Arbitron Inc. announced that Univision Radio has signed multi-year contracts for Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM™) radio ratings services in twelve markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, San Jose, Dallas, Miami, San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Antonio and Austin. These twelve markets are served by 44 Univision Radio stations. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Gary Stone – COO of Univision Radio steps down at the end of 2010.
Univision Communications Inc. announced that Gary Stone, president and chief operating officer of Univision Radio, will retire from the Company at the end of the year after more than 40 years in the radio industry, and after 25 years at Univision Radio and its predecessor, Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation.
Pascual Amorrosta appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Grupo PRISA.
Miguel Angel Pascual Amorrosta, current Director of Marketing and Communications for Unión Radio has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Grupo PRISA.
Delkáder named President of the radio division of PRISA.
Augusto Delkáder has been named President of Union Radio, the radio division of PRISA, and President of SER – Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish Broadcasting Company), replacing Ignacio Polanco. Delkáder was until now CEO of both companies, a position in which he will be replaced by Javier Pons, who joined the company in March this year as Deputy Managing Director.
Lapiz wins 2010 Radio Mercury Awards Winner.
Another first for the awards was the presentation of an award for the same spot in two different categories. Lapiz, a subsidiary of Leo Burnett Worldwide, won for Procter & Gamble’s Bounty, originally produced in Spanish and then in English.
Entravision Radio honored for Excellence by monitorLATINO.
Entravision Communications Corporation announced that it was recognized by monitorLATINO with two distinguished awards for Excellence in Radio. Entravision received the awards at the Premios monitorLATINO 2010 la Música ceremony held on August 18 during the monitorLATINO 2010 Convención in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Slight increase in Radio Industry Revenues for 2010.
The radio industry will see its over-the-air revenues in 2010 climb 4.4 percent over last year to $13.93 billion, with another $459.3 million in revenues coming from digital and online sources, according to a revised forecast issued from BIA/Kelsey.
