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Carl Gardner is the General Manager for Bonneville's KIRO in Seattle. KIRO is one of the many AM radio stations that will be dramatically affected by the FCC's plan to allow other AM stations, on the same frequency, to maintain power at night. But, as Gardner points out, this plan is a big mistake for several reasons and his listeners will be affected in a big way.

Borrell & Associates has released its second industry paper on Local Advertising Insights. In it Borrell predicts that local advertising will experience a growth spurt of 16.4%, from $113 Billion in 2015 to $132 Billion this year. $5.5 Billion of that increase will come from state and local elections and $17 Billion will be from growth in digital spending. So what's the deal with radio?

In an investor presentation Wednesday, Beasley Media Group detailed how it plans to save nearly $8 million in cost synergies by detailing where those savings will come from as a result of its purchase of Greater Media. The company says the $7.9 million in annual cost savings will "be driven primarily by headcount as well as compensation/contract expense reductions." Here's how Beasley plans to make those reductions in each of the Greater Media markets.

He's been with CMG for 11 years now, almost four with Susan Larkin's cluster of stations in Orlando. Joe Kelley is the News Director and morning show host at WDBO, Orlando's news and talk station. When a terrorist killed 49 innocent people in an Orlando nightclub, there were no doubt thousands and thousands of people who immediately tuned their radio to WDBO.

Cumulus/Westwood One Senior VP of Content & Programming Mike McVay says KRBE Houston Program Director Leslie Whittle is a role model and a model programmer. "Leslie has been able to accomplish with one radio station what takes most operators a large cluster. She manages a highly talented morning team, is blessed with great talent all day, connects to the market, and is intuitive as to what music to play." Whittle will appear on Radio Ink's 2016 Best Program Directors in America list, which comes out on May 9.

The suit was filed this week by David Lowery (pictured) of alternative rock band Cracker. He says Spotify "knowingly, willingly, and unlawfully reproduces and distributes copyrighted" music without a license to do so." CNN Money reports Spotify says it plans to pay "every penny" it owes to songwriters and publishers, but "unfortunately, especially in the United States, the data necessary to confirm the appropriate rightsholders is often missing, wrong, or incomplete. When rightsholders are not immediately clear, we set aside the royalties we owe until we are able to confirm their identities."

On Thursday, September 22 at the Radio Show in Nashville, Radio Ink magazine will be introducing the industry to radio’s most successful Sales Managers, General Managers, Digital Sellers, and Account Executives. Thanks to the Radio Advertising Bureau, we are able to recognize these industry greats every year with awards named in honor of Wayne Cornils, who worked for the RAB for many years and was one of radio’s greatest ambassadors. Today we profile Beasley's Jenna Land.

CBS Radio DFW is having one of its best years ever, with both ratings and revenue up nicely. At the helm is Market Manager Brian Purdy. According to people who work for him, Brian is more than a numbers manager, he truly cares about his employees. One of the ways he keeps his team motivated is by holding breakfasts or happy hours where the staff celebrates its "Rockstar of the Month."

Bill Moore fell in love with radio when he and his dad were listening to the radio while working around the house on weekends. “That introduced me to the personalities. To me, the DJ's were the rock stars and I was hooked.

We think SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer meant that as a compliment. After quoting from a recent Jacobs Media study that showed how much time consumers spent listening to radio in their vehicles -- and how often they listened to SiriusXM -- Meyer wanted to remind investors that the satellite company's main competitor is radio, not pure-play streamers. He said, "Terrestrial radio is still the 800-pound gorilla in the room." And he said a lot more.