RAIN Notes: Thursday, July 1

Jottings of note:

 

Sitting in the Chair

Bill Wilson, Townsquare Media CEO (and RAIN Summit keynoter, 2019), has been named the new NAB Radio Board Chair. He succeeds David Santrella (Salem Media Group) who moves to Chair, Joint Board of Directors.

 

Advising

Gary Krantz, who runs the Krantz Media Group which includes a syndication company and a podcast network, has been named a Senior Advisor at Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips, an investment bank which accomplishes mergers and acquisitions in the media and tech industries. Krantz will advise business in the audio field, where he brings connections to most major radio groups and multi-channel media organizations. He will continue running KMG, too.

 

Bilingual Research

Edison Research has announced the Second Annual Latino Podcast Listener Report webinar: Tuesday, July 13, 1pm ET (English, register HERE) and 2pm EDT (Spanish, register HERE).

— Thursday, July 1
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Brad Hill