Pascal Ferrari joins Univision Radio as regional director of interactive media for Southern Calfornia

Cynthia Jeffery promoted to GSM at Local Media of America

 

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Steve Sklenar is the new director of sales of Lincoln Financial Media’s San Diego radio cluster and will serve as an assistant vice-president for LFM. Sklenar rejoins Rick Jackson, senior vice-presient/general manager of LFM/San Diego, who also made the move back to LFM. In his new role, Sklenar will oversee sales operations of KBZT-FM, KIFM-FM, KSON-FM, and KSOQ-FM San Diego.

Miguel Monir Fernandez takes over as general manager of the Imagen Group, Inc./Radio Latina. In his new position, Fernandez will direct sales in the United States and coordinate sales in Tijuana. He also will serve as principal liaison between departments and overlook operations of the station’s daily activities.

KPRI welcomed Haley Jones as the new the program director of the station on February 1st. She most recently worked in Los Angeles at 100.3 The Sound, where she served as assistant program director and music director.

Also joining KPRI is Kelli Jodoin as sales assistant.

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Daniel Meza performing for a sold-out crowd

FM 949 held their annual Holiday Hootenanny concert on December 12th at the RIMAC Arena at UCSD.  Performers included Spoon, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Manchester Orchestra and White Rabbits.  The show was a sellout with over 4,000 in attendance and one dollar from every ticket sold going to the “About the Music Fund” which benefits music programs in San Diego public schools.  

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Veteran production manager Jeff Prentice retires after spending many years in Radio station studios in San Diego. His co-workers at Lincoln Financial Media and many other friends in the industry wish him the best as he makes a new home in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Fans who showed up for a blood drive sponsored by the San Diego Blood Bank, KIFM and IKEA this summer were beneficiaries of a Jessy J. ticket drop by the radio station –  tickets to the performer’s CD Release party aboard a Hornblower cruise on August 4th.  Those who came and actually rolled up their sleeves to give blood received two sets of tickets!

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A team of local station managers met with San Diego Congressman Brian Bilbray in early June to talk about the Performance Tax Bill under consideration in Washington. The fee has been proposed by the Recording Industry Association of Amercia and record label conglomerates (mostly foreign owned) in an effort to recapture lost revenue from their failing business model.

For more than 80 years, labels and performers have thrived with free promotion from local Radio stations. The proposed tax will hurt local Radio stations by requiring them to pay additional fees to play music. Stations already pay fees to performance rights agencies BMI and ASCAP. The new fees will also negatively impact new artists trying to break into the business as well as listeners who rely on local Radio for emergency information, news, weather and entertainment.

Free airplay, which touches 235 million listeners a week, drives music and concert sales, which ultimately results in compensation for the record labels and performers. Despite the growth of new media, a vast majority of Americans continue to be exposed to new music on the Radio more than through any other source. A recent economic study concluded that the promotion from Radio airplay is directly responsible for $1.5-$2.4 billion worth of music sales for the big record labels each year. Read More…

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