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Trailer Voice-Over Work Scarce for Women -
Even now movie trailers and promos largely hew to a
template created 40 years ago by Don LaFontaine,
Hollywood’s most prolific voice-over artist. Possessor of
a resonant baritone that could cut through tight sequences
of music and sound bites — and the coiner of familiar (and
parodied) phrases like “In a world ...” and “One man, one
destiny” —
New York Times |
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SAG Board Approves AFTRA Merger Proposal -
SAG officials said the proposal includes an outline for
the merger plan, dues and finance structure, membership
requirements and other basics about the reconstituted
union, which would be named SAG-AFTRA.
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All-Sports Radio Matures Beyond Screamers -
Chicago, red-hot sports town that it is, now has two
stations devoted full time to sports and sports chatter,
but the concept was hardly a sure thing when WSCR began in
1992.
New York Times |
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Are Broadcasters Making a Mistake Joining
iHeartRadio? - Following the iHeartRadio
music festival in Las Vegas and Clear Channel's launch of
its curated music option to compete with Pandora, Bob
Pittman has been cutting deals with his fellow
broadcasters. Is Entercom next? Radio One? Townsquare? And
is this the right strategy?
Radio Ink |
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Stern to Help Letterman Mark 30th Year -
Letterman’s team has booked Stern to appear on the Feb. 1
telecast of CBS’ “Late Show,” which will mark the host’s
30th year in late-night TV. It will be Stern’s 41st visit
to a Letterman show.
Daily News |
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CMT's Cody Alan, Lon Helton Nominated for ACM's On-Air
Radio Personality of the Year - The
contenders in the radio categories were announced Thursday
(Jan. 26) when the artist nominees were revealed for the
47th annual ACM Awards show taking place April 1 at the
MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The radio winners will be
announced on March 31 in Las Vegas.
CMT |
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New Radio Ratings For Maine Are Out -
Unfortunately, some of these figures may not be accurate.
Arbitron notified its clients on Jan. 24 that it had
discovered an error in its calculations that will take
some time to correct. It’s not clear how significant this
problem is, but until further notice, all these figures
are subject to change.
Down East |
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Nearly 23
Million Tune Into The AFC/NFC 2012 NFL Playoffs on the
Radio - Dial Global, which broadcasts nearly
100 NFL games and exclusively broadcasts all NFL primetime
games, the Playoffs and the Super Bowl to a national
audience, commissioned a study which was conducted by
Edison Research.
Radio 411 Newsroom |
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Pandora keeps getting bigger in Atlanta among 18 to 34
year olds - Pandora doubled its younger
listeners in Atlanta over the past year, according to data
compiled by Edison Research. In any given 15-minute
period, the data suggests, 1% of 18-34 year olds were
using Pandora from 6p-Mid. That’s up from 0.5 percent in
January, 2011, and suggests a comparable total audience in
that demographic to that of V-103, Atlanta’s No. 1
station. But is this a fair comparison?
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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“Lionel” joins N.Y. news station - Former
WFLA 970 AM talk show host Lionel has been added to the
programming lineup at all-news radio FM News 101.9 in New
York City as the station’s resident “News Decoder” and
legal analyst.
Examiner |
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The Kane Show Takes Over Mornings At WFLZ
- "It’s a fantastic move for the Kane Show, the audience
already knows and loves him," said Doug Hamand, OM, Clear
Channel-Tampa. "I can’t think of anyone else to fill the
big shoes that MJ is leaving."
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