A Blog All About Radio
Author: Tammy Greenberg, SVP/Business Development, RAB
In a world defined by fragmented attention, the car remains one of the few places where attention is sustained, routine is predictable, and engagement is largely uninterrupted. Grounded in audio, the in-car experience is now enhanced by connected data and in-dash visuals — creating a more complete and measurable media moment.
Continue reading “The Car: Media’s Last High-Attention Environment at Scale”Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
Part One: Why the Best Marketing Strategies Don’t Choose Between Radio and Digital
Note: This is the first article in a two-part series exploring how radio and digital work together to build consumer trust and drive measurable business results.
Consumers don’t think in terms of media channels. They simply respond to messages that capture their attention. They may hear about a business on the radio during their morning commute, search for it later that afternoon and make a purchase from their phone that evening. To the consumer, it is one seamless experience. Yet marketers often evaluate each step independently, making it appear as though radio and digital are competing when, in reality, they are working together.
Continue reading “Radio Creates Demand. Digital Captures It.”Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
Technology has transformed nearly every aspect of banking. Consumers can deposit checks with their phones, apply for loans online, transfer money instantly and access financial information with a few taps. At the same time, digital-only banks and financial technology companies continue to expand their offerings, giving consumers more choices than ever before.
Yet despite all the innovation, banking remains a relationship business.
Continue reading “Local Banking, Local Trust, Local Radio”Contributor: Rich Tunkel, Managing Director, Nielsen Audio
For the past several years, we’ve been on a mission at Nielsen: to make sure radio measurement is as modern and dynamic as the industry itself. Content and advertising decisions depend on accurate, reliable data and that means constant measurement evolution and adaptation.
Continue reading “Bringing Radio Measurement into the Mobile Age: A Milestone Moment for the Audio Diary”Contributor: Rick Kestenbaum, general manager, AnalyticOwl
The telecom industry is what keeps us all connected—whether we’re texting a friend, streaming a movie or hopping on a video call for work. It’s come a long way from landlines and dial-up internet to lightning-fast mobile networks and fiber-optic cables. These days, telecom companies are at the heart of the digital world, powering everything from smart homes to cloud computing.
Continue reading “Telecom Marketing on Radio: What’s Working Best”Contributor: Beth Osborne, director, marketing and content, Marketron
For 13 years, the Borrell-RAB digital benchmarking report on radio digital sales has been a valuable resource for the industry. The insights of local media buyers and station management allow us to look backward and forward on the opportunity for radio to be a leader in local digital ad sales.
Continue reading “Insights into Action: 5 Next Steps for Radio from the Borrell-RAB Digital Radio Sales Report”Contributors: Todd Kalman, SVP sales, Marketron, and Beth Osborne, director, marketing and content, Marketron
Now in its 12th year, the Borrell-RAB digital benchmarking for radio delivered intelligence and learnings for the local media sales industry. One of the most exciting revelations was that radio digital revenue increased by 6.8%, besting the overall market of 5.4%. Additionally, 21% of all radio station ad revenue is now in the digital bucket. We’re eager to dive deep into the findings to deliver analysis for the year ahead.
Continue reading “Radio Digital Revenue Grew by 6.8%: Insights from the Borrell-RAB Digital Benchmarking Report”Author: Tammy Greenberg, SVP/Business Development, RAB
The current economic environment and consumer concerns over inflation are challenging marketers and media alike to do more with less in an increasingly complicated and competitive marketplace. Add to that the ongoing threat of another health crisis, the rapid influx of advancing technology, and the multiplicity of events in 2023 and their long tail impact, one thing has remained stable, efficient, results-driven, and a trusted partner to marketers. Radio.
Continue reading “Radio Works to Drive Business Forward”Contributor: Bo Bandy, SVP of marketing, GM Digital, Marketron
The 11th annual RAB-Borrell digital benchmarking report for radio didn’t disappoint with its insights for the industry. Of those, the projection for radio digital advertising hitting $2 billion in 2023 certainly deserves attention. The revenue generated by this segment is impressive. In 2022,19% of total ad revenue was from digital advertising sales. So, what does this new growth mean for radio?
Continue reading “Radio Digital Ads to Generate $2B for Stations in 2023: Uncovering Insights in the RAB-Borrell Annual Benchmarking Report”Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
If you are like most people, your home and those that live in it became more tech savvy and “smarter” in the past few years. People realized the importance of cellphones, fast internet and other tech type things. People became “tele-everything.” This is potentially the dawn of a tele-everything world, but this world is dependent on the internet, technology and of course, the devices needed in this new world.
Continue reading “Heavy Radio Listeners Stay Connected”Author: Annette Malave, SVP-Insights, RAB
A 2016 PwC publication stated that fintech (short for financial technology) would reshape banking. Based on a survey of banking executives, the article stated that, within five years of the article, 90% of banks expected growth of mobile applications. At that time, a little more than half of the respondents offered a mobile app for their clients, and 18% were currently developing one. Clearly, the pandemic has had a greater impact on services and offerings by banks and financial institutions.
Continue reading “Radio – You Can Bank on It”
Contributor: Jimshade Chaudhari, SVP Product, Marketron
Every year, the RAB-Borrell Digital Benchmark report catalogues the health of digital marketing in the U.S. radio industry. Every year, the results are interesting ̶ but none, I would venture, can compete with 2020.
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
Engagement. Local. Heart. Soul. Creativity. Partnerships. Those were words that resonated across the various sessions and events that took place during Radio Week.
From Oct. 5 – 9, CEOs, managers, sellers, radio personalities and some the brightest creative directors participated in two of radio’s biggest events – Radio Show and the Radio Mercury Awards.
Contributor: Laura Ivey, Director of Research, Edison Research
The most telling image from The Infinite Dial 2020 presentation is a screenshot of our presenters, Edison Research SVP Tom Webster and Triton Digital President of Market Development John Rosso, leading the webcast with over 1,500 attendees from their respective homes. No one could have anticipated that our setup would be driven by social distancing precautions. Now seems like a most appropriate time to talk about the most recent findings on the “infinite dial” of podcasting, digital, audio, radio and social media that connect us all.
Author: Annette Malave, SVP/Insights, RAB
Cancellations, social distancing, empty streets, working from home, virtual classes – this has become the new norm for many of us. We are all anxiously waiting to get back to how it used to be. In the interim, there is one thing that everyone can count on. Radio. It’s On.
Continue reading “Radio. It’s On!”
