 RAIN 10/31: Media consultant organizes "Best Radio Website" contest ·Oct 31, 11:07 AM VOTE FOR THE BEST U.S. RADIO WEBSITEBefore casting your vote at the ballot box next Tuesday, cast your vote today for the best radio website in America. Mel Taylor Media, a local media online revenue consultant, narrowed down nominations sent in by readers of Radio Sales Today to 5 sites based on content, design, and ease of use. The sites up for vote are: 97.1FM Los Angeles, FM100 Salt Lake City, KTIC 840AM, MyNorthwest.com (home to Seattle’s 97.3FM and 770AM KTTH) and Topeka Radio Advertising. Cast your vote here before midnight on Monday, Nov. 3. The results will be announced next Friday in Radio Sales Today. Read more about the competition here. ONLINE AD NETWORKS “IN SERIOUS TROUBLE”The economic downturn in recent months has taken its toll on online ad-networks. The Wall Street Journal reports (here) that online spending has slowed as media buyers tighten their budgets and venture-capital funding shrinks. As a result, ad networks JellyCloud and Adzilla have already closed, while other companies like AdBrite have cut back on their workforce. Even AOL’s ad platform is reportedly experiencing “softening in major ad categories.” Ross Sandler, an Internet analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said that online ad networks “are in severe trouble and could be closing their doors in the back half of this year or the beginning of ’09. People are bracing for the worst.” SONOS UPGRADES INTERNET RADIO OFFERINGSSonos users will now be able to access over 15,000 Internet radio stations, including Last.fm and a free version of Pandora, thanks to a new upgrade. Sonos has also upgraded the webcast directory navigation, adding search capabilities based on genre, artist, country and more. The update is available to Sonos users as a free download. Sonos also launched a remote control application for iPhone and iPod Touch devices earlier this week (RAIN coverage here). For more on the upgrade, read Twice’s coverage here.
NAB CHIEF OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEFENDING AGAINST PERFORMANCE ROYALTY NEXT YEARWith a new Congress in 2009 will come renewed calls for a broadcast radio performance royalty. However, NAB chief David Rehr says that terrestrial radio is in a “good position” to defend against such a royalty. For more, read Inside Radio’s coverage here (subscription required).INTERACTIVE ONE LAUNCHES ELEV8 SITEInteractive One has launched new site Elev8 targeted at African Americans with information “in areas such as health, education, and wealth.” The site is the newest in Interactive One’s line-up including BlackPlanet.com, NewsOne.com and their 53 Radio One radio stations. For more, read Radio Ink’s coverage here.share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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What the hell is this? How is the evil Cumulus advertising pitch site one of the top 5. What a bunch of garbage, I hope no one votes.
— Matt · Oct 31, 03:01 PM · #
I don’t think that there can be a number one radio station on the Internet it is just for the money.
— Best Radio Website · Nov 23, 07:01 AM · #