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Deborah
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Brida Connolly,
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In This Issue:
Programming in a PPM World
The E-Mail That Never Came
Podcasting: Radio's 100,000-Mile Checkup
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Analyst: Radio CEOs In Denial
NEW YORK -- August 19, 2008: CL King & Associates analyst Jim Boyle predicts a 6-7 percent decline in radio revenue for July and says that, among radio CEOs, "There is a notable sense of denial of how harsh the prospects have been and continue to be."
| Journal Broadcast Revenue Down In July
MILWAUKEE -- August 19, 2008: Journal Communications reports that its broadcast-segment revenue fell 3.1 percent in July, to $14.6 million from $15 million in July '07, with radio also off 3.1 percent, to $6.1 million from $6.3 million.
| WPTT Sets Flip To Financial Talk
PITTSBURGH -- August 19, 2008: Renda Broadcasting's WPTT-AM/Pittsburgh is changing from Talk to a Financial Advice format next month.
| Personalities Join 'Build The Dream' Radiothon
WASHINGTON -- August 19, 2008: Steve Harvey, Doug Banks, Tom Joyner, and Michael Baisden are among the celebrities set to be featured on Clear Channel's "Build the Dream" radiothon on August 28, the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s' March on Washington.
| Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo Moves to Sirius XM
NEW YORK -- August 19, 2008: Longtime WFAN/New York personality Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo will debut on Sirius XM Radio on Monday, September 15, under a new five-year deal.
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From the Publisher
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Sprint, NFL Make Mobile Deal
OVERLAND PARK, KS -- August 19, 2008: Sprint customers will soon have access to complete live NFL radio coverage over their phones, free with Sprint data plans.
| U.K.'s Global Radio Gets New CEO
LONDON -- August 19, 2008: Top U.K. newspaper executive Stephen Miron is moving to the radio side as Global Group's CEO/Radio.
| Clear Channel Radio Re-Ups Six Top Execs
SAN ANTONIO -- August 18, 2008: Clear Channel Radio has signed execs Evan Harrison, Susan Karis, Mark Kopelman, Gene Romano, Tom Schurr, and George Toulas to new long-term deals and has expanded the roles of Harrison, Romano, Kopelman, and Toulas.
| Fruge Adds PD Duties At KLLC/San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO -- August 18, 2008: Charese Fruge, who programs CBS Radio's Hot AC KSCF/San Diego, is adding duties as PD of Hot AC sister KLLC (Alice 97.3)/San Francisco.
| Clear Channel Radio Total Traffic Now In 95 Markets
SAN ANTONIO -- August 18, 2008: Clear Channel Radio's Total Traffic Network has added 15 more markets, bringing the total to 95, and the traffic net's population coverage to more than 200 million people.
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Upcoming Special Issues
Watch For These Issues In 2008
•Readers' Choice Awards
8/18/08
•Pre-NAB Managers' Guide
9/1/08
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