The agenda for Interep's 2005 Radio Symposium is divided into four sessions. Please note that the agenda may change before the event.
Registration
Welcome
Ralph Guild, Chairman & CEO, Interep National Radio Sales
Session One: Radio Looks Inward
Sponsored by Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.
"Will the Real Radio Business Please Stand Up?"
Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
Panel I
"Is Less Really More?"
Moderator:
- Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
Panelists:
- Shane Coppola, CEO, Westwood One
- Jana Cosgrove, SVP/General Manager, Infinity Radio Sales
- Blaise Howard, Vice President/General Manager, WBEB (Philadelphia)
- Kim Vasey, Senior Partner & Director of Radio, Mediaedge:CIA
Panel II
"Can Radio Grow Revenues at GDP+ Levels?"
Moderator:
- Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
Panelists:
- Frank Flores, General Manager, WSKQ/WPAT, Spanish Broadcasting System
- Les Hollander, SVP/Regional Manager, Infinity Broadcasting
- George Pine, President & COO, Interep
- Natalie Swed Stone, Director/National Radio, OMD
One-on-One Leadership Dialogue
Joel Hollander, Chairman & CEO, Infinity Broadcasting
Moderator:
- Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
- Drew Marcus, Vice Chairman, Media & Telecom, Deutsche Bank Securities
Session Two: Radio Looks Forward
Sponsored by Arbitron
Presentations
"Tracking and Selling Radio's Audience"
Each presentation is 15 minutes
Moderator:
- Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
Tracking Radio Advertising
- George Nadel Rivin, Partner, Miller Kaplan Arase
Tracking Radio Ad Spots
- Philippe Generali, President, Media Monitors
Tracking Radio Inventory
- Kristen Fechner, SVP of Corporate Strategy and Development, Marketron
Creating New Revenue Opportunities for Radio
- Sheila Kirby, SVP, Interep Innovations
Tracking Radio Audience - The Portable People Meter
- Pierre Bouvard, President, Portable People Meter & International, Arbitron
- Erwin Ephron, Founder, Ephron Papazian & Ephron
Interview
Pat Walsh, Chief Financial Officer, iBiquity Digital
Moderator:
- Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
Session Three: Industry Change / Do the Agencies Notice?
Sponsored by Interep
One-on-One Leadership Dialogue
John Hogan, President & CEO, Clear Channel Radio
Moderator:
- Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
- Drew Marcus, Vice Chairman, Media & Telecom, Deutsche Bank Securities
Panel I
"Radio Addresses Its Issues"
Moderator:
- Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
Panelists:
- Barry Cohen, Managing Partner, dLab Media
- Steve Goldstein, EVP and Group Program Director, Saga Communications
- Marc Guild, President/Marketing Division, Interep
- Dan Mason, Consultant, Dan Mason LLC
Panel II
"Ad Agencies Weight in on Radio's Changes"
Moderator:
- Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
Panelists:
- Grace Collins, Vice President, Assoc. Broadcast Director, PHD USA
- Kathy Crawford, President/Local Broadcast, Mindshare
- Elaine Levine, Vice President, Group Account Director, MPG/Arnold
- Matthew Warnecke, Vice President/Local & National Radio, Mediacom
Session Four: Is Radio's Structure Right for Today's Challenges
Sponsored by Deutsche Bank Securities
Opening Remarks
Drew Marcus, Vice Chairman, Media & Telecom, Deutsche Bank Securities
Panel I
"Radio's Competition for Listeners and Advertisers"
Moderator:
- Drew Marcus, Vice Chairman, Media & Telecom, Deutsche Bank Securities
Panelists:
- Chad Brown, Vice President/General Manager, WCBS (New York)
- Rick Cummings, President/Radio Division, Emmis Communications
- Andy Lipset, Managing Partner, Ronning Lipset Radio
- Maribeth Papuga, President of Local Broadcast, Mediavest
- Walter Sabo, Chairman & Founder, Sabo Media
Panel II
"Radio's Industry Structure"
Moderator:
- Drew Marcus, Vice Chairman, Media & Telecom, Deutsche Bank Securities
Panelists:
- Walter Berger, CFO, Emmis Communications
- Mitch Dolan, President, ABC Radio Sales Group Stations
- Dick Ferguson, EVP, Cox Radio
- Bill Tanner, EVP of Programming, Spanish Broadcasting System
- Charles Warfield, President and COO, Inner City Broadcasting Corp
One-on-One Leadership Dialogue
Bill Koenigsberg, CEO, Horizon Media
Moderator:
- Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director - Radio/TV Broadcast Analyst, Bear Stearns
- Drew Marcus, Vice Chairman, Media & Telecom, Deutsche Bank Securities