January 2, 2015
 
Registration Open for TV Sales and Media Seminars

KBA is bringing Robert Russo to Kentucky for 2 FREE seminars in January!
 

Robert Russo's seminar and training will point out how local cable is stealing money not just from the broadcast side of our business but from all sides of our business, and they are doing it as their share of market penetration and viewers are declining at a rapid pace!  

 

He will highlight the strength of broadcast, the advent of our growing digital opportunities and our D2 stations as well as the erosion of the local MSO's has given us an even stronger story about the effectiveness of broadcast and how it can make your local clients more money!

 

KBA will host 2 seminars in January, one for the Lexington and Eastern Kentucky Markets and one for the Louisville and Western Kentucky Markets. Robert will customize each seminar for these markets. 

 

Dates and Locations:

Lexington and Eastern Kentucky Markets:
January 13, 2015
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Signature Club, 3256 Landsdowne Dr., Lexington
Lunch will be provided


Louisville and Western Kentucky Markets:
January 14, 2015
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana,  140 W. Muhammad Blvd.  Louisville 

Lunch will be provided.


If you are planning to attend, please contact us by simply replying to this email with your name, station and which location you are attending.

Happy Birthday WHOP!

Mike Tarter, KBA Director, announces WHOP is celebrating its 75th Birthday!

On January 8, 2015 WHOP-AM in Hopkinsville will celebrate 75 years of service.

 

The Lackey family, pioneers in the radio industry in Kentucky, signed-on WHOP-AM on January 8, 1940. It was the beginning of a 75 year relationship with the Hopkinsville and Christian County community. For the last 15 years WHOP has been under the guidance of the Forcht Group of Kentucky only the second ownership in the 75 year history of the stations, which is truly rare in the radio business. WHOP-FM joined the family of stations in 1948 and 95.3 signed-on in 2008. Today they comprise the only commercial stations broadcasting from studios in Hopkinsville.

 

Since the beginning WHOP has provided the Hopkinsville area with news, sports, weather, information and entertainment. The Early Bird Show, which airs from 5-9am was started by the legendary Dink Embry in 1946 and continues to this day. WHOP has provided local high school sports play-by-play since 1940.

 

In 1951 the Hopkinsville Rotary Club in conjunction with WHOP founded the "Rotary Radio Auction". Since then WHOP has broadcast every hour of the auction and helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for student loans for local youth.

 

Signing-on in 1940, WHOP was one of the earliest radio stations in Kentucky and was one of the original 10 Kentucky radio stations to form the Kentucky Broadcasters Association in 1945.

 

In 75 years there have been only five general managers of WHOP including Katherine Peden who was one of the first women active in station management in the 1950's and Roger Jeffers who served as GM 41 years before retiring in 2005. 

KBA Board of Directors Meeting Next Week

The KBA Board of Directors will hold its first meeting of 2015 next week on January 7th at the KBA Office in Frankfort.

Also meeting on the 7th will be the Annual Convention Planning Committee chaired by Chris Aldridge, WTVQ-TV, and the Member Services Committee, chaired by Derron Steenbergen, Commonwealth Broadcasting.
LBS Sales Assistant

Are you using this FREE member benefit? KBA offers access to the LBS Weekly Sales Videos free to all members! If you need login information, simply contact the KBA and we will be glad to help you get started. Don't miss out on these wonderful trainings!

This week's Videos: Best of Q4 Training

How To Look Like A Magician: Click here  as Paul Weyland gives several great tips for you to add to your selling toolbox that will exponentially increase your value to your local clients and prospects! Remember, if you can solve your customers' problems, they will spend more money with your station!

Integrating Broadcast, Digital, and Other Solutions for Incremental Revenue: Click here as Gary Moore starts a series on integrating your station's advertising solutions to produce incremental revenue! In this session, he explains that we have come a long way, asks who we are, wonders if we should sell everything, and much more!

How To Get Appointments: Click here as Mark Levy begins a series on effectively getting appointments with prospective customers. In this session, Mark shows that even the small things can make a big difference.
In This Issue
Mark Your Calendar!
January 7
KBA Board of Directors Meeting, Frankfort

January 13
TV Sales and Media Seminar, Lexington

January 14
TV Sales and Media Seminar, Louisville

February 24-25
Annual DC Lobbying Trip

April 11-16
NAB Show, Las Vegas

September 30- October 2
NAB Radio Show, Atlanta, Ga.

October 8-10
Small Market Television Exchange,
Austin, Texas

October 12-13
Annual Conference, Lexington

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