DALLAS, TX (12.17.24) – Uniden America Corporation is excited to announce its partnership with Shawn Simpson and his team at Crossover Marketing Southeast as the new representative for Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. This collaboration marks a strategic milestone in Uniden’s commitment to supporting its 12-volt retail partners across the Southeast region.

Shawn brings extensive industry expertise and a proven history of driving growth in the 12-volt industry. His deep understanding of regional market dynamics, coupled with a passion for delivering value and service, makes Crossover Marketing Southeast an ideal choice to represent the Uniden brand in these pivotal territories.

Ray Woolf, Director of Specialty Radar Sales at Uniden, shared his enthusiasm for the new partnership: “We are thrilled to welcome Shawn and the Crossover Marketing Southeast team to the Uniden family. Their reputation for excellence, dedication to building strong relationships, and expertise in the 12-volt space make them a perfect fit for our brand. We’re excited about the opportunities this partnership will bring to our dealers and customers in these key markets.”

This partnership underscores Uniden’s dedication to providing top-tier support and innovative solutions to its retail partners. By leveraging the expertise of Crossover Marketing Southeast, Uniden is poised to strengthen its presence and meet the unique needs of customers and retailers across these five states.

“Working with Ray and the Uniden team is a tremendous opportunity. Uniden’s 30+ years of leadership in the radar industry, combined with our expertise, sets the stage for a successful partnership. I’m looking forward to collaborating to deliver exceptional value to our retail partners and customers.” expressed Shawn Simpson about this new opportunity for Crossover Marketing Southeast.

For more information, visit www.crossovermktg.com.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (12.17.24) – DD AUDIO is proud to introduce the VO-MBTN125. The Voice Optimized B1 (1 inch bullet tweeter) entered its fourth generation of development with another exercise in downsize engineering. The result of this successful endeavor is the all new VO-MBTN125 Micro Bullet Tweeter Neo and it comes to you as a full-on compression driver, similar in size to a radiating dome tweeter, with flush mountability, bridging the output and clarity of pro audio with the practicality of OEM design.

This journey began 10 years ago when DD introduced the B1 ferrite motor tweeter to high output VO builds. With system designers asking for a more compact unit, the second generation of the VO-B1 moved to a Neo motor for improved versatility. The third generation brought with it a reduced outer diameter, past the inner throat profile, allowing the compression driver to be mounted as a true coaxial on the VO-XN6.5 for a powerful new combo driver. With this new fourth generation, DD has retained the inner throat of the horn profile for high efficiency, and re-engineered the outer structure to the smallest possible diameter.

With a total diameter of 45mm across and a total depth of 34mm, the VO-MBTN125 is clearly compact, but there’s more than just size contributing to its overall versatility. The new cast aluminum horn tooling incorporates a removable flange and grip ring that facilitates conventional door panel mounting. A threaded bolt hole is included on the back for rear support. The low profile design has been made for use with OEM grills and off the shelf adapter plates, widening the application potential to dashboards, A / B pillar mounting, and soundbar locations previously restricted to lower-power dome tweeters.

The Voice Optimized Micro Bullet Neo Tweeter was envisioned, designed and tooled by DD AUDIO to give installers more options and listeners greater satisfaction. This innovation is one of many additions to DD’s VO Series, expanding the power and application of these legendary pro audio speakers, and it won’t be the last. Check out the tweeters, coaxials, full-range, mids, mid-woofers, and woofers added in 2024 and look for more to come in 2025.

Get yours today at a local dealer or buy now online.

PITTSBURGH, PA (12.16.24) – In this digital driven cyber world, it is more important than ever to drive in-store traffic into brick and mortar retailer stores. All 12volt retailers have digital options to create a network of social media followers to drive store traffic for the in-store experience and sales. Team Nutz is a very proactive retailer that utilizes those digital social media platforms to showcase the company’s activities.

In December the Team Nutz crew, with Ed and Nina Nuttall along with the very engaged crew, are on the streets of Pittsburgh night and day to put the company’s brand and products in front of the communty. Christmas lights are a tradition and Team Nutz has taken that to the next level in front of the company’s store on a busy street and at offsite activities. LED lights on company’s store and vehicles are lighting the December holiday nights.

“LEDs have definitely been a great way to draw attention. People driving down the street by our Shannon Cannon store will certainly notice our store with LEDs bordering the building and demos vehicles out front. At night the impact is event greater. For offsite at night events our demo vehicles with LEDs are like a magnet. Even at daytime community events, like the Willow Wonderland event that covered 2 blocks, our LED loaded vehicles drew attention ” Ed Nuttall related.

Team Nutz has additional companies that lead to more business connections and opportuniies across the Pittsburgh marketplace.

Visit teamnutztechnology.com for more.

NEW YORK, NY (12.16.24) – SiriusXM will carry live play-by-play of every Division I FBS bowl game this postseason – including every game from the highly-anticipated 12-team College Football Playoff – as well as the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) National Championship game and other postseason All-Star games.

SiriusXM listeners can tune in to all these games in their cars and on the SiriusXM app. A schedule of postseason games – beginning December 14 – and their SiriusXM channel assignments can be found at: SiriusXM.com/Sports.

SiriusXM’s schedule will include every game from this year’s new 12-team expanded College Football Playoff, which will play out in four rounds: the first round games on Dec. 20-21, the Quarterfinals played in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31 and the Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl games on Jan. 1, the Semifinal matchups in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 and Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10, and ultimately the winner being crowned in the National Championship Game in Atlanta on Jan. 20.

The 12 teams in the College Football Playoff are Oregon, Georgia, Boise St., Arizona St., Texas, Penn St., Notre Dame, Ohio St., Tennessee, Indiana, SMU and Clemson.

In addition to the CFP games, SiriusXM will also air 36 other Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) bowl games, from the Celebration Bowl on Dec. 14 to the Bahamas Bowl on Jan. 4, and every game in between.

SiriusXM will carry Westwood One’s broadcast of the FCS Football Championship on January 6. SiriusXM will also air other postseason All-Star football games, including the East-West Shrine Bowl (Jan. 30), the Reese’s Senior Bowl (Feb. 1), the HBCU Legacy Bowl (Feb. 22) and the All-American Bowl, which will be played by the best high school players from around the country (Jan. 11).

SiriusXM also offers fans daily in-depth college sports talk and analysis on multiple college sports-focused channels – SiriusXM College Sports Radio (channel 84) – as well as conference-focused channels SiriusXM ACC Radio (channel 371), SiriusXM Big Ten Radio (channel 372) and SiriusXM SEC Radio (channel 374).

Special pre- and post-game programming will air on these channels around the College Football Playoffs Quarterfinals, Semifinals and National Championship games. SiriusXM hosts broadcasting from game locations will include former coaches and players Rick Neuheisel, Jacob Hester, EJ Manuel, Roddy Jones and Ben Hartsock along with college sports experts Nicole Auerbach and Chris Childers.

This postseason, SiriusXM will carry the official radio broadcasts for many of the schools playing in Division I FBS bowl games through its agreements with LEARFIELD, Legends, Playfly, Van Wagner or individual universities. Twenty-five of the bowl game broadcasts – including the College Football Playoff games – are produced and provided by ESPN Radio or an affiliate. Other national broadcasts are provided by Bowl Season Radio and Touchdown Radio.

Visit siriusxm.com for more.

NEW YORK, NY – December 12, 2024 – Today, Pandora revealed its highly-anticipated annual list, Artists to Watch 2025: The Pandora Ten. For almost a decade, the streaming platform has identified a group of ten emerging artists across all genres that it believes will break through in the coming year. Pandora, which continues to redefine the way new artists are discovered and amplified, remains dedicated to supporting artists throughout their journey. With the Pandora Ten, the platform is putting its support behind music’s next generation of rising stars.

By leveraging a combination of advanced listening data analysis, along with human curation and insight by Pandora programmers, the platform was able to accurately anticipate artists’ launch to stardom and lasting impact. Over the years, Pandora’s predictions have included Post Malone in 2016; Lizzo and Dua Lipa in 2017; H.E.R. and Ashley McBryde in 2018; Summer Walker and Rauw Alejandro in 2019; Doja Cat, Roddy Ricch, and Tones And I in 2020; The Kid LAROI and Tate McRae in 2021; PinkPantheress in 2022; Kim Petras and Coco Jones in 2023; and Tyla and Reneé Rapp in 2024. 

“Pandora prides itself on being a platform that listeners can turn to for discovering new music, and year after year the platform continues to successfully identify the rising stars across all genres,” said Steve Blatter, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Music Programming at SiriusXM and Pandora. “With our expert programming team, combined with listening data and insights, we were able to narrow down an extensive list of talented new artists to get our Pandora Ten, the ones we believe will make the biggest impact in 2025 and beyond.”

Along with the Pandora Ten, Pandora highlights emerging artists across various genres such as Country and Latin. 

Here is the next Pandora Ten, the artists to watch in 2025 and beyond. Listen to all of them HERE. 

The 2025 Pandora Ten:

Alex Warren: From sharing his personal struggles to his current rise to stardom, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter has connected with Pandora listeners through his songwriting and inspiring life story. His success continues to skyrocket across Pandora with support for the breakout singles “Burning Down” and “Carry You Home” across top stations. Earlier this year, Alex was chosen to be part of SiriusXM and Pandora’s Artist Accelerator program, which develops and breaks new artists by leveraging the massive audience of both SiriusXM and Pandora. 

CYRIL: The Aussie-born producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist had his breakthrough in 2023 with “Stumblin’ In,” which soared on across streaming platforms and TikTok, becoming the most-played song across multiple countries. CYRIL’s remix of Teddy Swims’ “The Door” has been #1 on Pandora’s MIXR and airplay many weeks in a row. He has reached 8.2M solo streams on platform since 2023, with “Stumblin’ In,” his most popular electronic/pop crossover hit. 

Gigi Perez: After finding instant viral success, the rising alternative singer-songwriter released her debut EP, How To Catch A Falling Knife in April 2023 and spent the year performing at various festivals and headline shows. Gigi began to release songs independently, starting with “Normalcy,” her first-ever self-produced track “Please Be Rude,” as well as the hit single, “Sailor Song,” that amassed 500k+ streams on Pandora over the past 90 days and landed her first-ever U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart entry, #1 on the UK singles chart, and continues to climb charts around the world. She’s hitting the road with girl in red this fall, in addition to her own headline shows – up next for Gigi is new music, and many more live shows.

Kapo: Juan David Loaiza Sepúlveda, known in the music industry as Kapo, is a 26-year-old artist from Colombia who was discovered and signed by Nicky Jam’s La Industria Inc. label. The performer and a composer broke out this summer with the viral success of the single “Ohnana,” followed by “UWAIE”, both of which propelled Kapo to global recognition across Europe and the Americas. His virality and growth have made him a standout on Pandora’s El Pulso station, with both “Ohnana” and “UWAIE” landing consistently in the top 20 most-thumbed-up tracks on the station during the latter half of the year. Further cementing his recognition as an Artist to Watch, Kapo’s Pandora streams have grown 500% in the last three months alone, topping 4.3 million during that period. In his short moment in the spotlight, Kapo has already collaborated with some of the biggest artists in the industry, including Nicky Jam, Farruko, Manuel Turizo, Jhayco and others. 

Leon Thomas: The 30-year-old Brooklyn native, seamlessly bridges the worlds of music, acting, and production. Thomas made a notable debut with his album Electric Dusk (2023), featuring collaborations with Victoria Monét, Benny the Butcher, and Ty Dolla $ign, and his groundbreaking work on SZA’s “Snooze” earned him a Grammy in 2024, highlighting his innovative influence in shaping contemporary R&B. With his latest album MUTT, Thomas continues to explore the complexities of love and ambition through with the title track rising up the charts and thriving across SiriusXM’s The Heat and Pandora’s Blueprint.

Megan Woods: Megan Woods is from Boston, Massachusetts where God planted a love for music in her at a really young age, but she found herself wrestling with her sense of self-worth. Developing her relationship with Christ through her songwriting began her healing process and leaning into God’s love after coming from a place of worthlessness shows up in all the songs she writes. She eventually signed a record deal with Fair Trade Services that’s home to CeCe Winans, MercyMe and Phil Wickham. Megan has burst onto the scene with a powerful anthem called “The Truth” which has shown great promise on all of the Pandora stations it has been placed on, in addition to SiriusXM’s The Message. She is at the forefront of a new trend towards younger-leaning audiences seeking powerful faith-based music they can relate to. 

Natalie Jane: Coming off of a headlining EU/UK tour, Natalie Jane continues to break through to Pandora listeners across the platform. The hit single “Somebody to Someone (I Just Wanna Fall in Love)” over indexed on Pandora this year, leading to the adds on major Pandora pop stations including Today’s Hits, Today’s Adult Hits, Pop Space, New Pop, Women in Pop, This Year in Pop.

The Funeral Portrait: Greetings from Suffocate City, The Funeral Portrait’s first full-length album with Better Noise Music, showcases the band’s unique blend of emotionally raw and anthemic rock. The album features collaborations with artists like Bert McCracken of The Used and Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills, mixing mainstream rock appeal with nostalgic nods to the 2000s Warped Tour scene. On Pandora, the band continues to make waves with over 1.3 million lifetime streams on the platform with more to come in the next year. Frontman Lee Jennings describes the band as a voice for “weirdos and misfits,” a message that resonates with their diverse, inclusive audience.

Veeze: Detroit’s beloved cult artist is proving to be a superstar in the making with his unconventional flow and progressive sound. Since his 2019 debut, Navy Wavy, his buzz has grown nationally with hits like “Law ‘N’ Order” and high-profile collaborations with Lil Yachty, 42 Dugg, and Lil Baby. His 2023 debut album, Ganger, catapulted him further, with standout singles like “Not a Drill” and “GOMD” drawing widespread attention. Following a sold-out Ganger Tour, Veeze launched his own imprint, Navy Wavy, in partnership with Warner Records—cementing his status as a rising Gen Z rap icon. Pandora continues to spotlight Veeze across stations and he was a performer at SiriusXM and Pandora’s recent HBCU Homecoming Pop Out Concert. 

Zach Top: Top is quickly establishing himself as a preeminent artist to watch following the release of his debut album, Cold Beer & Country Music, a sold-out headlining tour and his first CMA nomination for new artist of the year. Pandora has been the leading DSP supporting his album with continuous play across stations and SiriusXM’s The Highway has supported with heavy airplay as well. Adding to his breakout year, his viral single, “I Never Lie,” debuted on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart. Top has also spent much of this year on Lainey Wilson’s “Country’s Cool Again” tour and will be direct support for select Alan Jackson dates in 2025.

Visit pandora.com for more.

LIBERTYVILLE, IL (12.13.24) – It’s your car audio — fuel it with Crunch mobile accessories that bring more to your sound. Whether it’s sound separation, fine-tuning, customization, or other audio gains you’re after to perfect that Crunch car audio system – the CREQ7B7-Band equalizer or CRXR crossover will enhance your listening levels through new detail and playback!

This powerful equalizer lets you fine-tune your music to perfection.
The CREQ7B is a 7-Band parametric equalizer with a 9-volt line driver.

Bringing customization into your songs while turning all of your audio into higher-quality sound – the CREQ7B 7-Band equalizer features separate controls for Master, Subwoofer, and Front/Rear volume, a convenient selection of Main/or Aux inputs, -12dB to +12dB variable, three pairs of RCA outputs to drive Front, Rear, and Subwoofer, two audio inputs with level-matching, and a Subwoofer output that uses a built-in 18dB per octave electronic crossover fixed at 60Hz, 80Hz, or 120Hz.

With a Universal compatible vehicle fitment, a 1/2 DIN ISO mount comes included and can be installed right in the dash of your vehicle. Innovated in a clean black finish, this 7-Band Equalizer will blend into every Crunch car audio installation and vehicle interior giving your setup that perfect touch.

You can customize the sound with the CREQ7B to max out your audio — whether you’re into booming bass, crisp highs, or a balanced mix. It’s time to say goodbye to flat or muffled audio and say hello to sound that is rich, dynamic, and full of life every time you demand to fuel your music.

Learn more HERE about the CREQ7B 7-Band equalizer.

If you’re serious about sound clarity, this crossover is a game-changer.
The CRXR is a 2-way/3-way active crossover with an 8.5-volt line driver.

Fully adjust your audio system’s frequency and levels all in one centralized location with the CRXR 2-way/3-way crossover! The CRXR crossover creates three audio outputs when the audio source only has one or two. An innovative built-in line driver allows an increase in voltage on low-output audio sources to reduce overall system noise (improving overall sound quality).

In addition – the CRXR also features a Rear Channel High-Pass Frequency of 32-400Hz and level adjustments, dedicated subwoofer output with Level Adjustments, and Front and Rear inputs with Front, Rear, and Subwoofer outputs. LED Power indicators bring ease as the CRXR includes a bass remote for ultimate bass control.

Whether you are splitting audio between two or three channels — the CRXR optimizes playback so that every note is as clear as possible. It ensures each speaker in your system gets only the frequencies it’s best equipped to handle, resulting in clearer vocals, punchier bass, and overall sharper sound.

Learn more HERE about the CRXR crossover.