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Beasley Media Group has suspended popular Boston Sports Talker Tony Massarotti after he made a racist remark during The Felger and Mazz afternoon show last Friday. Did they go far enough?

That's according to a newly released report from the RAB and Borrell and Associates. It's the 11th year the two organizations have been collaborating on the report. In 2022, according to the report, radio stations generated $1.8 billion in digital sales, up 21.1% over 2021.

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Bernie Weiss is president of iHeart Media New York. He started his 25-year radio career in Europe, where as general manager he built Austria’s largest commercial radio group. After his move to New York in 2004, he joined iHeartMedia as an AE for Hip Hop and R&B juggernaut Power 105.1.

Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan, with his wife Kim, also cover the beach hamlet of Fort Myers Beach through their "Beach Talk Radio" podcast and related website and Facebook page. By 6:30pm Eastern on Wednesday, Beach Talk Radio would become a vital source for local news and images as Hurricane Ian, a powerful Category 4 storm, came ashore in Southwest Florida.

In a letter filed with The FCC Tuesday, GeoBroadcast Solutions hit back against the NAB's latest attempt to thwart its technology which, if approved, would allow broadcasters to hyper-target local content to communities for several minutes per hour.

Urban One reported Q2 results of $118.8 million in net revenue, an increase of 10.4% over Q2 of 2021. The radio division pulled in $44.5 million, compared to $42.6 million in Q2 of 2021. Digital was up 19% in the quarter to $17.9 million.

In Q2 spot revenue, which includes local, for Cumulus was up 5.1%. Those strong numbers were pulled down by network revenue being down by 12%. Digital, which now makes up 16% of Cumulus' total revenue was up 20%.

What's "the number" that a podcaster should get to if attracting advertisers is a key goal? "5,000 downloads an episode within thirty days." That's one of the takeaways Libsyn's Rob Walch shared in a conversation with Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan as the first day of the two-day How to Make REAL MONEY Podcasting virtual conference began Tuesday.