FINANCIAL – Page 78 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Apple Eying iHeart Alliance?

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 kevincarter Apple, iHeartMedia

• This is fascinating… The Financial Times is reporting that Apple may be looking at traditional radio to help boost its

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Art Imitates Life Imitates Art

November 1, 2018October 31, 2018 kevincarter iHeartMedia, Ryan Seacrest

• Variety reports that ABC is developing a comedy series inspired by the real-life friendship of Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, who

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Saga Expands Into Gainesville-Ocala

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 kevincarter Saga Communications

• Saga Communications, Inc. is expanding its broadcast footprint into the Gainesville-Ocala, FL market with the pending purchase of Country WOGK-FM(K-Country

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A Galaxy Not That Far, Far Away

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 kevincarter Galaxy Media

• Galaxy Media announced that Carrie J. Wojtaszek has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Wojtaszek

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Scripps Buying 15 TV Stations

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 kevincarter Scripps

• The E.W. Scripps Company wasn’t kidding when they got out of the radio business to focus on television —

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Emmis To Scale Back NextRadio, TagStation

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 kevincarter Emmis, NextRadio, TagStation

• Emmis Communications Corporation today announced results for its second fiscal quarter ending August 31, 2018. The company’s net radio

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Broadcasters Foundation On The Case

October 10, 2018October 11, 2018 kevincarter Broadcasters Foundation, Hurricane Michael

• Hurricane Michael made landfall midday Wednesday on the Florida Panhandle as a rare Category 4 storm, packing damaging winds and

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PMG Expands Outward To Kaua’i

October 7, 2018 kevincarter Ohana Broadcast Company, Pacific Media Group

• Maui-based Pacific Media Group (PMG) announces the purchase of the KONG Radio Group on the island of Kaua’i from

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Alpha Selling W. Palm To Hubbard

September 26, 2018September 27, 2018 kevincarter Alpha Media, Hubbard Radio

• Alpha Media just announced it has reached an agreement in principle to sell its six radio stations in West

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An Unimaginable Loss

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 kevincarter GoFundMe, iHeartMedia

• The close-knit radio family inside the iHeartMedia broadcast complex in Portland, OR is still trying to come to grips