MusicMaster Scheduling is expanding its development department with the addition of Jerry Parker as Director of Technical Services. Among his other roles, Jerry will create and expand relationships with MusicMaster’s real-time integration partners and increase adoption of the MusicMaster Nexus API. Jerry will also oversee deployment and implementation of MusicMaster Client-Server (CS), MusicMaster’s top-tier product for large radio enterprises that manage data and processing on a central server with remote client access.

A seasoned technical professional with over 26 years in the industry, Jerry was most recently Vice President of Operations at Presslaff Interactive Revenue (PIR) and was directly responsible for their Dat-e-Base suite of applications for Radio, Television and Print industries. Jerry provided operational strategies, goals, and action plans with concentrations in applications, database development, server farms, and IT support teams.  Under Jerry's leadership, PIR grew to become one of the largest providers of First-Person Databases and Marketing Strategies providing services to Media Businesses worldwide.

Prior to his work with PIR, Jerry started his career in technical services as an engineer in 1986 and served several companies such as Creative Data Planning, Bay Broadcasting, and Reservation Ranch. Focusing on strategic business development plans, he helped grow businesses by implementing technological platforms and equipment strategies to improve business efficiency. In 1999, he joined the executive team at Jones Radio Networks as Director of Engineering and managed their Day-Part and distribution technical platforms, delivering programming such as Delilah, Lia, Marie Osmond, and other talent to affiliate stations across the U.S. and Canada.

Scott Wirt, MusicMaster VP and CTO, commented: “Jerry is an industry veteran with a wealth of broadcast engineering and IT experience. I'm excited to see him helping our customers overcome challenges and finding the best ways to integrate MusicMaster into their workflows, as well as working with our industry partners to create great new MusicMaster experiences."

This past month, over 60 programmers took part in the MusicMaster Genius Day Tour during our stops in Atlanta, Washington DC and Cleveland. Our final stop for Spring will be in Dallas on March 13 at the MusicMaster headquarters. This meeting of the minds will include Founder/President Joe Knapp and our Chief Developer/CTO Scott Wirt. In addition to learning valuable strategy and new workflows, you'll have the opportunity to pick the brains of the MusicMaster team and share your ideas and feature requests. For more information and to reserve your spot for this free workshop, click here. Even if you can't make it to Dallas, there are still a few more chances to attend a Genius Day this year, including our Hollywood Genius Day on May 2 at the Worldwide Radio Summit, and the Minneapolis Conclave Genius Day in July. Learn more by visiting our Genius day page.

Some of our Atlanta attendees, including: Shane Finch (MusicMaster), Parker Tant (WPLZ-FM/Chattanooga, TN), Peter de Graaff (Cox Media/Athens, GA), Tony Lorino (Entercom/Atlanta, GA), Mike Marino (STAR 94.1/Atlanta, GA), Abby Jessen (WGNC-FM/Athens, GA), Stacy Scott (G100.1/Savannah, GA), Evan Pedersen (Cox Media/Athens, GA), Marion Davis (KISS 104.1/Atlanta, GA), Tony Kidd (Cox Media/Atlanta, GA), John Bryant (WAFJ-FM/Augusta, GA), Mia Mance (G100.1/Savannah, GA), Ray Haynes (Victory 91.5/Atlanta, GA), and Jesus Rodriguez (MusicMaster).

Some of our DC area attendees, including: Scott Wirt (MusicMaster), Hannah Pearce and Chris Chmielewski (98 Rock), Billy Brown (WV Radio Group), William Harrison (WETA), Candy Cintron (WLZL El Sol), Tori Kerr (Sirius XM), Jonathan “JR” Ruppel (Saga Harrisonburg), Steve Huber (WZBA), Brandy Lindsey (Harrisonburg Radio Group), Steve Davis (Entercom DC), Angelique Alston (WPGC 95.5), Dana McKay (WIAD-FM), Ken Merson (Sirius XM), Woody Woods (WV Radio Group), Matt Kelly (WV Radio Group), Nikkia Echols (Sirius XM), Sam Gallant and Megan Amoss (WTMD Baltimore), Marcellus “The Bassman” Shepard (Cool Jazz Countdown), Matthew Galler (WTMD Baltimore), Dave Wellington (Sirius XM), and Jesus Rodriguez (MusicMaster)

We love going to Vienna to enjoy the Kaiserschmarrn and the famous Wiener Schnitzel, so what a great coincidence it is that this year’s Radiodays Europe will take place there! From March 18 - 20, Radiodays Europe will be inviting radio professionals and radio aficionados from all backgrounds to discover new products and discuss new media challenges. The mission is to carry on good ideas and to continuously develop radio for its listeners. Together with our international partners, Top of Mind Media Branding from the Netherlands, BVMedia from Italy and SwissMediaPartners from Switzerland, the ON AIR team from Germany will be present at the MusicMaster Meeting Point and ready to show you the latest software features and answer your questions. You are sincerely welcome to join us at the Austria Center Vienna. Contact office@onair.de for more information or to make an appointment.