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(By Shawn and Tom Marhefka) As a local radio broadcaster, the Ozark Radio Network has long supported the activation of FM chips in smartphones. But it wasn’t until a devastating flood hit our rural Missouri town and the surrounding area last year that we experienced firsthand the real importance of getting the FM chip activated.

The radio industry might be smart to re-activate a lobbying effort to get the government to mandate FM Chips in all cell-phones using the natural disaster angle. This year has been especially strong when it comes to Hurricanes (See Puerto Rico. See Southwest Florida. See Houston) and talk about activating the FM Chip, which is already in all cell-phones, has never been higher.

As residents of South Florida recover from Hurricane Irma The Sun Sentinel has published an editorial that the radio industry is going to love. The paper is calling on Apple CEO Tim Cook to activate the FM Chips that are inside Apple's iPhones. The paper said Apple’s resistance on this issue is unacceptable.

Radio's lobbying arm has found a way to get the FM Chip in front of the FCC Commissioners once again. This time it's in a joint-filing with NPR. The FCC is seeking input on how to improve the Wireless Emergency Alert service, which notifies Americans, via text message, during times of emergency. The NAB says many times the alert tells residents to get in their car and turn on their radios for more information. The two organizations argue that one way to improve upon emergency notification is to have all FM Chips in cell phones activated.

John Garziglia There are a number of reasons why automobile manufacturers may be considering dropping AM/FM radios from the car dashboard. Some of the reasons are things our industry cannot do anything about. But some of the reasons are things we can do something about. AM and FM radio receivers are essential in times of emergencies and our industry needs to amp up everyone’s recognition of that.

Radio Ink sits down with Deloitte's Director of Research, TMT Duncan Stewart to get his predictions on more of radio's future compared to TV, as well as hot issues like 2023 ad spend, podcasting, and AM's place in the car.

O’Shaughnessy worked at WVOX and WVIP in Westchester, New York for 67 years, stations the Wall Street Journal called “America’s Quintessential Community Stations.” He began his career in 1957 at the original WVIP in Northern Westchester,

Chris Leonard is President of The Hawaii Association of Broadcasters. He also owns radio stations in Hawaii and was part of an NAB panel Thursday about the role broadcasters play in times of emergency. Leonard was just waking up when the alert that Hawaii was about to be hit by an incoming ballistic missile came in on his phone. Minutes later Leonard was in his car headed to his station when he heard his station air the chilling alert that "this is not a drill."

Emmis Communications founder and Chairman/CEO Jeff Smulyan, who has also been the leading chip advocate and launched the NextRadio app, will share his ideas and advice in an exclusive one-on-one discussion with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R. Jacobson at the 2018 Hispanic Radio Conference.

(By Deborah Parenti) The new year is a good time to think not only about what we want to accomplish, but to resolve how we’ll do that. And resolve whether we want to be “whiners or shiners.” Do you want to grow your career? What steps are you willing to take to make it happen? Since graduating from college, how many industry seminars have you attended?