Avant Garde
Vol 4, No 2 (2016): Avant Garde

IMPLEMENTATION OF RADIO URBANRKM 99.5 FM REBRANDING TO CREATE COMPANY’S NEW IMAGE

Karina Putri Palasari Triyana (UPN “ Veteran” Jakarta)
Aan Setiadarma (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2016

Abstract

Background of research is there is a rebranding of URBANrkm 99.5 FM become Smooth Radio who have very different characteristics that caused by changing ownership. Rebranding makes the company should face all of external stakeholder’s respons and doing all steps implementations of any changes to create the company’s new image. The theory used is communication, public relations, implementation, rebranding and the concept definitions of image. Research Methode used is qualitative approuch with descriptive as the type of research. Key informan of this research is the Director Program of URBANrkm 99.5 FM Radio and Smooth Radio, with three informants, marketing communications of Smooth Radio, and two loyal listener of URBANrkm 99.5 FM Radio. Research Result, in making program and public relation’s activities on rebranding phase, Smooth Radio use five steps of implementation that appropriate with Wheelen and Hunger’s theory, there are also some change that done by Smooth Radio to create their new image. Conclusion, URBANrkm 99.5 FM Radio succesed to maintain their image on external stakeholder’s eyes when their crisis time through their public relation’s activities that they done. In another hand, Smooth Radio also succesed to show their image through all implementation’s step they done and by changing their identity with some evaluation that should to be their attention.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

avantgarde

Publisher

Subject

Social Sciences

Description

Avant Garde : Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is scientific journal published by the Communication Studies Program, Univ. Budi Luhur, twice a year on Juni & December. The publication of this journal is intended as a medium of information exchange, knowledge based on development, and the study of ...