Keystone state has a new owner. Maryland Media One, the owner of the Maryland News Network, will assume operations on April 16th. “With the announcement of Radio PA closing it’s network in April, I was concerned with the affiliates…
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Radio Ink Feb 6, 2019 Long-time radio industry owner Kerby Confer is still going strong with the Tuesday purchase of the Steinman Communications radio group. This brings the Forever total to 55 stations in 12 markets. The stations Forever Media is picking up are: WSTW-FM and WDEL-AM/FM in Wilmington, WXCY-FM in Havre De Grace,…
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Radio Ink Feb 5, 2019 iHeartmedia’s WBZ NewsRadio in Boston has reported that legendary morning news anchor Gary LaPierre died peacefully on Monday, surrounded by his family. LaPierre was recently diagnosed with leukemia. He was 76. The station reported on its website that “for almost 44 years LaPierre’s calm and steady voice prepared New Englanders…
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Radio Ink January 11, 2019 Photo credit: Buzzfeed iHeart’s 106.1 The Breeze in Philadelphia is the latest station to pick up the ubiquitous Delilah. Philly listeners will be able to catch her show Monday through Saturday, 7 p.m. to midnight ET. “I’m looking forward to catching up with everyone in Philadelphia,” said Delilah. “We’re…
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Dan O’Shea Retail Dive, 1/3/19 Dive Brief: About 41% of U.S. consumers owned a smart speaker by the end of 2018, almost twice the percentage of consumers who owned the voice-driven devices at the end of the previous year, according to a TechCrunch report that attributed the data to recent reports from RBC Capital Markets. The…
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