Media Insultant 4.29.26 - General Motors ditches HD radio. Handling that objection. And is iHeart merger with Sirius a real deal?

About this episode

The episode discusses General Motors' decision to remove HD radio from their cars and addresses objections faced by radio salespeople, while also exploring the potential merger between iHeart and Sirius.

YIKES…GM HAS PULLED HD RADIO FROM THEIR CARS. OUR AUDIENCE CHIMES IN ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE #1 OBJECTION FOR RADIO SALES PEOPLE… IHEART AND SIRIUS HAS US SCRATCHING OUR HEADS… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are u...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jackson Dell Weaver, Keith Samuels

Topics covered

• HD radio
• radio sales
• iHeart merger
• Sirius
• media landscape
• objections handling

Keywords

• General Motors
• HD radio
• iHeart
• Sirius
• radio sales
• media management
• objections

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: General Motors, iHeart, Sirius

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