The Label Speaks

As you may have heard Monday, Katie Armiger’s website was hacked and over 65,000 emails went out that were offensive and vulgar. Music City Networks has fixed the security breach and hopefully this won’t happen to any other artist.

We know who did it and we have his online confession. Lang Scott, CEO of Music City Networks and Katie are filing charges with the Nashville Police Department today.

The hacker’s email targeted Katie’s fans and did not target country radio. Katie is the world’s biggest sweetheart and wants all of her friends and supporters at country radio to know that she loves and cherishes their outpouring of support and well wishes through this malicious attack.

Pete O'Heeron
President
Cold River Records
Cell: 281-961-0481
www.katiearmiger.com

Everyone's Nightmare

A cautionary tale, in three screen shots:

• Protect your access codes and passwords.
• Change them right now and on a routine basis.
• Be prepared with a plan when this happens to you and me, as - very likely - it will at some point in the future.

How's YOUR Security?

Keith Berman has it right: A troubled person, armed with a gun, makes his way inside your inner sanctum and demands to see one of your personalities. How would you react?

Sometimes, it takes a close call like this to remind our readers to please review your own safety regulations and security procedures so that a dangerous situation like this can be avoided at your station.

Why Have One Emergency Radio When Two Would Be Better?

It's time to ramp up your bad weather preparedness tools and education on air, and the Department of Homeland Security has a great reminder of how key radio can be at those times.

Lasting positive images are built (or lost) at those times, since it only works if your station has a plan to be there for your audience whenever the weather turns bad.

Every business needs a "bad weather plan," especially every radio station.

Include in that plan imaging to reinforce element association to "dependability" and "reliability." Station association to "trust." Encourage listeners to "use" the station with a weather-related call to action "when you need to know."

But, don't promise it if you can't deliver on it, 24/7, especially during the upcoming bad weather months.