[257] Radio, Records, Rapid Changes Discussed On WMOT Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 20, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081, or WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

RADIO, RECORDS, RAPID CHANGES DISCUSSED ON WMOT PROGRAM
Recording Industry Professor Assesses Radio’s Relationship with Listening Public

(MURFREESBORO) – Is radio responding to the needs and desires of its listeners? Paul Allen, an associate professor in MTSU’s Department of Recording Industry, will examine the present and future of radio at 8 a.m. this Sunday, Jan. 24, on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Allen teaches Artist Management, New Media for the Music Business, Concert Promotion and Marketing of Recordings. He is the author of Artist Management for the Music Business, now in its third printing, and co-author of Record Label Marketing, now in its second edition. Allen’s professional background includes work in radio and television programming and management as well as radio ownership.
To listen to last week’s program with MTSU industrial hygienist Doug Brinsko, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2010.html and click on “January 17, 2010.” For more information about “MTSU on the Record,” contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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