RAB and BMI Accepting Applications for Minority Scholarship Program
 New York, February 14, 2006 – The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) and U.S. performing right organization BMI are continuing their program this year to provide scholarships to minorities in radio advertising sales.
Called "RAB/BMI FastStart to Radio Sales Success," the program will select 25 minority students to attend the Gary Fries Radio Advertising Bureau Radio Training Academy in Dallas, TX or the Academy Off-Campus Extension Program this year.
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 Speaking before the RAB Management Leadership Conference Saturday in Dallas, Dan Spears, BMI Assistant Vice President, Media Licensing, said that applications for this year's scholarships are now being accepted. Interested students will find the application forms and the schedule of classes, dates, and locations at www.RAB.com. The application deadline is March 30, 2007.
"It gives us much pleasure to partner with RAB in supporting the radio industry through this program," said BMI's Mike O'Neill, Senior Vice President of Licensing. "We believe it's important to provide sales executives with the training to help them succeed in this competitive business. Encouraging diversity in the radio industry benefits all of us by helping us better understand the needs of our customers and adapt to a changing marketplace."
Each scholarship is valued at $1,200. Recipients may choose either a one-week program at RAB’s Dallas campus, or a two-and-a-half-day extension program conducted in cities around the U.S. Over 125 BMI-funded scholarships have been awarded since the program’s inception six years ago.
“BMI’s steadfast support of the FastStart Minority Scholarship program strengthens Radio’s commitment to diversity,” noted Mike Mahone, Executive Vice President, Member Services, RAB. “It also reinforces the important role that training can play to achieving sales success. We are grateful to BMI for sponsoring this very worthy and valuable scholarship.”
The Gary Fries RAB Radio Training Academy in Dallas, Texas, and the Academy Off-Campus Extension Program offer a variety of sales and management courses at beginner and advanced levels. For information on any of the RAB Training Academy programs, call 972-753-6756.
Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI) is an American performing right organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and publishers in all genres of music. For more than 65 years, BMI has represented the most popular and beloved music from around the world, a vast repertoire that includes more than 6.5 million works. The non-profit-making corporation collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it then distributes as royalties to the musical creators and copyright owners it represents.
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) is the sales and marketing arm of the Radio industry with nearly 7,000 members, including almost 6,000 stations in the U.S., and over 1,000 associate members in networks, representative firms, sales and international organizations.
Contacts:
For the RAB:
Renee Cassis, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Radio Advertising Bureau
212-681-7205; rcassis@rab.com
For BMI:
Hanna Pantle, Executive Director, Media Relations, BMI
310-289-6328; hpantle@bmi.com
Jerry Bailey, Director, Media Relations, BMI
615-401-2825; jbailey@bmi.com
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