MarketInk: TV Ads for Democratic Primary Missing in San Diego
Don’t expect a deluge of TV and radio commercials advocating for Democratic Party presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the remaining days before California’s June 7 primary...
View ArticleMarketInk: Longtime Agency Head Scott Mires Retiring After 30 Years
Scott Mires, principal and creative director at MiresBall, will retire in September after more than 30 years in San Diego’s creative design industry. Mires, who launched his career in 1985, will...
View ArticleMarketInk: Radio Stations to Broadcast Live at Chargers’ Annual Blood Drive
For years, local radio stations have been big boosters of the San Diego Blood Bank’s annual Chargers Blood Drive, held on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. This year is no different. Chargers Drive 38...
View ArticleMarketInk: KyXy’s Sam Bass Spins Nonstop Holiday Music for 38th Year
It’s hard to be a humbug about Christmas music. For the 38th consecutive holiday season, CBS Radio’s KyXy 96.5-FM has changed its format to continuous holiday music. And, Sam Bass has been part of...
View ArticleMarketInk: Rock 105.3 Produces Live Broadcast for Pendleton Marines
The iHeart Media San Diego KIOZ-FM Rock 105.3 morning show, called “The Show,” recently hosted a live broadcast for Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton. Near a helicopter hanger, on-air DJs Eddie, Sky,...
View ArticleMarketInk: A Bit Too Much Ho-Ho-Ho After 37 Years
For the 37th consecutive holiday season, CBS Radio’s KyXy 96.5 FM has changed its format to continuous holiday music. And, Sam Bass has survived every one of them. Since Bass began his on-air shifts at...
View ArticleMarketInk: New Shows Focus ESPN 1700 on ‘Your Business, Your Life’
Radio station XEPE-AM ESPN 1700, operated by San Diego-based Broadcast Company of the Americas, has announced a new seven-hour weekday block featuring three financial advice talk shows, plus a new...
View ArticleMarketInk: KGTV Kicks Off Sweeps Month with Injured Reporter’s Story
February is the first of this year’s four “sweeps months” for local TV stations, and KGTV is highlighting one of its own to boost audience share. A year ago, while surveying storm damage in Mira Mesa,...
View ArticleMarketInk: Pentel Video by i.d.e.a. Wins Best of Show at ADDY Awards
The i.d.e.a. Brand won Best of Show for its “What’s Your Point?” video for Pentel in this year’s ADDY awards, the San Diego advertising community’s top recognition event. SDX presented 114 ADDY...
View ArticleMarketInk: Final Week of Newscasts Before XETV Signs Off for Good
This is the final week of newscasts for XETV-TV CW6. Channel 6’s last newscast is scheduled for its 10 p.m. show on Friday, March 31. Airing during Friday morning’s news show will be an on-air...
View ArticleMarketInk: NBC San Diego Sponsoring Walk MS for 25th Year
It will be the 25th consecutive year for KNSD/NBC 7 San Diego to serve as exclusive television sponsor of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s 2017 San Diego County Credit Union Walk MS on...
View ArticleMarketInk: Music DJ Chris Cantore Now a Sports Talk Show Host
Chris Cantore, who has worked as a DJ on local radio stations since 1994, is now hosting “The Cutting Edge of Sports,” weekdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on sports talk station XPRS 1090-AM The Mighty...
View ArticleMarketInk: Radio Stations to Broadcast Live at Chargers’ Annual Blood Drive
For years, local radio stations have been big boosters of the San Diego Blood Bank’s annual Chargers Blood Drive, held on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. This year is no different. Chargers Drive 38...
View ArticleMarketInk: 3 Local Firms, 3 Students Win National ADDY Advertising Awards
Three San Diego marketing firms recently received four national ADDY awards at the American Advertising Federation at the ADMERICA convention, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. All three...
View ArticleMarketInk: KyXy’s Sam Bass Spins Nonstop Holiday Music for 38th Year
It’s hard to be a humbug about Christmas music. For the 38th consecutive holiday season, CBS Radio’s KyXy 96.5-FM has changed its format to continuous holiday music. And, Sam Bass has been part of...
View ArticleMarketInk: Rock 105.3 Produces Live Broadcast for Pendleton Marines
The iHeart Media San Diego KIOZ-FM Rock 105.3 morning show, called “The Show,” recently hosted a live broadcast for Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton. Near a helicopter hanger, on-air DJs Eddie, Sky,...
View ArticleMarketInk: New Shows Focus ESPN 1700 on ‘Your Business, Your Life’
Radio station XEPE-AM ESPN 1700, operated by San Diego-based Broadcast Company of the Americas, has announced a new seven-hour weekday block featuring three financial advice talk shows, plus a new...
View ArticleMarketInk: KGTV Kicks Off Sweeps Month with Injured Reporter’s Story
February is the first of this year’s four “sweeps months” for local TV stations, and KGTV is highlighting one of its own to boost audience share. A year ago, while surveying storm damage in Mira Mesa,...
View ArticleMarketInk: Pentel Video by i.d.e.a. Wins Best of Show at ADDY Awards
The i.d.e.a. Brand won Best of Show for its “What’s Your Point?” video for Pentel in this year’s ADDY awards, the San Diego advertising community’s top recognition event. SDX presented 114 ADDY...
View ArticleMarketInk: Final Week of Newscasts Before XETV Signs Off for Good
This is the final week of newscasts for XETV-TV CW6. Channel 6’s last newscast is scheduled for its 10 p.m. show on Friday, March 31. Airing during Friday morning’s news show will be an on-air...
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