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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

WCBS-FM Morning Co-Host Patty Steele Is This Week’s Guest on Harrison Podcast. The longtime on-air partner to legendary WCBS-FM, New York morning personality Scott Shannon – the abundantly talented Patty Steele – is this week’s guest on the award-winning PodcastOne series “The Michael Harrison Interview.” For almost nine years, she has served with Shannon on his successful WCBS-FM, New York morning show. Before that she worked with Shannon on ground-breaking stints at WPLJ and Z-100 in the Big Apple. Shannon recently announced his retirement from the show, thus ending its dynamic run. Their last show together will be December 16 live from the Blythedale Children’s Hospital, after which Steele will devote more time to her award-winning podcast, “The Deep 6,” which she co-hosts with Steve Cochran of WLS, Chicago. Steele has co-hosted shows with such icons as Elvis Duran and John Lander on dominant stations in addition to having anchored news for WCBS Newsradio 880, 1010WINS and WOR in New York City. This year, she was honored with a Gracie Award for her “Deep 6” podcast and was named one of Radio Ink’s “Most Influential Women” in radio. She also received the Airblazer Award from Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio. An eight-year breast cancer survivor, this deeply caring wife and mother regularly speaks at fundraisers in the fight against the disease for Susan G. Komen and the TJ Martell Foundation, which honored her in 2018. In 2017, she was the keynote speaker for the Breast Cancer Alliance in Westchester, NY and Greenwich, CT which raised a record $1.7 million and was the featured speaker in 2019 for National Cancer Survivors Day at the Danbury Medical Center. Additionally, she has spoken publicly for children’s causes as well as the fight against addiction. Harrison and Steele discuss her extraordinary radio career, health challenges, the industry in general, and her son’s successful struggle with heroin. Michael Harrison states, “Patty Steele is an extraordinary radio broadcaster and human being. I am gratified that we were able to scratch the surface of her deep well of magic in this conversation.” To listen to the podcast in its entirety, please click here.

Edison Research: SXM Media Reclaims Top Podcast Network By Reach Title. According to data from Edison Research for the third quarter of 2022, SXM Media has regained the #1 spot on its chart of the Top Podcast Networks in the U.S. based on total network reach from Edison Podcast Metrics. Runners up are

Spotify at #2 and iHeartRadio at #3. take the top three spots, respectively. The rest of the top 10 podcast networks for Q3 are: #4 Audioboom, #5 NPR, #6 Wondery/Audible/Amazon Music, #7 The New York Times, #8 Audacy, #9 Cumulus Podcast Network, and #10 Kast Media. Edison says, “This ranker measures reach as a percentage of the weekly podcasting audience. Rankings are compiled by measuring the total unduplicated reach of all the shows represented by a given network. Listening is credited to the producer and/or the network that represents the advertising for the show, not the platform or app that the listener uses to access the podcast.”

Kari Lake to Guest Host on Salem Radio Network. Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake will serve as guest host on Salem Radio Network today (12/7) on “America First with Dr. Sebastian Gorka”

from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET (Gorka is in Israel wrapping up his “Stand With Israel” tour with 500 listeners). Salem Radio Network VP of news & talk programming Tom Tradup comments, “Kari Lake is one of America’s most dynamic and electrifying communicators. We are excited to hear Kari conduct a national town hall on SRN focusing on everything from last night’s defeat of Herschel Walker in Georgia to the future of conservatives in America.”

Sherman Winfield Named Chief Judge for 2023 Radio Mercury Awards. The Radio Mercury Awards announces that Sherman Winfield, executive creative director at VMLY&R, is named he 2023 chief judge for the 32nd annual Radio Mercury Awards competition. In his role as VMLY&R’s executive creative director, Winfield oversees creative efforts for clients including The Coca-Cola Company, YMCA of Metro Atlanta

and Sam’s Club, among others. Winfield’s work has been recognized and awarded by the Radio Mercury Awards as well as internationally by Cannes, D&AD, One Club, London International Awards and more. Winfield says, “The Radio Mercury Awards continue to deliver on awarding radio and audio that will ‘set the frequency’ for the future of the medium, and I am honored that I get to serve as chief judge for the 2023 competition. I am excited to get a roster of final round judges together to hear the work that showcases the growth in radio and audio.” RAB president & CEO and chair of the Radio Creative Fund Erica Farber says, “We are excited to have Sherman as this year’s chief judge. He has been a great partner as a final round judge and winner in past years. The Radio Mercury Awards team is looking forward to hearing the amazing work that will be entered and to have Sherman at the helm of this year’s awards event.” Awards categories for the 2023 Radio Mercury Awards will be announced in early January along with Call for Entry guidelines and deadlines.

TALKERS News Notes. On February 15, 2023, audio analytics and research platform Veritonic will host the 2023 Audio Intelligence Summit – a half-day, in-person event taking place at Second Floor in New York City.

Veritonic says, “The summit gathers a wide range of brands, agencies, and platforms that leverage audio and podcasts including SXM, NPR, Tostitos, Wise, Audacy, Havas, Morning Brew, The New York Times, Visa, QCODE, Magnite, the IAB, Acast, and more for discussion and demonstrations of successful audio strategies as well as the data, insights, and technology that are powering those strategies.” Themes for 2023 include: The power of audio and podcast creative testing; Holistic campaign measurement: podcast attribution and brand lift; Elevating brand awareness & increasing ROI with audio, and more…..The Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, announces that next spring it will expand the SBE Ennes Workshop to a two-day event on April 14 and 15, beginning the day before the 2023 NAB Show exhibit floor opens. The SBE Ennes Workshop at the 2023 NAB Show will be held at the Westgate Resort and Casino. Registration for the workshop will be separate from the NAB Show convention registration, and will be available on the SBE website, sbe.org. The $199 registration fee will include access to the two days of instruction in either the RF 101 or NextGen Broadcast track, and continental breakfast and a midday refreshment on both days. Online registration will open in January…..iHeartPodcasts and the NBA are debuting the new thrice-weekly podcast “NBA Pulse with Sarah Kustok.” On this new program, the Emmy-Award winning sports analyst will meet with a rotating group of the most respected NBA App writers to discuss recent articles and feature stories and hear their perspectives on big news around the league. Kustok serves as YES Network’s Brooklyn Nets game analyst and recently became the first female to win a New York Emmy as an analyst, doing so in back-to-back years…..The public affairs radio program “INFOTRAK” recently achieved the significant milestone of 850 affiliates with the signing of Beasley Media Group’s WRIF and WCFX Detroit. The program is hosted by veteran broadcaster Chris Witting, along with a team of experienced reporters and announcer Charlie Van Dyke. The show is produced by Chicago-based Syndication Networks Corp with ad sales by Compass Media Networks. The company says each “INFOTRAK” program presents a balanced look at issues of importance, with no corporate, political, or religious agenda…..Remote News Service announces that it is adding new affiliate stations KELO-AM, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; simulcast “Mountain Gospel Radio” – WMTC, Vancleve & WBFC, Stanton, Kentucky; and WGTK-FM, Greenville, South Caroliona “94.5 The Answer” to its roster.

Talkers Books Releases New Title by Dr. Murray Sabrin. The boutique book publishing arm of TALKERS magazine, Talkers Books, announces the release of From Immigrant to Public Intellectual: An American Story by prolific writer and popular news/talk radio guest, Dr. Murray Sabrin (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMZ9WP1F). The new autobiographical book with a foreword by Michael Harrison is described as a truly American story about an immigrant child’s rise from humble beginnings in a family of Jewish Holocaust survivors from post-WWII Germany to forge a stellar career as an educator,

author, political candidate, and influential “public intellectual.” Murray Sabrin explains libertarianism in plain language using his own life story set against a half-century backdrop of changing times. In 1997, Dr. Sabrin made New Jersey political history as the nominee of the Libertarian Party in the state’s gubernatorial election by being the first third-party candidate to gather enough support to meet the requirements for receiving matching funds and a place on the stage at all three debates with the two major party standard bearers. Murray Sabrin, Ph.D. is emeritus professor of finance, Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is considered a “public intellectual” for writing essays about the economy in scholarly and popular publications in addition to his numerous appearances during the past three decades as a talk media guest commenting on political and social issues. He is the author of Tax Free 2000, Why the Federal Reserve Sucks; Universal Medical Care: From Conception to End-of-Life; Navigating the Boom/Bust Cycle; and most recently, The Finance of Health Care: Wellness and Innovative Approaches to Employee Medical Insurance. His commentaries can be followed at murraysabrin.substack.com. To arrange an interview with Dr. Murray Sabrin to discuss anything from his days as a student growing up in the Bronx during the JFK/LBJ era to his groundbreaking gubernatorial campaign to his present-day status as one of the leading libertarian thinkers and spokespersons in America with insights into inflation, crime, health care and U.S. involvement in foreign affairs – contact Victoria Jones at DC Radio Company. 917-865-3991 or victoria@dcradiocompany.com.

Warnock-Walker Runoff, Trump Org Verdict/Trump in ’24, SCOTUS Voting Case, AZ Election Results, January 6 Criminal Referrals, The Economy, Russia-Ukraine War, and China COVID Policy Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (12/6). The runoff between Georgia U.S. Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker; a New York jury finds the Trump Org guilty of tax fraud and former President Donald Trump’s bid for the White House in 2024; the Supreme Courts hears arguments about North Carolina’s Supreme Court blocking redistricting; gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake continues her campaign to challenge Arizona’s election results; the U.S. House’s January 6 Committee says it will present criminal referrals to the Department of Justice; a number of Wall Street forecasters predict the economy will stall in 2023; Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine; and the protests over China’s COVID policy and its announcement it will relax them to some degree were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.

The Radio Sales Arena is Changing and We Are On the Leading Edge. The key to sales growth in radio going forward is multi-platform digital marketing. In the coming decade, “radio” will simply be the engine driving an increasingly complex and sophisticated array of digitally powered platforms creating endless packages and options for the

advertiser. The keys to success will be in branding that cuts through the noise and surgical targeting that delivers optimum efficiency for agencies that know exactly what they want. The Salem Media Group is leading the way and the opportunities for our sales team are endless. But, right now, we need that special individual who has the tools, the vision and the ambition to get it done. That one special person who truly “gets it.” Jerry Crowley, the longest-running GM in the nation’s largest market, says, “We want one outstanding seller who can take it to the moon! Compensation will reflect potential and performance – salary will range from 50k- 85k plus substantial bonuses and generous commissions.” Candidates should send cover letter and resume to Jerry Crowley, VP/GM, Salem Media Group, NY (WMCA 570am The Mission/WNYM 970am The Answer) at Jcrowley@nycradio.com.

Salem Media New York Seeks Production Director. News/talk “AM 970 The Answer” WNYM and Christian Teach & Talk “AM 570 & 102.3 FM The Mission” WMCA is seeking its next full-time production director. Candidates must be experienced and willing to work in our studios in Lower Manhattan, NYC. Interested candidates can apply directly on our corporate website here.

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