Announced Today
Voiceover luminary DAVE FOXX was honored with the CHRIS CORLEY Lifetime Achievement Award from BENZTOWN, as the company revealed its list of the top 50 voiceover artists in NORTH AMERICA at the ALL ACCESS AUDIO SUMMIT TODAY (4/20).
BENZTOWN Pres. DAVE “CHACHI” DENES said, “The best voiceover captures and holds listeners’ attention and defines the very best brands in a memorable and instantly recognizable way. As an industry leader in producing the highest quality radio voiceover, imaging and ... more »
Carter
UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION MUSIC - UMG has named JANE CARTER Pres., effective immediately. She will continue to be based in LONDON and will report to JODY GERSON, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group, parent company to UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION MUSIC.
In her new role, CARTER will oversee the entirety of UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION MUSIC and its entities worldwide, leading the company’s innovation and production music growth strategy across the rapidly evolving content creation business.
CARTER is ... more »
vCREATIVE, who provide production workflow solutions to the radio broadcast industry, has teamed up with WAYMARK, an AI-powered video creation platform to enable radio stations to easily sell and create OTT and digital video assets on behalf of local advertisers.
The collaboration allows for the introduction of a digital video ad type to vCREATIVE’s workflow solutions, meaning sellers can manage a multi-platform campaign with similar efficiency to a purely broadcast creative request. WAYMARK's AI platform allows sellers, producers, sales assistants, and creative teams at a station or group to virtually create and edit original TV-quality ... more »
Benztown Now Hiring
BENZTOWN is hiring. Growing with commercial production partner YAMANAIR CREATIVE, we are actively seeking:
Part-Time Tag Shift Producers, Writers, as well as Male and Female VO Talent who speak ENGLISH, and SPANISH, or both, and have some production skills! Voice acting chops are a plus.
Tag Shift Responsibilities: Must have superior organizational, copywriting, audio production and VO skills, must have access to a studio for 1-4 hours at a time, must be able to handle tight turnarounds and same-day deadlines, must have a stellar attitude. Must want to work with the best team in the business. This is a remote, part-time gig that gets you in the door with the top commercial production team in the U.S. BENZTOWN is an EEO employer.
Candidates should contact Darren Silva at: Darren@benztown.com.
Arrives In U.S.
German radio automation and content management platform RADIO.CLOUD has entered the U.S. marketplace with THROWBACK NATION RADIO as its first U.S. client. The company, headed by SMARTCAST creator CHRISTIAN BRENNER and former SCOTT STUDIOS/dMARC, GOOGLE, and WIDEORBIT executive JIM HAMMOND, has over 150 affiliates.
“It was exactly four years ago when a German radio group with 50 affiliates asked us to completely revolutionize their network with 100% flexibility and AI supported functions,” said ... more »
Cornelius
HORIZON Classic Country KRCO (95.7 THE RANCH)/BEND, OR has added CAM CORNELIUS to handle the station's branding, imaging and voiceover work.
HORIZON Pres./CEO KEITH SHIPMAN commented, "CAM has been sensational to work with!"
CORNELIUS is exclusively represented for station imaging by HOSS & HOSS MANAGEMENT GROUP at hoss@hossmgmt.com, (646) 300-0037. Hear CORNELIUS’ work here.
MARK L. GROVES tells ALL ACCESS that he has exited AUDACY as Regional Production Dir. after over 21 years with the company to work outside the radio industry in the digital/internet sector.
The KANSAS CITY-based GROVES joined then-ENTERCOM in 2001 as Creative Services Dir. for the KANSAS CITY cluster, then moved up to Regional Prod. Dir. at the KANSAS CITY hub, eventually covering 14 markets. He also operates MAGNIFICENT COWLICK MEDIA, a multimedia production company.
With GROVES' departure, BRIAN PRINCE will serve as Interim Regional Production Dir. at AUDACY.
NuLeaf: Adding Clients.
National radio syndicator MANNGROUP RADIO and veteran major market radio personality and exec TODD BAKER are now providing Digital Advertising White Label Services for five new client broadcasters through BAKER's company, NULEAF DIGITAL.
MANNGROUP President ED MANN commented, "Digital sales are providing an enormous tableau for local sales people to expand the reach of their signals, literally around the globe, as well as attracting new clients to their radio groups, and to radio in general. ... more »
Bob Rusnock: Putting Up New Shingle
Veteran audio producer, on-air personality and voiceover pro BOB (JAKE) RUSNOCK has exited his post at VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO to relaunch BLUE STREAM VOICE + IMAGING, where he'll focus on audio, podcast and voiceover services.
Reach BOB at info@bluestreamvoice.com or through LINKEDIN.
Webb
CORREY WEBB has added a new client for imaging VO, CUMULUS MEDIA Country WDRQ (NEW COUNTRY 93.1)/DETROIT.
Hear CORREY's demos at correywebb.com, and reach NATE ZEITZ at nzeitz@cesdtalent.com for market availability.
PROMOSUITE entered into a partnership with the INDEPENDENT BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION to provide PROMOSUITE PLUS, a cloud-based suite of workflow applications to member stations. The platform streamlines communication, collaboration, planning and executing in an office or remote location, built to increase productivity across every department, locally, regionally, and within the corporate office.
IBA Executive Director RON STONE commented, "We're thrilled to welcome aboard PROMOSUITE. Here at the IBA we're constantly looking to offer the best partners possible to our independent broadcasters. PROMOSUITE is a powerful force in the industry and will provide immense value to each and every one of our members."
Added PROMOSUITE CEO ROCCO MACRI, "As a company that started 30 years ago in my friend's spare room, we understand the challenges of running a small, nimble, independent business. The PROMOSUITE platform was built and continues to evolve using feedback from our clients; large and small, with local and regional needs. We're very appreciative of RON STONE's initiative and look forward to working with all of the IBA partners."
Reilly
Voiceover pro JOHN REILLY has added three stations to his VO roster. New for REILLY are AUDACY News KRLD-A/DALLAS, CUMULUS News-Talk WKIM (NEWS TALK 98.9)/MEMPHIS and GRAND ISLAND FAMILY RADIO Classic Rock KRGY (THE WOLF 97.3)/GRAND ISLAND, NE.
Check out a demo at voicebyreilly.com. For more information including rates and market availability reach out to NATE ZEITZ. REILLY is available through barter at BENZTOWN.
Continues To Innovate
MUSICMASTER SCHEDULING has just released a major upgrade with its PRO VERSION 8, introducing several innovations in music scheduling, creating more efficiency for today’s busier-than-ever music programmers, with tools designed to shortcut their workflows and put more useful information at their fingertips.
First, in partnership with I LIKE MUSIC, MUSICMASTER now offers a built-in music store which makes it possible for users to search for and download high-quality licensed music tracks. Songs ... more »
Lindy
SCOTT LINDY has been named Marketing Content Specialist at FUTURI. LINDY has been with FUTURI since 2018, when he joined the company as Partner Success Specialist. In his new role, he’ll continue to work with a select group of stations to drive their digital efforts forward, while also creating compelling marketing content about FUTURI’s audience engagement and sales intelligence solutions.
Prior to FUTURI, LINDY spent 30 years developing a programming resume at companies including CUMULUS, CLEAR CHANNEL, LINCOLN FINANCIAL MEDIA and SIRIUSXM. He has also served on the boards of directors for several industry organizations, including the COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION and COUNTRY RADIO BROADCASTERS.
LINDY will be part of the FUTURI team at COUNTRY RADIO SEMINAR in NASHVILLE this week, and he’ll post daily blogs from the event.
Reach him at scottlindy@futurimedia.com.
Jingle, imaging and sonic company REELWORLD has partnered with SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (SAIT) in CALGARY, to award scholarships to "Tomorrows Prodction Stars." As part of this exclusive relationship, REELWORLD provides hands-on instruction to all students who participate in SAIT’s Radio, Television and Broadcast News programs and awards a scholarship to the top graduating student of the program each year. The 2021 scholarship was awarded to EMILY MORRISON.
REELWORLD’s RON TARRANT, Director of RED Hits, 2008 SAIT alum and 2016 Outstanding Young Alumni award winner, coaches students on imaging production, voiceover techniques ... more »
