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Lesley Stahl’s 60 Minutes Extension Is a Band-Aid, Not a Fix

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For years, people compared a 60 Minutes correspondent chair to a Supreme Court seat: once you got it, it was yours for life. This year proved that's not actually true.

Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

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"If the podcast industry is willing to recognize 30 seconds of listening as worthy of credit over "genuine engagement," then radio has every right to examine whether its own standards should evolve as well."

New Music Friday Evolves As Spotify Bets On Editorial Personality

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"The irony is hard to miss — streaming is adding humans while radio considers removing them."

What Radio Programmers Can Learn from Boring Bands About Audience Loyalty

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"What we know doesn't work is back-selling and reading liner cards. That is the radio equivalent of being a boring band."

Joey Brooks Announces Exit From iHeartMedia

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iHeartMedia Senior Vice President of Programming Joey Brooks has announced he has departed the company's Connecticut stations. Brooks originally joined the market in September 2019...

Tom Shattuck Launches Daily Podcast After Exit From WTIC 1080

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"I will continue covering Connecticut, New England, the country and world. There is no time to pause the conversations."

WTIC 1080 Midday Host Tom Shattuck Exits

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"It was an honor to be the custodian of a few hours on the great station."

1080 WTIC Celebrates 100th Anniversary in Hartford

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The station was originally owned by the Travelers Insurance Company -- hence the "TIC" in WTIC -- and served as a major source of news and information in southern New England.

Former WTIC 1080 Host Bruce Stevens Dies

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Bruce Stevens began his talk radio career in Maine at WGAN before eventually working at stations like WBZ in Boston, WKRC in Cincinnati, WIBC in Indianapolis, and various other stations during his lengthy career in the medium.

Lite 100.5’s ‘The Mike & Mary Show’ is Connecticut’s ‘Place To Unwind’

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“The Mike & Mary Show” is the polar opposite of a “morning zoo."

FOX Sports Radio Adds New Affiliates to Start the Year

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97.9 FM in Hartford, CT, 1300 AM in New Haven, CT, 970 AM in Pittsburgh, PA and 106.3 FM in Sheridan, WY, listeners will now be hearing FOX Sports Radio programming as of January 1st.

ESPN Hartford Names Ben Darnell New Program Director

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97.9 ESPN in Hartford has found their next program director. The station has hired Ben Darnell to run the radio station, filling the vacancy...

Tim Spence Headed to Connecticut to Serve as PD of 97.9 ESPN

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Tim Spence is on his way to Connecticut where he will join iHeartMedia and oversee the company's sports and news brands in Hartford and New Haven....

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Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

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"If the podcast industry is willing to recognize 30 seconds of listening as worthy of credit over "genuine engagement," then radio has every right to examine whether its own standards should evolve as well."

New Music Friday Evolves As Spotify Bets On Editorial Personality

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"The irony is hard to miss — streaming is adding humans while radio considers removing them."

What Radio Programmers Can Learn from Boring Bands About Audience Loyalty

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"What we know doesn't work is back-selling and reading liner cards. That is the radio equivalent of being a boring band."

Nielsen Audio Ratings Overhaul Could Reshape Radio Measurement

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Here’s the question: Will another research company have an opportunity to overthrow King Nielsen? Will radio and audio measurement change? I expect we’ll see a new landscape by the end of the decade.