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06 August 2025
StudioTexter Hits 200 Affiliates, Offers 200$ Giveaway
StudioTexter, the Only Texting Platform Created by Radio Pros Especially for Radio Stations, Hits 200th Affiliate Mark and Announces New Enhancements to Help Stations Save Time and Money
StudioTexter Hits the Big 200 With Newest Affiliate, WEPN-FM in New York City
StudioTexter Celebrates Continued Growth With August 14th Live Demo and $200 Gift Card Giveaways
LOS ANGELES, CA – August 4, 2025 — Benztown, a global leader in radio imaging, voiceover, programming, podcasting and jingles, announces that StudioTexter, the fastest-growing texting service and contesting and communications platform created by Envisionwise exclusively for radio stations, has signed 25 new affiliates in Q1 and Q2, bringing the total number of station affiliates using the robust texting solution to 200. The newest StudioTexter affiliate is Spanish language Latin Pop/AC station La Exitosa 98.7/WEPN-FM in New York City.
StudioTexter provides stations with free incoming SMS messages with unlimited keywords, allows stations to build advertiser lists from keyword opt-ins, and enables stations to quickly schedule multiple contests, use templates, pick random winners, and send direct replies to listeners. StudioTexter’s Auto Responder also lets stations easily schedule automated messages and replies from on-air talent for incoming texts.
StudioTexter also announces that it has enhanced its industry-leading texting platform with smarter message optimization, reducing outbound message volume to help lower platform and station costs; with quota transparency through newly added display message counts from SMS and Keyword before sending and live quota preview after a blast is sent. Additionally, StudioTexter features a seamless user interface, saving users’ time with clearer layouts and labels for campaigns, quotas, and reporting, with new cost-saving tools for stations – including backend updates to reduce message usage while maintaining delivery quality.
To celebrate its benchmark growth, StudioTexter is offering a live demo to stations on Thursday, August 14, 2025, at 12:00 Noon/Central that will enter them for a chance to win one of ten $200 gift cards. StudioTexter will use its contest texting platform to pick the winners of the gift cards. To register for the live StudioTexter demo and a chance to win a $200 gift card, visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vtmltzZGRFmYEmcCZEkY1Q#/registration.
New StudioTexter users include Meruelo Media-Los Angeles, Emmis-New York, NY; Lotus Communications (multiple markets including Los Angeles, LA; Las Vegas, NV; Reno, CA; Bakersfield, CA; Fresno, CA; Sacramento, CA; and Tucson, AZ); Good Karma-Milwaukee, WI; Forever Media-Wilmington, DE; Alpha Media in San Jose, CA, Dayton, OH, and Canton, OH; Adams Media-Ft. Wayne, IN; Renda Media (multiple markets); and Townsquare Media, “Free Beer and Hot Wings,” Grand Rapids, MI; and many more.
Gary Springfield, Program Director, Classic Hits station KOLA 99.5 FM in San Bernardino, CA, said: “Benztown has hit another home run with StudioTexter! Our crew loves the simplicity, and we couldn’t imagine a better platform for the multiple text-to-win contests we do each week. Congrats on hitting your 200th affiliate! StudioTexter is just that good.”
Jackie Parks, President and CEO, Envisionwise, commented: “StudioTexter makes it easy for stations to engage listeners and attract advertisers with contests, SMS blasts, and powerful keyword tools. Onboarding is quick, pricing is flexible for any market, and we’re constantly evolving based on station needs – helping them grow with less hassle. We’re also actively developing new APIs in collaboration with close partners to expand what our platform can do.”
To request a demo of StudioTexter and to get StudioTexter for your station, contact Masa Patterson, VP, Sales & Operations, Benztown, at: mp@benztown.com or at (818) 842-4600. For further information, visit: https://studiotexter.com.
About Benztown
Benztown is a leading international audio imaging, production library, voiceover, programming, podcasting, and jingle production company with over 3,000 affiliations on six different continents. Benztown provides audio brands and radio stations of all formats with end-to-end imaging and production, making high-quality sound and world- class audio branding a reality for radio stations of all market sizes and budgets. Benztown was named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 by Inc. magazine for five consecutive years as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies. With studios in Los Angeles and Stuttgart, Benztown offers the highest quality audio imaging work parts for 23 libraries across 14 music and spoken word formats including AC, Hot AC, CHR, Country, Hip Hop and R&B, Rhythmic, Classic Hits, Rock, News/Talk, Sports, and JACK. Benztown’s Audio Architecture is one of the only commercial libraries that is built exclusively for radio spots to provide the right music for radio commercials. Benztown provides custom VO and imaging across all formats, including commercial VO and copywriting in partnership with Yamanair Creative. Benztown Radio Networks produces, markets, and distributes high-quality programming and services to radio stations around the world, including: The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown, The Todd-N-Tyler Radio Empire, Hot Mix, Sunday Night Slow Jams™ with R Dub!, Flashback, Top 10 Now & Then, Hey, Morton, StudioTexter, The Rooster Show Prep, and AmeriCountry. Benztown + McVay Media Podcast Networks produces and markets premium podcasts including: IEX: Boxes and Lines and Molecular Moments.
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