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December 1st, 2022, 11:40 PM
From Talkers:
RTDNA/Syracuse University Local News Diversity Study Finds Minority Workforce Up 2%. The latest RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey is complete and concludes that ?minority journalists represent a growing number of employees in TV and radio newsrooms.? It finds that ?the minority workforce in radio rose two points from last year to 17.8%. That?s the highest it?s been in the 28 years we?ve conducted the survey ? and surpasses the previous high in 1998, when it hit 16%.? The study report ?https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rtdna-copy.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rtdna-copy.png) written by Bob Papper, adjunct professor of broadcast and digital journalism at Syracuse University, and Keren Henderson, associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism at Syracuse University ? goes on to say, ?Of course, the big, long-term picture for minorities in local radio news shows an industry well behind an ever-increasing minority population in the U.S. In radio news,https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-9.58.13-AM.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-9.58.13-AM.png) historically, men have outnumbered women by about 50%. That trend has continued, with 60.5% men this year, compared to 39.5% women. That?s identical to last year. The difference is almost entirely among Whites, where the percentage is 63% men versus 37% women. That?s just a point closer than a year ago. With Hispanics, it?s 57% men and 43% women; African American women outnumber men, 51.8% to 48.2%; Asian American women way outnumber the men, 65.1% to 34.9%; and Native American men and women are exactly even at 50% each. The percentage of news staffs with minorities rose five points in the last year with every market size going up. As a percentage of the workforce, minorities rose two points from a year ago with all markets except major ones moving up at least a little. But while the percentage of minorities at non-commercial stations rose by almost three points, the percentage at commercial stations fell by 0.4. The bottom line here is that if it weren?t for non-commercial stations, American radio news would still look blindingly White.? You can see the study results here (https://files.constantcontact.com/4d97b452901/36586e0d-d11c-4d8a-b7dc-5fa93a9fb0ac.pdf).
Google and iHeartMedia Settle Over Pixel 4 Testimonials. According to a report (https://bestmediainfo.com/2022/11/google-us-radio-station-iheartmedia-fined-over-misleading-ads) in BestMediaInfo, the Federal Trade Commission and several states announce settlements with Google and iHeartMedia over allegations of misleading radio spots for Google?s Pixel 4 cell phone. These settlements come after complaints that iHeartMedia radio personalities were paid to endorse the Pixel 4 phone even though thehttps://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/iheartmedia-logo-smallest-1.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/iheartmedia-logo-smallest-1.png) phone was not available and many of the personalities had never used it. To settle the matter, Google is paying $9 million dollars and iHeartMedia is paying $400,000. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is quoted saying, ?Google tried to take shortcuts in advertising its products, and now it?s paying the price. Asking jockeys to share personal experiences about a product they had not used is misleading and a violation of state consumer protection laws.? One report notes that radio personalities read from a script that ?included first-person language about using the phone?s camera to take photos at night for events like football games and meteor showers, as well as using the phone?s voice activation system,? even though they had never actually done so. Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Texas are the states that are part of the settlements.
KNX-AM/FM, Los Angeles to Present Live Town Hall on Fentanyl Crisis. Southern California all-news outlet KNX-AM/FM, Los Angeles is presenting a live town hall today (11/29) titled, ?Deadly High: Teens and Fentanyl,? in response to the unprecedented crisis of teen overdoses. The one-hour program will take placehttps://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/knxfentanyl-1.jpg (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/knxfentanyl-1.jpg) in the Audacy SoundSpace on Los Angeles?s Miracle Mile and will be broadcast live on KNX News 97.1 FM, the Audacy*app, and on video at KNXNews.com starting at 5:00 pm. KNX says that, fueled by social media distribution networks, fentanyl killed more than 1,600 people in Los Angeles County alone in the last year, sparking urgent warnings from local and federal officials. ?Vicky Moore and Mike Simpson, hosts of ?LA?s Morning News? on KNX, will be joined by Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent Alberto Carvalho along with survivors, experts, and dozens of local students to separate fact from misinformation for parents and teens desperate for answers.? Audacy Southern California regional president Jeff Federman adds, ?There is no issue more pressing for the communities we serve. Fentanyl is killing our kids, and we want to use our agenda-setting KNX News platform to make sure teens and parents are aware of the dangers.?
Katz Media Group Raises More Than $47,000 for Broadcasters Foundation of America. The Broadcasters Foundation of America announces that Katz Media Group has raised more than $47,000 for the Foundation during Katz?s 12th annual companywide membership drive, bringing the total amount raised by Katz to nearly $450,000 since the drive?s inception. The Broadcasters Foundation provides aidhttps://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/katz-mg-logo.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/katz-mg-logo.png) ranging from medical care to financial assistance, whether it be monthly assistance from life-altering circumstances or a one-time emergency grant to help victims of natural disasters. This year, the Foundation says it will https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BFoA-logo16-2.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BFoA-logo16-2.png)give away more than $1.8 million in monthly and emergency grants, including $85,000 to hurricane victims this fall. All money raised during Katz?s annual two-week campaign goes toward the Stu Olds Memorial Fund that commemorates Katz?s former CEO and directly helps a broadcasting colleague in need. Olds, as well as Katz?s current CEO, Mark Gray, and Leo MacCourtney, president of Katz Television Group, have served on the Foundation?s board of directors. Gray says, ?As a longstanding board member, I have seen first-hand how the money raised helps broadcasters facing challenging times.* I?m incredibly proud of the enormous generosity of the Katz team and their continued support to honor Stu?s legacy and give back to those in our industry who need it most.?
TALKERS News Notes. Digital audio marketing pro Josh Yamuder joins Triton Digital as director of partnerships, programmatic marketplace. The company says this appointment ?amplifies Triton Digital?s continued commitment to driving audience and revenue growth through digital audio.? Yamuder most recently served with Targetspot, where he was programmatic manager, North America?..WNYC Studios? ?Death, Sex & Money? presents a new three-episode series on ?Estrangement,? spotlighting ?personal stories of estrangement from friendships, family, and religion, and what comes after our closest relationships become the most distant.? Host Anna Sale ?shares listeners? stories of breaking apart, some by choice, others involuntarily and still desperately wishing for contact. Whether it?s cutting family ties, ending friendships, or leaving a religion, this three-part series explores the moments that led to estrangement, and explores what comes after ? a search within, building new traditions or finding a chosen family.??..AdLarge announces that the ?Murder with My Husband? podcast joins its podcast sales network portfolio. ?Murder with My Husband? is hosted by Payton and Garrett Moreland, with each story told by Payton, coupled with input and reactions from Garrett. The Morelands say, ?We are very excited to be working together with the team of experts at AdLarge to elevate our podcast to the next level. This allows us to focus on our goals of honoring the victims in our stories and continuing to create and deliver exceptional content to all of our listeners.?
Midterm Election Aftermath/Warnock-Walker Race, Trump in ?24, China Protests, Respect for Marriage Act, Musk vs Apple, The Economy-Holiday Shopping, Extreme Weather for U.S. South, and World Cup Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (11/28). The maneuvering for U.S. House leadership, the lack of certification of November?s results in Arizona and Pennsylvania counties, and the runoff election between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker; Donald Trump?s bid for the White House in 2024 and his controversial dinner with Ye and White Nationalist Nick Fuentes; the protests taking place in China over its zero-COVID policy; the Respect for Marriage Act that would protect same-sex marriages; Elon Musk berates Apple for pulling most of its advertising from Twitter; inflation & concerns about a recession combined with the start to the holiday shopping season; the severe weather & tornadoes threatening the U.S. South; and the World Cup were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.
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RTDNA/Syracuse University Local News Diversity Study Finds Minority Workforce Up 2%. The latest RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey is complete and concludes that ?minority journalists represent a growing number of employees in TV and radio newsrooms.? It finds that ?the minority workforce in radio rose two points from last year to 17.8%. That?s the highest it?s been in the 28 years we?ve conducted the survey ? and surpasses the previous high in 1998, when it hit 16%.? The study report ?https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rtdna-copy.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rtdna-copy.png) written by Bob Papper, adjunct professor of broadcast and digital journalism at Syracuse University, and Keren Henderson, associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism at Syracuse University ? goes on to say, ?Of course, the big, long-term picture for minorities in local radio news shows an industry well behind an ever-increasing minority population in the U.S. In radio news,https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-9.58.13-AM.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-9.58.13-AM.png) historically, men have outnumbered women by about 50%. That trend has continued, with 60.5% men this year, compared to 39.5% women. That?s identical to last year. The difference is almost entirely among Whites, where the percentage is 63% men versus 37% women. That?s just a point closer than a year ago. With Hispanics, it?s 57% men and 43% women; African American women outnumber men, 51.8% to 48.2%; Asian American women way outnumber the men, 65.1% to 34.9%; and Native American men and women are exactly even at 50% each. The percentage of news staffs with minorities rose five points in the last year with every market size going up. As a percentage of the workforce, minorities rose two points from a year ago with all markets except major ones moving up at least a little. But while the percentage of minorities at non-commercial stations rose by almost three points, the percentage at commercial stations fell by 0.4. The bottom line here is that if it weren?t for non-commercial stations, American radio news would still look blindingly White.? You can see the study results here (https://files.constantcontact.com/4d97b452901/36586e0d-d11c-4d8a-b7dc-5fa93a9fb0ac.pdf).
Google and iHeartMedia Settle Over Pixel 4 Testimonials. According to a report (https://bestmediainfo.com/2022/11/google-us-radio-station-iheartmedia-fined-over-misleading-ads) in BestMediaInfo, the Federal Trade Commission and several states announce settlements with Google and iHeartMedia over allegations of misleading radio spots for Google?s Pixel 4 cell phone. These settlements come after complaints that iHeartMedia radio personalities were paid to endorse the Pixel 4 phone even though thehttps://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/iheartmedia-logo-smallest-1.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/iheartmedia-logo-smallest-1.png) phone was not available and many of the personalities had never used it. To settle the matter, Google is paying $9 million dollars and iHeartMedia is paying $400,000. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is quoted saying, ?Google tried to take shortcuts in advertising its products, and now it?s paying the price. Asking jockeys to share personal experiences about a product they had not used is misleading and a violation of state consumer protection laws.? One report notes that radio personalities read from a script that ?included first-person language about using the phone?s camera to take photos at night for events like football games and meteor showers, as well as using the phone?s voice activation system,? even though they had never actually done so. Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Texas are the states that are part of the settlements.
KNX-AM/FM, Los Angeles to Present Live Town Hall on Fentanyl Crisis. Southern California all-news outlet KNX-AM/FM, Los Angeles is presenting a live town hall today (11/29) titled, ?Deadly High: Teens and Fentanyl,? in response to the unprecedented crisis of teen overdoses. The one-hour program will take placehttps://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/knxfentanyl-1.jpg (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/knxfentanyl-1.jpg) in the Audacy SoundSpace on Los Angeles?s Miracle Mile and will be broadcast live on KNX News 97.1 FM, the Audacy*app, and on video at KNXNews.com starting at 5:00 pm. KNX says that, fueled by social media distribution networks, fentanyl killed more than 1,600 people in Los Angeles County alone in the last year, sparking urgent warnings from local and federal officials. ?Vicky Moore and Mike Simpson, hosts of ?LA?s Morning News? on KNX, will be joined by Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent Alberto Carvalho along with survivors, experts, and dozens of local students to separate fact from misinformation for parents and teens desperate for answers.? Audacy Southern California regional president Jeff Federman adds, ?There is no issue more pressing for the communities we serve. Fentanyl is killing our kids, and we want to use our agenda-setting KNX News platform to make sure teens and parents are aware of the dangers.?
Katz Media Group Raises More Than $47,000 for Broadcasters Foundation of America. The Broadcasters Foundation of America announces that Katz Media Group has raised more than $47,000 for the Foundation during Katz?s 12th annual companywide membership drive, bringing the total amount raised by Katz to nearly $450,000 since the drive?s inception. The Broadcasters Foundation provides aidhttps://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/katz-mg-logo.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/katz-mg-logo.png) ranging from medical care to financial assistance, whether it be monthly assistance from life-altering circumstances or a one-time emergency grant to help victims of natural disasters. This year, the Foundation says it will https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BFoA-logo16-2.png (https://www.talkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BFoA-logo16-2.png)give away more than $1.8 million in monthly and emergency grants, including $85,000 to hurricane victims this fall. All money raised during Katz?s annual two-week campaign goes toward the Stu Olds Memorial Fund that commemorates Katz?s former CEO and directly helps a broadcasting colleague in need. Olds, as well as Katz?s current CEO, Mark Gray, and Leo MacCourtney, president of Katz Television Group, have served on the Foundation?s board of directors. Gray says, ?As a longstanding board member, I have seen first-hand how the money raised helps broadcasters facing challenging times.* I?m incredibly proud of the enormous generosity of the Katz team and their continued support to honor Stu?s legacy and give back to those in our industry who need it most.?
TALKERS News Notes. Digital audio marketing pro Josh Yamuder joins Triton Digital as director of partnerships, programmatic marketplace. The company says this appointment ?amplifies Triton Digital?s continued commitment to driving audience and revenue growth through digital audio.? Yamuder most recently served with Targetspot, where he was programmatic manager, North America?..WNYC Studios? ?Death, Sex & Money? presents a new three-episode series on ?Estrangement,? spotlighting ?personal stories of estrangement from friendships, family, and religion, and what comes after our closest relationships become the most distant.? Host Anna Sale ?shares listeners? stories of breaking apart, some by choice, others involuntarily and still desperately wishing for contact. Whether it?s cutting family ties, ending friendships, or leaving a religion, this three-part series explores the moments that led to estrangement, and explores what comes after ? a search within, building new traditions or finding a chosen family.??..AdLarge announces that the ?Murder with My Husband? podcast joins its podcast sales network portfolio. ?Murder with My Husband? is hosted by Payton and Garrett Moreland, with each story told by Payton, coupled with input and reactions from Garrett. The Morelands say, ?We are very excited to be working together with the team of experts at AdLarge to elevate our podcast to the next level. This allows us to focus on our goals of honoring the victims in our stories and continuing to create and deliver exceptional content to all of our listeners.?
Midterm Election Aftermath/Warnock-Walker Race, Trump in ?24, China Protests, Respect for Marriage Act, Musk vs Apple, The Economy-Holiday Shopping, Extreme Weather for U.S. South, and World Cup Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (11/28). The maneuvering for U.S. House leadership, the lack of certification of November?s results in Arizona and Pennsylvania counties, and the runoff election between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker; Donald Trump?s bid for the White House in 2024 and his controversial dinner with Ye and White Nationalist Nick Fuentes; the protests taking place in China over its zero-COVID policy; the Respect for Marriage Act that would protect same-sex marriages; Elon Musk berates Apple for pulling most of its advertising from Twitter; inflation & concerns about a recession combined with the start to the holiday shopping season; the severe weather & tornadoes threatening the U.S. South; and the World Cup were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.
More... (https://www.talkers.com/2022/11/29/tuesday-november-29-2022/)