Recipients Announced for the RAB/BMI Scholarships to

Rising through the Ranks,

The 2008 Women in Radio Management & Leadership Training Seminar

New York, New York – August 13, 2008 -- The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), in conjunction with U.S. performing right organization BMI and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women (MIW) in Radio Group, is pleased to announce the recipients of 15 scholarships to Rising through the Ranks, the 2008 Women in Radio Management & Leadership Training Program at the RAB Academy in Dallas, September 9-10.  Scholarships were awarded by a selection team consisting of representatives from BMI, MIW, and the RAB.

Scholarship Recipients

            Lil Anderson, Duhamel Broadcasting Enterprises

Lindsay Cerajewski, CBS Radio Chicago

Jennifer Dickson, Citadel Broadcasting

Jodie Douglass-Parker, ABC Radio Networks

Deanna Droira, WMYM / Radio Disney

Lori Hall, WPGC-FM / CBS Radio

Isabella Laforet, ICBC Broadcast Holdings

Janie Lees, KTFM/BMP Radio

McKenna Lueker, Shamrock Communications

Rae Ann Parsons, Kindred Communications

Katerina Perez, Clear Channel Miami

Christina Rodriguez, Clear Channel Radio

Cindy Rollison, Cumulus Broadcasting

Carla Wyrick, New Northwest Broadcasters, LLC

Aimee Yoerger, Gap West Broadcasting

Rising through the Ranks is designed for relatively new and soon-to-be sales managers with an emphasis on the specific needs of women, including enhancing their overall management knowledge and skills. While seats are still available, the course is limited to a total of 30 participants.  Past RAB courses have garnered rave reviews from attendees, including participants from Disney, ABC Radio Networks, Anchorage Media Group, BMI, Clear Channel, Cromwell Group, Emmis Communications, Katz Radio, Morris Communications, Nassau Broadcasting, Piedmont Communications, Regent Communications, and Telemedia Broadcasting. 

Four highly respected and accomplished Radio industry professionals and members of the Mentoring and Inspiring Women (MIW) in Radio Group – Heidi Raphael, Julie Lane, Nancy Vaeth-DuBroff, and Lynn Anderson -- will speak at Rising Through The Ranks.  Raphael, Vice President of Corporate Communication at Greater Media, Inc. is also Spokesperson for the MIW in Radio Group; Lane, a Senior Vice President and General Manager at Clear Channel Katz Advantage, is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the marketing and strategic sales division; Vaeth-Dubroff was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Greenstone Media and President and Chief Officer of Susquehanna Radio; and Anderson is Senior Vice President of Training at the RAB with an impressive background in station sales and management, including General Manager of KIIS-FM, Los Angeles.

Since the BMI/RAB partnership began seven years ago, over 160 BMI-funded FastStart Minority Scholarships have been awarded, in addition to these 15 Women’s Scholarships. 

The 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 375,000 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 MIW Radio Group consists of top-level Radio women across the country that are dedicated to using their influence and resources to help put more women in positions of leadership in Radio. For contact information for each MIW, along with interviews, articles and MIW presentations, or to join the MIW Network or learn about the MIW Mentoring Program, go to http://www.Radiomiw.com/.

The Radio Advertising Bureau serves more than 6,000 member Radio stations in the U.S. and over 1,000 member networks, representative firms, broadcast vendors, and international organizations. RAB leads and participates in educational, research, sales, and advocacy programs that promote and advance Radio as a primary advertising medium.             

Contacts:

For the RAB:

Renee Cassis, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Radio Advertising Bureau

212-681-7205; renee@rab.com

For BMI:

Hanna Pantle, Assistant Vice President, Corporate & Media Relations, BMI

310-289-6328; hpantle@bmi.com

Jerry Bailey, Senior Director, Media Relations & Business Communications, BMI

615-401-2825; jbailey@bmi.com

For the MIW Radio Group:

Heidi Raphael, VP of Corporate Communication, Greater Media, Inc.

781-348-8612; hraphael@greatermedia.com