November 24, 2015

Nominations Now Being Accepted for Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame

Nominations are being accepted through January 8, 2016 for inductees into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. Selection is made from individuals, living or dead, who are natives of Kentucky, or who have spent a significant portion of their careers in Kentucky.

To nominate an individual for consideration, please go to http://ci.uky.edu/jat/kyhalloffame and click on the link to open the nomination form. The form and a detailed letter of nomination should be sent to:

Assistant to the Director

School of Journalism & Telecommunications

University of Kentucky

118 Grehan Building

Lexington, KY 40506-0042

The 2016 inductees will be honored at a luncheon in Lexington on April 19, 2016.

The Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame is sponsored by the UK Journalism Alumni Association and housed in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at UK. Hall of Fame members do not have to have an association with the University of Kentucky.

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Annual KBA Washington DC Fly-In

The annual KBA Washington D.C. trip will be February 23-24, 2016.

If you would like to join the KBA group for visits to the Kentucky Congressional delegation, please let us know.

KBA will cover the hotel (1 night) and dinner on February 23rd.

FREE Webinar: New Marketing Nuggets to Instantly Increase Advertiser Interest and Sales

December 8, 2015
12:00 p.m. (ET)

This webinar features newly-released and ready-to-use broadcast users' shopping research for a handful of specific advertiser categories that will captivate existing advertisers and prospects. You'll take away selling tips that will empower "your story" for your next call!

Presented by Gary Moore, LBS President

This webinar is free to all KBA members. To attend a webinar, simply click on the "Registration Link" next to the session you are interested in. There is no limit to the number of webinars you can register for, and you have full permission to allow anyone else within your station to watch as well (i.e. you can hook a laptop up to a projector and show the session to your entire team).

RAB Monthly Webinar

Emerging Sponsorship Categories for 2016

One-Hour, Live Online Webinar

Thursday, December 10, 2015

11:00 am Eastern/10:00 am Central

Presenter: Brandeis C. Hall

Stations are always looking for new prospecting opportunities to grow their off-air revenues via NTR and digital sponsorships. Join us for us a look at the emerging categories that are spending and trending for 2016 and grow your station's event, digital, and other sponsorship revenue.

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Did you miss this month's webinar?

The archived version is available for 7 days so you can still check it out!

Click here for the Planning Your 2016 Digital Strategies webinar.

RAB Webinars are FREE for KBA Members!

FREE LBS Training!

Are you using this FREE member benefit? KBA offers access to the LBS Weekly Sales Videos free to all members! Your station's whole sales team can have their own personal LBS accounts at no additional cost! 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: Know Thy Customer's Customer

Free Retail Data: Click here as Eric Moore offers some freely-available, yet powerful retail data and includes some ideas on how you can use it in the field today!

Free Auto Data: Click here as Gary Moore shows us how to use freely available marketing data to gain trust with local auto dealers. Don't miss this!

Super Bowl Parties: Click here as Eric Moore offers five local advertising ideas around the American tradition that is The Super Bowl. Get an early start on this ad-selling opportunity!

In This Issue

Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame

Member Benefit Survey

Annual KBA Washington DC Fly-In

EAS Schedule

The 2015 EAS Schedule is posted on the KBA website:
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The next required monthly test will be December 16 at 12:07 a.m. and will originate from WUKY-FM.

Mark Your Calendar for these 2016 Events!

February 8-10
Country Radio Seminar
Nashville, Tenn.

February 22-24
NAB State Leadership Conference
Washington D.C.

February 23-24
Annual KBA Fly-In
Washington D.C.

April 17-20
NAB Show
Las Vegas

September 21-23
Radio Show
Nashville, Tenn.

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