It's right around the corner, June 23-25 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. The convention kicks off with our Technology panel, "Broadcast Entertainment in an On-Demand World," at 11am on June 23. That's also when the Jacobs Media Summit begins a full day of sessions (including a conversation with Greater Media's Peter Smyth, a keynote with Little Steven Van Zandt, "What Men Want" and "360 Degrees of Technology").

On Thursday night, please join us for an evening at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum sponsored by Premiere Radio Networks. R&R Convention attendees will have the entire museum to themselves for the night, and there will be live performances by Jon Secada, Warren Hill and Wade Brown. All of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame exhibits will be open for you to enjoy at your own pace. Food and drinks will be provided, so come early and stay late!

Friday morning's general session, "Do You Know Jack (or Ben, Dave, Bob or Hank)?" gets things started at 10am, followed by format sessions throughout the day and a special lunch for all convention attendees, the "Rate-A-Record Lunch," sponsored by Yahoo! Music. That session will pit industry executives against the general public in a vote-off of 10 new songs.

On Friday night, it's the R&R Industry Achievement Awards Ceremony from 6-8pm, hosted by Kidd Kraddick. A number of local Cleveland air personalities will be there helping to present the awards. There will also be performances by SLR's The J Project and BMI songwriter and Capitol recording artist Brendan James.

On Saturday, Arbitron starts the day at 9am with "Ten Simple Tips You Can Implement Monday Morning to Grow Your Audience." That will be followed by a general session titled "Extreme Talent: Entertaining on the Edge" and another round of format sessions that will end at 5pm.

Online registration for the R&R Convention ends June 17. Register now for $475; after that, the on-site registration rate will be $550. Our host hotel has sold out, but you can reserve a room at the Marriott Key Center for $179 per night by calling 800-228-9290 and asking for the "RRO" rate.

We look forward to seeing you in Cleveland at this year's
R&R Convention!