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

All Access (allaccess.com) New Radio Website Video Teaser During NAB Radio Convention

All Access (AllAccess.com) just released another great radio video commercial for their new website coming very soon during the NAB Radio Show Convention in Philidalphia.

NAB RADIO BOARD CHAIR CHARLES WARFIELD PRESENTS OPENING ADDRESS DURING 2009 NAB RADIO SHOW

PHILADELPHIA –NAB Radio Board Chair Charles Warfield, president and Chief Operating Officer of ICBC Broadcast Holdings, spoke during the 2009 NAB Radio Show Opening Address held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Below is a transcript of his remarks.

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Welcome to my hometown, Philadelphia, and welcome to the 2009 Radio Show. We have a great show in store for you. You will have the opportunity to network with your peers, learn new business strategies and discover emerging technologies. I want to thank you for your support and attendance, especially in this difficult economy.

This year our show has the potential to make more impact than ever before, and your presence makes a big difference. I want to acknowledge the Radio Show steering committee, especially the chair of the committee, Joe Schwartz, and the subcommittee chairs: John Dimick, John Beck and Zoe Burdine-Fly. They have put together a high quality program, and we thank them for their time and commitment to producing this great event. I want to also recognize the members of NAB’s Radio Executive Committee and Board of Directors. We also thank them for being here and for their leadership. Finally, I want to also thank the NAB staff who work hard and put in many hours to organize the Radio Show.

Today, I’d like to take some time to talk about a major challenge we’re facing back in Washington, D.C., as well as some of the opportunities we’re seizing.

Every radio station, large and small – from Philadelphia to Reno – is facing a fight for survival in the battle over the performance tax. For more than 80 years, radio and the recording industry have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship. Free airplay for free promotion WORKS. In fact, a recent study shows that the radio industry generates $1.5 to $2.4 billion dollars in free promotional value for the labels and artists each year.

But the labels – like all of us – are struggling in this economy. They are in a weakened position because they failed to adjust to the digital music era and now they want to impose a fee – what we call a tax – on local radio stations.

There’s no question that it would financially hurt local radio stations, stifle new artists and harm the listening public who rely on free local radio. We’ve been successful so far opposing the record labels.

More than 250 members of the House and 25 senators have expressed their support for the Local Radio Freedom Act, a resolution that emphatically opposes the imposition of any new tax, fee or other charge on local radio stations for music broadcast over the air. Strong grassroots engagement, state broadcast associations, NAB staff in Washington and radio broadcasters have kept the momentum going strong.

But our work is not finished.

NAB is continuing to educate members of Congress, the media and the public about the harm a performance tax would inflict on local radio. We’ve also launched a multiplatform advertising campaign to inform the public of the issue. And the No Performance Tax.org Web site is designed for you to educate both your listeners and lawmakers on the negative impacts of a performance tax.

All of us in this room understand the importance of this issue and your continuing involvement is critical. We must continue to gain support on our anti-performance tax resolution. Our success depends on our engagement and activism. Our future depends on it.

While NAB is advocating on your behalf Washington, we’re also driving the rollout of innovative platforms to build a strong future for radio. Two years ago, NAB launched Radio 2020, an initiative to remind the public, marketing community and electronics industry of the impact of radio on our daily lives.

Radio Heard Here is the consumer phase of Radio 2020. The campaign is wide-ranging – from social marketing to an on-air campaign – designed to engage everyone that radio touches. We are reminding consumers of the important role radio plays in their everyday lives and turning passive listeners into active radio enthusiasts.

Make sure you stop by the Radio Heard Here lounge or check out our Web site, Radio Heard Here.com, for all of the tools you need to spread the good news about radio, including radio spots.

Through Radio Heard Here, we’re also reminding listeners about the great choices that radio offers. HD Radio delivers more content choices with crystal-clear digital sound. NAB continues to work alongside the HD Digital Radio Alliance to educate the public, manufacturers and the auto industry about the great benefits of HD Radio. There are amazing possibilities with HD Radio. Microsoft recently unveiled Zune HD, which comes equipped with an HD Radio feature. We must continue to push more receivers into the marketplace so listeners can enjoy the benefits of HD.

Internet streaming is another way of bringing radio to the listeners across multiple platforms. Earlier this year, NAB negotiated a deal with Sound Exchange to ensure radio stations can continue to stream online, and more stations can begin to stream in the future. The deal provides more reasonable streaming rates than were originally set by the Copyright Royalty Board.
It also ensures certainty of costs through 2015.

But online listening isn’t the only way radio fans are enjoying new choices.

Another exciting radio initiative we’re working on is increasing the number of FM radios in mobile phones. NAB’s technology advocacy program, FASTROAD, released a report showing that cell phone service providers, radio broadcasters and handset manufacturers all stand to benefit from the expansion of FM-capable cell phones. NAB has been reaching out to U.S. mobile network operators to discuss the advantages of including FM radios in cell phones. The benefits are huge. FM receivers could provide another revenue stream for mobile network providers as well as broadcasters. Through the Radio Data System – or RDS, a song heard on the FM radio in the handset can be “tagged” for later purchase. Integrated FM receivers also give mobile phone users access to the Emergency Alert System.

We’re also working to get radio on other portable devices. Just two weeks ago, Apple announced its first portable product with built-in FM radio. And it incorporates iTunes tagging. This is a great breakthrough and we look forward to the success of this feature on the nano leading to the addition of radio on other iPod models and on the iPhone.

During this time of transition, NAB has remained strong and focused, advocating on your behalf. And we’re so pleased to finally announce our new president and CEO, Senator Gordon Smith, whom you’ll be meeting shortly. With our new leader, we remain committed to providing our members with the best service and value possible.

But our success in Washington depends largely on you – the involvement of our local broadcasters. It’s been your grassroots involvement that has led to the growing support of local radio with the tax issue. We need your continued help in educating policymakers about the issues we care about, and we thank you for standing strong with NAB even in a very difficult economy and operating environment. Though we face challenges, both with the economy and in Washington, we are in the midst of a dynamic period, ripe with opportunity.

And we are realizing those opportunities.

We’re embracing new technologies and adapting to the digital age and ladies and gentlemen, together, we’re helping radio reach new heights.

Thank you.

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About The NAB Radio Show
The NAB Radio Show is the largest annual convention for radio. This year’s show, Sep. 23-25 in Philadelphia, delivered a one-of-a-kind networking opportunity for station professionals representing all format and market sizes.

About NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters is the premier advocacy association for America’s broadcasters. NAB advances radio and television interests in legislative, regulatory and public affairs. Through advocacy, education and innovation, NAB enables broadcasters to best serve their communities, strengthen their businesses and seize new opportunities in the digital age. Learn more at www.nab.org.