Localbroadcastsales.com provides convenient and affordable sales training to radio and television stations for many stations across the country.  Instead of a one-time, half or full day training session that takes your staff off the street and focuses on one topic, LBS provides training from a number of well-known expert sales trainers online 24-7! Click below to preview some of the training they provide and let us know if you’d be interested in the MBA providing this as a member service!

Below are some preview videos about the LBS trainings and services for your sales staff:

Overview of LBS Trainings and Services

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/preview-videos/lbs-overview.php

LBS Trainings for Television Sales

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/preview-videos/lbs-for-television-sales.php

LBS Trainings for Radio Sales

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/preview-videos/lbs-for-radio-sales.php

Different Ways to Use LBS

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/preview-videos/common-uses-of-lbs.php

LBS for Account Executives

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/preview-videos/lbs-for-aes.php

LBS for Managers

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/preview-videos/lbs-for-managers.php

LBS for New Hires

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/preview-videos/lbs-for-new-hires.php

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Where TVs go to die…

NEW YORK — July 1, 2009: Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin has extended his employment agreement with the satcaster through December 31, 2012. He also gets a raise — to $1.5 million from $1.25 million. Karmazin recently called Sirius the U.S.’ “largest radio company” on the basis of its revenues — it brought in $606 million in the first quarter of this year, up 5 percent year-over-year — but the company has yet to turn a profit.