Innholdsfortegnelse for September 6, 2021 i Radio Ink Magazine

This issue celebrates one of the most dynamic segments of the radio industry, as well as the country. It’s also the reason the Hispanic Radio Conference, a vision of Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads, was born 14 years ago. The story of what inspired the Hispanic Radio Conference is well-documented — the tremendous show of radio’s power on display in mobilizing 500,000 people in the streets of Los Angeles in 2006 to protest immigration legislation. That power was something our chairman believed that, if harnessed at the top, could translate to greater clout among advertisers and agencies. But has that vision and, with it, the goal of the conference, been fully realized over the ensuing 14 years? There is no doubt the Hispanic Radio Conference has been a successful platform…

STACEY KAUFFMAN Regional Vice President San Francisco & Sacramento Audacy. I recently introduced myself to our San Francisco team and summed myself up this way: “I take what I do very seriously. I do not take myself very seriously.” Pretty simple, right? There are some times we need to be serious, but also, we need to remember that we are in this business because it’s fun! A few examples come to mind, but my most favorite thing we do is our annual Field Day. I started this a few years ago, as a part of my strategy to encourage cross-departmental interaction. Not only did that help, it has become popular with the team as well! As a kid, Field Day was my favorite day of the school year. It was…

KFAR/Fairbanks, Alaska, went on the air in 1939, first as a Full Service station and later as a News/Talker serving the Fairbanks area; it’s now heard on 660 AM and 97.5 FM. These vintage photos show station staffers at the newly constructed studio/transmitter, and (above) the “very Art Deco” KFAR studio. KFAR GM and 20-year talk host Michael Dukes writes, “KFAR (Key For Alaska’s Riches) has been an integral part of the community information landscape for more than eight decades.” Thanks to Michael for these great historical photos.…

It is often said that we stand on the shoulders of those who come before us, for they are the ones who carved out and walked the paths the rest of us follow. In the case of Hispanic radio, it was Raoul Cortez who pioneered and led the way as the person to own the first U.S. Spanish-language station, KCOR, in 1946. His remarkable story set the cornerstone for an industry that today includes hundreds of radio stations under majority Hispanic or Latinx ownership and many more that program to this vibrant 18% and growing of the population. Behind Cortez’s vision was also determination and purpose. According to daughter Irma Nicolás in a 2012 interview, “As Mexican-Americans, we were discriminated against. And this is why my father took it [his…