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- Digital becomes radio’s growth engine (RAB report)
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), official trade association of the U.S. broadcast radio industry, has released a metrics study documenting the growth and standing of digital advertising revenue. The depth of work in this project results in a 71-page presentation deck, freely available. The report is sponsored by business software and services company Marketron, for the 14th consecutive year. Click for details and a download link. Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.26 mins ago - Rumor Fact(ory) Spotify tests podcast ad-skipping toolSpotify is testing a podcast ad-skipping tool. If implemented, such a tool would be offered to premium (paying) users. The assertion is fairly tectonic among podcast content owners and the podcast industry as a whole. Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.48 mins ago
- Switzerland’s SRG to Resurrect Analog FM Broadcasts
Switzerland’s public radio network, SRG SSR, abandoned FM broadcasting last year in favor of the DAB+ digital mode. But after the Swiss Parliament voted to postpone the nationwide switch-off of FM transmitters, and amidst reported listener declines, SRG SSR is bringing back analog FM transmissions, reportedly targeting the middle part of this fall for resumption. And, according to one report, the public broadcaster desires further FM expansion. OFCOM, the Federal Office of Communications in Switzerland, is expected to grant SRG SSR an FM broadcasting license this month, according to a report from Blue News. SRG SSR was approved for tests on FM on July 20. The wheels for SRG SSR’s reversal were set in motion back in December, when the Swiss Parliament narrowly voted to postpone the nationwide switch-off of analog FM transmitters until the end of 2031. The end of this year had originally been the country’s target date to migrate all radio stations to DAB+. But SRG SSR made that transition at the end of 2024. In a release the public broadcaster put out right after the Swiss Parliament vote, SRG SSR said that it made the move to abandon FM “in solidarity to pave the way for private radio stations, which depend on advertising revenue.” [Related: “Why Kopitz Thinks FM Will Remain Leading Form of Radio”] Because the political landscape has changed, SRG SSR said that it can no longer afford to continue foregoing FM broadcasting and, consequently, many listeners. As Radio World previously reported, Switzerland’s transport and telecommunications committee argued that a “catastrophic” drop in listenership for SRG SSR was a reason to rethink abandoning FM. It pointed to data collected by Swiss-based research firm Mediapulse showing a 25% decline in listenership since the public broadcaster deactivated its FM broadcasts. Further FM expansion A feature in SonntagsBlick, a Swiss newspaper, offered details of SRG SSR’s plan. It cited internal documents describing a three-stage return. Twenty-one former FM sites will be reactivated, covering 85% of the country’s population. Initial operating costs are expected to amount to around 6.6 million Swiss francs per year. SRG anticipates being able to resume FM broadcasts during the 2026 third quarter, according to the report. Not only will the existing sites be activated, but SRG SSR plans for FM expansion, which would offer coverage of 90% of the population. That would cost an additional 8.1 million Swiss francs per year. By the… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘Oh Boy!’ Watch NBC’s Steve Kornacki Scramble After Spilling Water All Ove...
Water you so worried about? Steve Kornacki’s primary night livestream briefly went off the rails on Tuesday when the network’s chief data analyst accidentally spilled a bottle of water all over his workstation. Kornacki was discussing the Michigan Democratic primary race between Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens with producer Adam Noboa when he tipped over a full water bottle on his computer, dousing the machine and various papers on the desk. “Oh, I just spilled-” Kornacki exclaimed. “Water spill,” Noboa said. “The computer — I don’t want this thing to break,” Kornacki said, appealing for help off-camera. “Oh boy, the monitor went off!” Kornacki repeatedly apologized for the blunder, as he scrambled to find something to sop up the water. “Sorry, we just have to tend to this computer so it doesn’t-” “Catch on fire?” Noboa interjected. Kornacki, clearly stressed by the episode, eventually discovered some tissues to start a cleanup, but it was not enough, as his computer blacked out. “Oh my Mac!” he lamented. “No!” “Oh sheez, this is all the benchmarks,” Kornacki said, holding up a soaked, rolled-up sheet of paper to show Noboa. Eventually, a crew member came to help out with some towels. Kornacki stepped away and tried to put the matter behind him as he continued with his analysis. “Sorry, sorry about this,” he said. OK, well, that was fun.” Watch above via YouTube.The post ‘Oh Boy!’ Watch NBC’s Steve Kornacki Scramble After Spilling Water All Over His Computer in the Middle of a Livestream first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Max Miller Insists He Couldn’t Have Broken His Daughter’s Collarbone Because...Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) couldn’t have been responsible for the broken collarbone his two-year-old suffered, he told Newsmax anchor Rob Finnerty on Wednesday, because he only watched her for two days during the period in which the injury occurred. “Well, what I can tell you is that I didn’t do that, and the nine out of 11 previous days was within my ex-wife’s care,” Miller said when asked how the injury happened. He continued: What’s so troubling about Child Protective Services, Rob, is that my daughter was never seen personally by a doctor from CPS. What they did is they looked at a photo. What I can tell you that two separate individuals ,who are, one, our parent coordinator, and another doctor helps us, Emily [Moreno] and ourselves, manage these issues. They both attributed this injury to our daughter falling out of the crib in Emily’s care, and then that’s why she took her to the emergency room without telling me, and then therefore CPS investigation was opened. But she was only in my care for two of those 11 days. The state’s OhioMeansJobs website does not indicate that Ohio CPS directly employs doctors. Miller is on a campaign to distance himself from serious allegations of domestic violence against both his ex-wife and their infant daughter. On Tuesday, his attorney Aaron Minc apologized for accidentally releasing sensitive photos of the toddler, including one that could be classified as “Child Sexual Abuse Material.” “I am solely responsible for what happened,” Minc later said. “I was the only person responsible for assembling, creating, reviewing, adding, deleting, redacting, or making any changes to the information and files that were in this folder.” Moreno has accused Miller of having “scalded her chest and stomach by throwing hot water from a skillet at her body; held a gun to her head; pushed her against a wall and hit her head; and fractured their daughter’s collarbone and bruised her shoulder.” Miller denies the allegations and said this week he will file to open a House Ethics investigation into himself to prove his innocence. “In light of all the renewed interest in my family affairs I am going to file my own paperwork for an ethics investigation into myself to clear my name from these horrific attacks on myself and family. I have absolutely nothing to hide,” Miller wrote on social media Tuesday. Watch the… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Hawaii KO: Congressional Candidate Held on $1 Million Bail After Viral Beach Bra...
A construction worker who gave his name as Kama knocks out Democratic Congressional candidate Kirill Basin in a now viral beach brawl in Maui. Screenshot A Democratic Congressional candidate in Hawaii was sitting behind bars instead of handing out campaign flyers after getting knocked out cold in a now viral beach brawl. Kirill Basin — who is running against incumbent Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI) — was sunbathing Saturday in South Kihei when someone asked him to turn down his music, according to TMZ. Basin allegedly argued with the couple who made the request and lost his cool, video of the encounter showed. “He’s a child, he’s a child,” a woman can be heard saying in the clip. “I’m a child? I’m 40 f*cking years old,” he raged before getting in her face. “Well, you should act like it!” she responds. “I will put you in the f*cking ground,” he seethed. “You will be in the f*cking hospital.” He spits a profanity at the woman and starts to walk away as children can be heard in the background — then gets confronted by a bigger man, according to footage of the encounter at Mana Kai Maui hotel at Keawakapu Beach, in Maui. Things got violent from there, according to the video. The men briefly exchange words before Basin tries to shove the larger man, who mops the floor — or, sand — with him. “Let’s go! Let’s go!” the man tells Basin, who gets up from the ground and grabs a beach chair before swinging it at his opponent. The Democrat never had a chance, as the man knocked him down again before the chair made contact, apparently delighting witnesses, including one who proclaimed, “Chair thrower!” and another who said, “Lights out bro!” The woman Basin exchanged words with can be heard letting out a loud laugh. The bigger man puts his hand on Basin’s chest, telling him, “Wake up!” before putting his finger in the candidate’s face and telling him: “Watch your f*cking mouth, Haole boy.” The term is a slur in Hawaii used to reference someone of non-Hawaiian descent. The candidate was later arrested on two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening and held on $1 million bail, according to Hawaii News Now. Authorities accused Basin of threatening to shoot the woman and threatening people with a knife. Basin’s attorney denied the man had a knife. The good Samaritan told Hawaii… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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