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PhlatPhilPhlyaway!

The winner in the Phlat Phil Phlyaway Contest have been chosen! AC Monitored Co-Winner: Star 99.1 / New York, NY (Stacey Stone) for Phlat Phil’s trip to Central Park. J103 / Chattanooga, TN (Justin Wade) for Phlat Phil’s... 

Callout and Web Based Research – Exploring the Differences

An Open Discussion – Differences between Callout and Web-based Music Surveys – Why are the results so different?     Part One – We need answers! The programming minds that steer the content of the radio station... 

Welcome To The Discussion!

If you have come to ProgramDirector.net looking for lively and helpful discussions about Christian radio, you’ve come to the right place! You’ll find handy information on the site, but the e-mail forums are where most... 

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The Savannah Music Group comes out against the performance tax

In a move against the proposed performance royalty to be paid by radio stations, an independent Nashville-based label is making a proposal of its own. The Savannah Music Group and subsidiary Savannah Records is calling on Congress... 

For Emmis shareholders, it’s a whole lot of wait-and-see today

The Street’s apparent reaction to Friday night’s second postponement of the special shareholders meeting: extreme caution. Shareholders were supposed to vote on founder/CEO Jeff Smulyan’s bid to take Emmis private.... 

Radio revenues up 8% at Seattle-based Fisher Communications

The nearly $500,000 gain in top line revenue came as cash flow from the radio operations dropped $312,000 to $1.1 million. Fisher says that is “the result of higher sales commissions, advertising and programming costs.”... 

Regis & Kelly name their 10 “Women in Radio” finalists

The final 10 came from a paring down of 100 semi-finalists from the US & Canada. Two of the finalists are from New York City, so travel to the Regis & Kelly studios would be a subway ride. Carolina Bermudez is a co-host... 

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