BREAKING NEWS!!!! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!!!
A&R WORLDWIDE & ALLACCESS.COM ANNOUNCE
WORLDWIDE RADIO SUMMIT
APRIL 29th-30th, 2011 IN LOS ANGELES
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A Veritable “U.N. Of Radio” To Converge At Brand-New W Hotel
Featuring The Most Influential Names in Radio
And The Top Emerging Talent Performing Live
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WorldWide Radio Summit To Host “Worldwide Radio Awards”
Honoring Broadcasting Innovators & Power Players
LOS ANGELES, September 8, 2010 – The dates for the 1st annual Worldwide Radio
Summit have officially been announced. The highly anticipated “United Nations of
Radio” is set to take place April 29-30, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA. The event will lead
up to the highly respected global music, media and technology conference
MUSEXPO, which celebrates its 7th year in 2011 and is hosted on three continents
(N. America, Europe and Australasia).
The Worldwide Radio Summit will highlight some of the most important issues
impacting radio today, as well as focus on the future of this crucial broadcast
medium. Among the topics being addressed are new ways to reach consumers, the
radio’s influence across multiple platforms, social media, new business models, new
technology, streaming advances, radio device development and creative
programming.
Speaking on these issues will be true radio power players and the world’s most
innovative and influential programmers, DJs and technology experts; dozens of
them are listed below. Already confirmed to attend the Summit are Cumulus Co-
COO John Dickey and SVP/Programming Jan Jeffries, Emmis VP/Programming AND
Power 106/L.A. PD Jimmy Steal, WRXP/N.Y. PD Leslie Fram, CBS/S.F.
VP/Programming Michael Martin, Clear Channel/SF OM Don Parker, KBIG/L.A. and
K101/S.F. PD Andrew Jeffries, WKSC/Chicago PD Rick Vaughn, KEXX/Phoenix PD
Marc Young, KCRW Santa Monica MD & Host “Morning Becomes Eclectic” Jason
Bentley, XM Sirius Satellite Radio OM Will Pendarvis, Westwood One Radio
Networks’ Michael Steele, KCRW On-Air Personality Nic Harcout and Yahoo! Music
Head of Programming & Artist/Label Relations John Lenac, among many others.
Among some of those coming from overseas are Xfm (U.K.) Head of Music Mike
Walsh, MotorFM Germany, Managing Partners Markus Kuehn and Mona Rübsamen,
New Zealand On Air Director Brendan Smyth and Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Group PD Andrew Phillips. (Updated early-confirmation list below.)
Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with these speakers and their peers,
as well as be exposed to new content (including the showcasing of emerging global
talent and the “next top radio hit’). In addition, the Worldwide Radio Summit will
recognize key innovators and influencers in radio who are helping to build a
stronger radio environment via the Worldwide Radio Awards luncheon to be held at
the event.
The architects behind the Worldwide Radio Summit include the influential
independent international talent discovery, development and consulting firm A&R
Worldwide, which produces the annual MUSEXPO and consults numerous music
industry events around the globe; and the world’s largest online radio/music
industry information and news resource AllAccess.com.
After strong encouragement from international radio broadcasters and the music
community over the past few years, the idea of a Worldwide Radio Summit has
finally come into fruition — to unite broadcasters from the U.S. and other nations in
an inclusive manner to showcase new creative and business models that will help
this essential communicator of music, talk, news and sports evolve and thrive for
years to come. In addition, help radio network with its peers and help radio discover
and expose some of the best new talent from across the globe to its vast audiences.
As radio evolves from terrestrial, online, satellite, digital to mobile – the Worldwide
Radio Summit will offer the insight that will keep attendees on the pulse of the
future of this essential broadcast medium and provide the chance to interact with
those driving the future ideology and content of radio.
Sat Bisla, President/Founder A&R Worldwide/MUSEXPO states, “As a member and
advocate of the global radio and music community I felt it was essential to bring
together a melting pot of positive creative and business inspiration in a forum that
would be productive and meaningful to those who participate at the Worldwide
Radio Summit. Having been a part of the radio family for the past 26 years and
sharing new sounds with music fans around the globe – radio has played a vital role
in sharing great talent with the masses.
“The Worldwide Radio Summit will be a key forum to bring together radio and those
vested in radio in a way to ensure this medium maintains its importance as the
primary communicator for sound to billions around the world. I am very pleased to
be working with Joel Denver and his great team at AllAccess.com who share the
same passion and vision for radio as A&R Worldwide does – to help deliver an event
that will bring broadcasters and music enthusiasts together for the betterment of
radio, the listener and the music community.
Joel Denver, AllAccess.com President & Publisher, notes, “Everyone at AllAccess.com
is thrilled to be co-presenting The Worldwide Radio Summit with our friend Sat
Bisla and his amazing team at A&R Worldwide. We feel that The Worldwide Radio
Summit will be a vital new opportunity for communication between radio managers
and programmers from the United States and International markets all with the
same common goal – to make radio better and integrate creative programming
across a growing number of digital platforms.
“We share a common belief that radio will continue to grow and prosper utilizing
and branding with new technologies to find innovative ways to reach consumers. In
the coming years, it will be even more apparent that radio is no longer shackled by
the limitations of its tower-based signal, but has an infinite opportunity to truly be
everywhere via streaming, apps, and future technologies by building exciting
brands, not just offering cookie cutter programming.
“At The Worldwide Radio Summit, we’ll present exciting speakers who will share
their knowledge of radio, digital technologies, and successful methods of ways of
driving new revenue streams so that radio executives around the world can tap into
these rapidly evolving new frontiers of interaction and communication with their
audiences.”
The Worldwide Radio Summit will take place at the W Hotel in Hollywood April 29 –
30, 2011. For up-to-date event details, registration information and more, visit
www.worldwideradiosummit.com.
Contact: A&R Worldwide (323) 782-0770
Sat Bisla, sat@anrworldwide.com
AllAccess (310) 457-6616
Joel Denver, jdenver@allaccess.com
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Worldwide Radio Summit Los Angeles 2011
September 8th, 2010
New FCC Commissioner Baker Meets Radio at NAB Show
September 25th, 2009 |
| Meredith Attwell Baker |
The final day of activity at the NAB RADIO SHOW began with a breakfast session featuring new FCC Commissioner MEREDITH ATTWELL BAKER. Interviewed by NAB Joint Board Chair STEVE NEWBERRY of COMMONWEALTH BROADCASTING, BAKER said that “there will always be a place for radio” because of its localism.
Responding to NEWBERRY’s question on mandatory public service obligations, BAKER drew applause when she said that “localism is what broadcasters do best…. I don’t think, especially in these tough economic times, that we should have new public service requirements.” She said deficiencies can be handled on a case-by-case basis.
On HD RADIO, BAKER said that the technology “holds a lot of promise,” especially in multicasting (she favors AMERICAN UNIVERSITY noncommercial WAMU/WASHINGTON’s Bluegrass multicast channel), and termed the dispute over a power increase for HD a “solvable issue” subject to engineering work to come up with a solution that does not cause objectionable interference.
“We should not be in the business of program regulation,” BAKER said, adding, however, that the industry should steer away from “indecent” programming. She also suggested that the industries should work to teach parents how to use content ratings and tools like the V-chip to protect children from indecent programming so that the government won’t have to get involved. On sponsor identification rules, BAKER said “people should know who’s trying to sell them what,” but declined comment pending resolution of two proceedings in the matter. Asked about ways to promote ownership diversity, BAKER suggested working with smaller lenders to try to get more access to capital for minority and female buyers.
On a lighter note, BAKER said that she grew up listening to Country KILT-F/HOUSTON.
Next Year, D.C.
ALL ACCESS hears that next year’s NAB RADIO SHOW will be held in WASHINGTON, at a hotel venue to be finalized soon. This year’s attendance, to be released later today, is reportedly off 5% from last year.
Panel Looks At Motivating Staffers
A panel on “Mentors, Motivators and Leadership” brought together some prominent programmers to discuss keeping morale high and productivity strong in tough times. The discussion ranged from the buzz in a station’s hallways to dealing with the PPM and the relative merits of live/local versus syndication.
Moderator TIM MOORE of AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT GROUP outlined four levels of employee, the “unconscious incompetent” (not able and don’t know it); the “conscious incompetent” (not yet able but aware of that; “where your greatest growth can be found… they’re easy people to motivate and lead”); the “unconscious competent” (competent but don’t know why); and the “conscious competent” (competent and understand how they got there).
CLEAR CHANNEL Top 40 WIOQ (Q102)/PHILADELPHIA PD TRACY AUSTIN said that gifted and creative employees are “sometimes” harder to manage. “The big difference between the ones who make it (and those who don’t) is the right attitude.” She said that those who can’t schmooze and get along with others in the building “can’t survive in this environment.”
BONNEVILLE Adult Hits WARH (THE ARCH)/ST. LOUIS PD KEVIN ROBINSON noted the absence of youth at the convention and said “we need to find and cultivate new talent at all levels,” talent, management, and engineering. “We need to… bang the drum about our industry.”
“Lay all the digital stuff aside and listen to your radio station,” ROBINSON advised, suggesting that programmers focus on the on-air product rather than be distracted by the “shiny new toys” like Twitter and Facebook. “Be clear about what you want out of your staff… before you go onto the Twitter and Facebook… fix what you have on your Class C radio station and what’s between the records.”
Veteran programmer TJ HOLLAND said he is worried about the “massive overcorrection” of certain stations due to the introduction of the PPM, and said that he fears that stations will strip so much out of their presentation in a rush to just play music that the industry will relegate itself to “audio wallpaper.”
On syndication and cutting back on localism, AUSTIN defended her company’s “Premium Choice” programming by asserting that syndication “celebrates talent,” filling a need for the industry to develop major talent.
More at AllAccess.com
Marconi Winners Announced At NAB 2009
September 25th, 2009 |
| This Year’s Winners |
The winners of this year’s MARCONI AWARDS, were presented at a gala dinner at the NAB RADIO SHOW in PHILADELPHIA THURSDAY last night.
The recipients were:
Legendary Station: KKOB-A/ALBUQUERQUE
Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year: DAVE RAMSEY
Major Market Station of the Year: WBEB (B101)/PHILADELPHIA
Large Market Station of the Year: WIBC-F/INDIANAPOLIS
Medium Market Station of the Year: WHO-A/DES MOINES
Small Market Station of the Year: WJBC-A/BLOOMINGTON, IL
Major Market Personality of the Year: MATT SIEGEL, WXKS-F/BOSTON
Large Market Personality of the Year: BILL CUNNINGHAM, WLW-A/CINCINNATI
Medium Market Personalities of the Year: VAN AND BONNIE, WHO-A/DES MOINES
Small Market Personality of the Year: LACY NEFF, WVAQ-F/MORGANTOWN, WV
Spanish Format Personality of the Year: ALBERTO ALLEGRE, KSAH-A/SAN ANTONIO
AC Station of the Year: WBEB (B101)/PHILADELPHIA
CHR Station of the Year: WVAQ-F/MORGANTOWN, WV
Country Station of the Year: KYGO/DENVER
News/Talk Station of the Year: WGN-A/CHICAGO
Oldies Station of the Year: WMXJ/MIAMI
Religious Station of the Year: KLTY/DALLAS
Rock Station of the Year: KQRS/MINNEAPOLIS
Spanish Station of the Year: KLVE/LOS ANGELES
Sports Station of the Year: WGR-A/BUFFALO
Urban Station of the Year: WJMZ/GREENVILLE, SC
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