Radio World NewsBytes: CC & Others Developing Automated Sales; Milwaukee Mic Museum

Today Is National Radio Day Find out how they celebrate National Radio Day in Seattle. Top Stories - 08.20.13 New Automated Ad Buying-Selling System Development Underway Clear Channel has teamed up with select other media companies like A&E and Tribune and ad agency Interpublic to build and test an automated ad-buying system for radio and television ads. Museum Spotlights Mics and More Bob Paquette has been collecting microphones for decades. His Microphone Museum in Milwaukee has more than 1,000 microphones, ranging back to the late 19th century. From the latest issue of Radio World. News & Technology PIRATES: Firefighters Put an End to Pirate Station NAB: Smith Hopes for Music Royalty Compromise PEOPLE: Marketron Restructures Sales Organization PEOPLE: NPR President and CEO Will Lead at the Nat Geo SALES: Don't Just Paint It Pink BLOG: This Gun Has a Story Today on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment The iUser: iPad or iPhone? (Mobile Entertainment) Connect 2 Media & Entertainment features a mix of tech content, conversation and curation. Here: There are almost 400 million active iOS devices. Which is the most used — iPhone or iPad? See the results of a poll. Around the Industry PISC Criticizes Wireless Mic Channel Exclusivity (B&C) An alliance of activist groups, the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition, says it supports reserving some spectrum for wireless microphone channels but that the spectrum shouldn't be exclusively for that equipment. Here's the Pitch. But First, One From Our Sponsor (N.Y. Times) The writer thinks baseball play-by-play on radio is getting clogged up with drop-in adverts and other advertiser tie-ins. Faith Guided Work of St. Cloud Radio Legend (St. Cloud Times) Andy Hilger's fortuitous stop in St. Cloud, Minn., in 1958, was the beginning of a long and loving relationship with the Central Minnesota community. First Radio Station on Anna Maria Island (Bay News 9) A couple from Anna Maria Island, near St. Petersburg, Fla., got pretty fed up with hearing the same songs on the radio so they started a station of their own that focused on local music. Even more unusual, the station is an AM station. Calendar of Events Excellence in Journalism 2013 conference Aug. 24-26 Anahaim, Calif. IP Networking for Broadcast Engineers Aug. 30, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (PST) NBC Universal, Los Angeles International Radio Festival Sept. 8 Zurich NextRad.io conference Sept. 9 London IBC2013 Sept. 12–17 RAI Amsterdam For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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