The broadcast journalism major told The New York Post while working for 92.3 FM’s digital media department she got to see Justin Bieber and will.i.am, but more importantly she got an experience to bolster her resume. continued…

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In Atlanta, Ga., Cumulus-owned stations cut Spiff Carner and Randy Cook, co-hosts of the morning show “Randy & Spiff” on WYAY as well as WKHX afternoon host Tim Michaels and a handful of others.

KABC/KLOS, Los Angeles manager Bob Moore is also out and senior VP Carl Anderson left earlier this month.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Citadel required Cumulus to void its non-compete clauses in the contracts of anyone it let go before approving the sale, so any laid-off employees are free to begin work again immediately.

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The company which owns the station, Wasatch Public Media, must pay $250,000 by the end of October, but the poor economy has cut into KCPW’s expected revenue from pledge drives.

The council’s loan terms include the provision that it will forgive the 5 percent interest in exchange for free advertising; the station will air short spots promoting city events.

“It would be a travesty if you guys went away. I have full confidence that you can pay back our loan,” one councilmember said to KCPW execs.

General manager Ed Sweeney says he’ll hold another pledge drive to cover the loan.

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But then Christie suspended the layoffs, the plan apparently being that whatever existing public broadcaster purchased NJN would also receive those employees.

However, the New Jersey Assembly has just rejected a plan that would have sold NJN’s public TV to a subsidiary of WNET, which is based in New York.

“Giving NJN to New York makes no sense,” said Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) before the vote. “We need to make NJN stronger and not give it away.”

The NJ Senate also needs to vote to block the sale by Tuesday, or the sale will proceed as planned.

Without the sale, though, the station’s employees will lose their jobs and “NJN as we know it will cease to exist,” as State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff said.

In addition to the deal with WNET, Sidamon-Eristoff negotiated the sale of New Jersey’s nine public radio licenses; those deals have not generated opposition and will likely proceed, the New Jersey Star-Ledger said.

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If passed, Maine would be the second state to privatize public media (an oxymoron if we’ve ever heard one), following New Jersey last year.

MPBN officials were “shocked” by the proposal. “My focus right now, my total energy, is on making sure we don’t lose that money,” Jim Dowe, MPBN president, told the Portland Press Herald.

According to the network’s annual report, state contributions account for about 1/6 of the network’s annual budget, or about half of what members kick in.

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But the permanent budget is yet to be passed and NPR and PBS funding will likely end up back on the chopping block.

At the same time the government-funded Voice of America may be cutting its Chinese-language broadcasts, notes the WSJ’s Gordon Crovitz. This could save $8 million a year not to mention about as many headaches, as Beijing jams radio broadcasts and refuses to allow VOA to open a bureau in Shanghai.

Congress has held hearings on the plan, which would eliminate the Cantonese-language broadcast entirely and cut half the Mandarin reporters. VOA says it would place higher emphasis on the Internet, which it already helps users in China and Iran access by providing firewall-skipping tools.

“Firing the journalists who create the content in languages like Mandarin undermines both Web and radio efforts,” Crovitz writes.

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Talking Biz News spoke with Bloomberg Radio’s GM Al Mayers about this issue. His response was rather practical.

“Journalists from any medium can be top performers in radio, as long as they have a solid understanding of the content, know how to tell a story and can engage the listener in a lively and conversational manner.”

I would think you would also need a smooth silky voice or sound as if you’ve been drinking scotch and smoking cigarettes for 20 years, but maybe that’s simply my tastes’ talking.

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No layoffs were associated with the Chapter 11 filing, said Steve Dinetz, President and CEO, in a statement, and the bankruptcy took six months to resolve.

Meanwhile, Citadel Broadcasting, which filed for bankruptcy one day before NextMedia, “should be exiting Chapter 11 any day now as well,” says Radio Business Report.

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Moody’s raised Clear Channel’s rating from Caa3 to Caa2 and called the company “stable,” at least in the near future.

In 2014, Clear Channel, which employs 18,000 people worldwide, will need to make a scheduled $3.7 billion repayment on its $23 billion of debt; if the company hopes to make that payment, it will probably have to restructure its debt before 2014, Moody’s said.

More: Clear Channel’s Trouble May Be Over
Clear Channel In Trouble?

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2009 revenues are expected to be down 17 percent from 2008; but the fourth quarter of 2009 should be down just 6 percent from Q4 2008.

Within the last few months, radio revenue decline slowed from 19 percent in October to a projected 1 percent decline in December.

At the same time, Clear Channel Outdoor is selling $750 million in bonds to pay down the debt it owes to its owner, Clear Channel Communications.

Clear Channel Communications is treading a thin line between solvency and bankruptcy; the company, which employs 18,000 people worldwide, looked like it might be in serious trouble a few months ago. (Clear Channel In Trouble? – Oct 8, 2009)

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Two unnamed sources quoted in the Post piece say that Bain Capital and THL Partners, which bought Clear Channel in 2007, have asked Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, RBS and Wachovia for more loans to keep Clear Channel afloat.

The PE firms deny the story, according to Radio Business Report. “The New York Post story about Clear Channel today is dead wrong, and we told them so,” a spokesperson told RBR.

The background: When Bain and THL wanted to buy Clear Channel in 2006, times were good. By the time the sale was to close, credit had dried up and the banks backing the buyout wanted the investors to walk away. The firms instead sued the banks—the same banks Clear Channel is now reportedly asking for help.

What does this all mean? RBR theorizes that the owners will “pull out all of the stops to avoid a default,” while the Post predicts the investors will allow the company to go bankrupt and then “repossess a piece of the business on the cheap [rather] than invest more in a company that is well underwater.”

Clear Channel employs approximately 18,000 people worldwide.

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About a month ago we showed you that the company was looking for marketing managers; well, they’re still looking for marketing managers, WANTED reports—possibly 27 of them!—as well as positions in sales (30) and advertising and promotions (10).

If you’re looking for a marketing job and know a little about radio, this may be the place for you.

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Although, “budding” isn’t quite the word, as these reporters are already pretty intense.

Carolyn Beeler is from Delaware, Ohio. She majored in Journalism and History at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She was a recipient of Medill’s Eric Lund Global Reporting Grant, which paid for her to travel to Australia to report on reconciliation politics with Aboriginal peoples. Most recently, she worked as the Senior Editor of Abroad View — a national, student-run study abroad magazine. Carolyn has freelanced for US Weekly and APSAC Advisor — a journal dealing with the prevention of child abuse — and interned at Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic Traveler and The Big Issue in Cape Town, South Africa.

Habiba Nosheen was born in Pakistan and has lived in Toronto, Canada, for most of her life. Nosheen earned her Masters in Journalism at Columbia University in May. She also holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto and an M.A. in Women’s Studies from York University in Toronto. For her degree in Women’s Studies, she went to Pakistan to document the lives of women living under Islamic law – research that led to a documentary for the CBC program The Current. Her dissertation has been accepted for publication by SUNY Press. Previously, Habiba had done research for the CBC show Marketplace in addition to producing stories for As It Happens. She is currently producing a documentary for NOW on PBS.

Sam Sanders of Schertz, Texas, stayed in Texas to earn his B.A. from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, with a double major in Political Science and Music, before receiving his Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. For his graduate thesis, Sam worked with NPR’s and WBUR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook, conducting research and making recommendations about how to increase the program’s outreach to young people and minorities. He has been a community organizer in post-Katrina New Orleans, interned with the State Department in Pretoria, South Africa, and was president of the student government association in college. In his spare time, Sam has a blog on pop culture, race and music.

Congratulations to these three! But man, you’re making the rest of us look bad.

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BIA VP Mark Fratrik is hopeful that radio advertising has hit bottom, according to MediaBuyerPlanner, and it’d have to for this prediction to be correct since radio lost 24 percent in Q1. The next three quarters would have to average no more than a 12 percent drop for BIA’s analysis to bear out.

Hey, 15 percent over the year—that’s better than newspapers are doing, right?

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Your Voice Networking is a new concept that gives a business from 2.5 minutes to up to 12 minutes to talk about your business, your products/services, give special tips, advice or industry information that people can use and appreciate, in a talk radio format. Imagine networking with an an active listening audience of thousands of people! It’s low cost high impact networking!

[It is] a quick and easy way to share your story on the radio by simply calling into a voice mail system. This recording is meant to sound like a “live” call in show… I will be adding comments over top and between calls to make it interesting and create the “live show” feel.

From YVN’s Recording Instructions page:

This is intended to sound like a live call in show, so make your comments sound like you are live.

Example script:

Hi Mike, I love your program. Thanks for having me on the show. My name is Sue Smith and I am a real estate agent with Real Estate Concepts here in Des Moines. I specialize in working with real estate investors looking for great income producing properties. This is a great time to buy foreclosures…….blah blah blah. You can reach me at 515-555-5555 or visit my web site to see these properties right now.

Not going to get up in arms about the ad/edit wall because infomercials have been around since the dawn of time, but this certainly is new and unusual. The creator of YVN tells us that “so far people love it” though we’re doubtful that this is any more effective than a traditional radio ad. And it ooks us out that the sample episode featured on the site doesn’t explain that the “calls” are paid.

But here’s the deal: more of this type of thing is likely to come in the future as media people decide they can’t live on a salary reduced from what was already very little. Can we fault Mike for being a little ahead of the curve?

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