Illinois Station Signs On New Morning Sports Reporter

(FEBRUARY 2011) – Envision Radio Networks® is proud to announce WRMS-FM/Beardstown, IL as the latest affiliate of VirtualNewsCenter™, a service that collects and produces local radio news and delivers the content automatically for on-air, digital and social media platforms.

WRMS-FM has added VirtualNewsCenter’s Jen Austin as their new morning sports reporter. With WRMS 94.3 FM now utilizing VirtualNewsCenter, it joins over 200 affiliates on the Envision Radio Services Network.

“It is a pleasure having Jen Austin do my morning sports. She has taken a load off my morning prep time and has worked with me in easing herself into the morning show,” said Randy West, WRMS-FM’s Program Director/Morning Host. “Even when scores are light she always finds something interesting to share with our listeners. I wish I had signed Jen a long time ago!”

VirtualNewsCenter is local news and/or sports that is gathered, written, and delivered by a team of remote anchors.It's the most cost-effective way to deliver local news in today's economy. With VirtualNewsCenter, stations no longer need to pay for full-time newsroom employees which saves them money on benefits, taxes, training, and idle time.

While VirtualNewsCenter’s core expertise is news, it can also create any short-form information programming for your station as well.VirtualNewsCenter will customize a plan to match your needs, whether it’s hard news or reports on specific topics such as weather, sports, agriculture, business, and entertainment. VirtualNewsCenter also assists stations with their website and social media news by automatically feeding news content into websites, blogs, Twitter, and Facebook.

Find out how VirtualNewsCenter sounds on your station by visiting www.virtualnewscenter.com to request a custom demo or listen to existing samples. Contact Matt Wardlaw at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 216-831-3761 for more information about VirtualNewsCenter.

ABOUT ENVISION RADIO NETWORKS®

Envision Radio Networks® provides content and services to more than 1,000 radio stations and reaches over 40 million listeners weekly. Envision Radio Networks, Inc. is the largest independently owned affiliate relations company in the country and supplies all types of programming and services to radio including morning show prep, short-form vignettes, live syndicated morning shows, long-form weekend programming, comedy services, remote broadcasts and event programming, off-air tools and web content, album releases and artist specials. Envision Radio Networks® is based in Cleveland, Ohio, with offices in New York City and Los Angeles.

ABOUT VIRTUALNEWSCENTER™

VirtualNewsCenter™ is America's LOCAL Newsroom. Started in 2005, the company has grown to 100+ stations in over 50 markets of all size. More than a dozen anchors remotely produce local news for VirtualNewsCenter stations each day, delivering improved quality while positively impacting affiliates' bottom line. The company is based in Wichita, KS with personnel throughout the nation.

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