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CEO Bill Wilson had been dropping hints over the past few months that, despite proclaiming Townsquare as a digital first company, he had something in the works to grow the company's radio portfolio. Wilson last mentioned a possible deal when he appeared on a panel at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville earlier this month.

There was a time that Howard Stern was radio's biggest, most controversial voice. He created buzz nearly every day. Today, as radio has veered completely away from any controversial hosts, and Stern apologizes for his past, that controversial audio voice is now Joe Rogan.

Those are the words of Country music superstar Blake Shelton who's on the cover of the latest issue of Radio Ink magazine. Shelton, who's also become a huge TV star on The Voice, has 28 number one songs. And, unlike the chatter we're hearing in Washington, radio is still very important to stars like Shelton.

On Monday, The Radio Music License Committee and Global Music Rights announced the conditions for their agreement to settle the long-running RMLC-GMR lawsuits have been satisfied, including a majority of commercial radio stations entering long-term deals with GMR. 

As of today, the Local Radio Freedom Act has the support of 208 House representatives and 24 Senators. That's a good sign that the momentum continues to build. It also means this is no time to let up on the gas.

When 8 deadly tornadoes touched down in the state of Arkansas, Saga Communications was ready. Jonesboro Market Manager Trey Stafford tells Radio Ink the generators were on standby in case power went down and his team was ready to do what radio does best -- inform the community. Here's our interview with Stafford about what went down.

To say 2020 was an interesting year for Saga's Christie Mathews would be quite an understatement. As if dealing with the revenue crippling COVID at the stations she leads at the Jonesboro Radio Group wasn't enough, her world was shattered when she received a cancer diagnosis. Our Sales Manager of The Week Feature is sponsored by The Center For Sales Strategy.

That's one of the rumors flying around as Bongino takes this week off from broadcasting his program on hundreds of Cumulus radio stations. During his protest against Cumulus' vaccine mandate, Bongino continues releasing podcast episodes.

The Radio Television Digital News Association has announced the national winners of the 2021 Edward R. Murrow Awards. These are the best of the best across the country. Here are the radio winners and the work they produced to claim the crown.

On the heels of the proposed American Music Freedom Act by Representatives Ted Deutch and Darrell Issa, the NAB announced Monday that 11 more members of the House of Representatives have signed on to the Local Radio Freedom Act. Radio needs 100 more signatures.