Industry News Bits 5-1-19

Daneli Rabanalez-Hernandez exits Shine.fm/Chicago where she was afternoon co-host and music director of Brilla.FM.  Daneli completes her studies and is graduating from Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Il.

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) will accept nominations for the 2019 NAB Marconi Radio Awards until May 31. The Marconi Radio Awards recognize overall excellence and performance in radio.

Stations and on-air personalities may nominate themselves in the categories of “Station of the Year by Market Size,” “Station of the Year by Format,” “Personality of the Year by Market Size,” “Legendary Station,” and “Best College Radio Station of the Year,” which has been renamed from “Noncommercial Station of the Year.” Nominations will also be accepted for new awards categories of “Legendary Manager of the Year” and “Best Radio Station Podcast.”

On the Focus on the Family radio broadcast, it was mentioned that corporate forces have refused to lease space on some of the massive digital billboards in Times Square for the upcoming “Alive from New York” event. Click here for the details on how you can give your opinion.

CMB Station of the Year Awards submission period has started. Entries need to be in by June 3, 2019. Eligibility dates for the awards are May 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019. The awards are given to small, medium, large and major market stations at Momentum 2019 in September 6th in Orlando.

Milestones:
Melissa Montana 30 years at WLAB/Ft Wayne (Star 88.3)
Randy Rich 9 years at EMF

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