Contact / About Us
SDRBA
PO Box 910285
San Diego, CA 92191
858.350.8854


Sharon Massey
Executive Director

Nikki Vilven
Marketing Coordinator

Cris Tolley
Project Coordinator

Mission Statement


The San Diego Radio Broadcasters Association exists to promote the use of radio as a primary medium, and serve as a resource for current information regarding Radio in today's dynamically changing media environment.

2013 SDRBA Executive Board


Past-President: Bob Bolinger, CBS Radio 
President: Rick Jackson, Lincoln Financial Media
Vice-President: Robert Hughes, Compass Radio Group / Radio San Diego
Secretary: Melissa Forrest, Clear Channel Communications
Treasurer: Peter Moore, Univision Radio 

Past President: Bob Bolinger


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Bob Bolinger is Senior Vice President/Market Manager of CBS Radio’s San Diego stations KyXy and Energy 103.7

 

President: Rick Jackson


 
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Rick Jackson is Senior Vice President/General Manager for Lincoln Financial Media of California's three San Diego stations, KSON, KIFM, KBZT.  Jackson relocated to San Diego in 2009, from Charlotte, North Carolina where he served as President of the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB). 

He currently hosts a nationally syndicated, 3-hour weekend show heard on more than 150 stations, “Rick Jackson’s Country Hall of Fame.”

Vice-President: Robert Hughes, Compass Radio Group / Radio San Diego



Secretary: Melissa Forrest, Clear Channel Communications


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Melissa Forrest is President and Market Manager for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment San Diego.

Treasurer: Peter Moore


Peter M. Moore is Senior Vice-President and Regional Manager, overseeing the West Region for Univision Radio. In addition, Peter is responsible for day-to-day operations at Univision Radio San Diego’s leading Spanish-language stations, Recuerdo 102.9 KLQV-FM and La Nueva 106.5 KLNV-FM.

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Peter began his radio career at KCBQ-AM. Since that time, he has held various positions in the broadcast business, including On-Air Announcer, Account Executive, Sales Manager, General Manager and Regional Manager for a number of radio stations. Peter has been a part of San Diego’s burgeoning Spanish-language Radio community since 1985 (except for a four-year return to English-language radio in 1994).


Peter served as the President of the San Diego Radio Broadcasters Association for many years, was  a founding board member of SAFE (San Diego Advertising Fund for Emergencies), and a long-time board member of the South Bay YMCA.
Peter lives in Scripps Ranch with his wife, Lorrie, and their three children.

SDRBA Staff


Industry News
Research
Results
Broadcast Radio Listening Increases Reach to 243 Million Listeners Per Week Digital Listening Incremental to Broadcast; Accounts For 7.6% Of All Listening
The claim that listeners are highly engaged with radio is reinforced loud and clear in a new cross-media engagement study conducted by Nielsen. Radio tied for second across an aggregate of 11 different metrics of engagement in the study, commissioned by the Newspaper Association Of America.
U.S. digital TV users are climbing faster than expected. The number of U.S. digital TV users -- those who view at least one TV show per month via the Internet -- will climb 37% in four years to 145 million in 2017, from 106 million in 2012.
BIA Kelsey sees online ad revenues for platforms associated with broadcast radio stations and groups increasing from $491 million in 2012 to around $600 million in 2013, for an annual growth rate of approximately 22%.
A new study says about a third (36%) of all worldwide recorded TV content is never watched. In the U.S. that number is higher -- 41%, per Motorola Mobility's annual media survey.
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