Plus, the FTC looks into some radio endorsements.
You may not necessarily know the name Norm Pattiz, but you probably have heard programs created or distributed by the company he founded.
Eventually, the company acquired other syndicators including Mutual Broadcasting and the NBC Radio Network, and even lured Casey Kasem away from Watermark to host a new countdown show … then later got the rights to the American Top-40 program name under its umbrella. Pattiz didn’t retire, though, Instead, he started Launchpad in 2012, changing the name to PodcastOne in 2013, once again putting him at the forefront of technology. PodcastOne.Com is a clearinghouse of hundreds of professionally produced podcasts covering all interests, with such shows as “Cold Case Files,” “Reasonable Doubt,” and one of the company’s first featured programs, “The Adam Carolla Show.
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