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Learfield News — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:03:39 +0000

Learfield COO Roger Gardner, in the danger zone

Learfield News — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:51:38 +0000

It’s quite a thrill to watch an F-18 do a tailhook landing 15 yards in front of you, and to feel the chest-pounding roar of the same plane taking off into the midnight darkness at the end of the flight deck. But also thrilling was watching as 3,500 souls who work tirelessly aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, then some 75 miles off the coast of North Carolina. I was honored to spend the night on the carrier and meet many of men and women of the Navy serving on ship, including the Commander, Capt. Joe Carkson. Tom Maxwell, himself a retired Navy Captain (and father of our own Mike Maxwell), arranged the trip for me, as he had for Clyde a few years ago.

It was one of those “Bucket List” kinds of experiences. As breath taking was the size of the ship and her impressive technology, was the dedication of the men and women serving on her. It was awe-inspiring and convicting…there is so much I take for granted! Equally humbling is the recognition that all about us there are people, some of them in our own company, diligently serving in one capacity or another, doing the work most of us don’t want to do, doing it honorably and professionally, for the benefit of us all. That also takes my breath away…without the noise.

-- Roger

Check one off the Bucket List

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:49:10 +0000

Children’s Trust Fund of Missouri

Learfield News — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:44:17 +0000

Ag News for America: 9 years and 26,000 pages

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:15:50 +0000

In June we did a complete make-over of the Brownfield Ag News website. After nine years, it was time for a fresh look and web tools have come a long way in that time.

Once we started packing up boxes and loading the moving truck, we discovered we had more 26,000 pages of news stories, columns, feature programs and audio. That is lot of ag news, America.

We think we have all the broken links fixed but if you can’t find something, please let the Brownfield folks know.

Learfield of Dreams

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:24:18 +0000

As with any good sales and marketing company, our sellers are very competitive and look forward to our annual sales contest. We kicked off our new sales year on July 1st with the Learfield of Dreams. Here’s the status board we use to keep track of our progress.

Vice President of Sales and Marketing Joyce Steinman has been coming up clever ideas like this for…. well, for a long time. Play ball!

Children’s Trust Fund of Missouri

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:00:51 +0000

Parent with Patience – Cereal Produced by John Sims

Twitter suspensions

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:54:33 +0000

If you’ve been keeping up with the buzz and explosive growth of the social networking site, Twitter, you can imagine the challenges that come with such popularity. We got a taste of it today with two of our accounts –@Missourinet and @Brownfield– were briefly suspended. They were back up quickly and the Twitter support folks said it was probably a “glitch.” What a wonderful, all-purpose word that is.

Wisconsin Radio Network

Learfield News — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:01:49 +0000

Just as ABC and CBS provide world and national news to radio stations throughout the nation, the Wisconsin Radio Network (WRN) provides Wisconsin news to affiliated radio stations throughout the state. In exchange for this programming, stations provide WRN with commercial airtime (6:00 a.m – 7:00 p.m.) Through the economies of this barter arrangement, WRN advertisers are able to tell their stories to more people at lower cost. To find out how we can help you do the same, contact us:

Jill Makovec
608.848.2770
jmakovec@learfield.com

Jeff Moore
573.556.1245
jmoore@learfield.com

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Learfield Twitterers

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:59:03 +0000

If you’ve gotten the Twitter bug, you might want to check out some of the Twits (Twitterers?) here at Learfield. They’re not all in the news division but they’re all part of the family.

@Missourinet
@RadioIowa
@Brownfield
@scrnnews
@nebraskanews
@missourisports
@sportstalksc
@learfieldsports – VP of Sports Ops and Affiliate Relations, Aaron Worsham
@learfieldnews – Director of News Operations, Scott Brandon
@clydelear – Clyde is founder and CEO of Learfield
@rogergardner – President and Chief Operating Officer
@jeffdmoore – Sales and Marketing Account Executive

This list is almost certainly not complete since the list is growing. If you’re an advertiser on one of our networks, let us know your Twitter name and we’ll add you to the list.