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Is iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman still the most powerful person in radio? Did someone knock him out of the #1 position, which he has occupied for the last 9 years. With six executives bumped off the list, who are the new faces that made the list?

We've been reporting on it for the last two weeks. A government mandated shut-down of so called non-essential businesses due to the pandemic put the brakes on advertising and totally eliminated all events. The days of radio being a $17 billion industry seem so far away.

Again, this comes as no surprise with the government mandated shutdown of the national economy earlier this year. Entercom's Q2 revenue was down 54% with April being the bottom.

The Independent Broadcasters Association is in business. Adams Radio Group CEO Ron Stone says he's filed articles of incorporation in the State of Minnesota and a board meeting is set for next week. Let's see who will sit on that board....

After being off from his syndicated show last week Rush Limbaugh was back on the air yesterday and gave an update on his health. In February Rush announced he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and has been dealing with treatments ever since.

2020 marks the 24th year that Radio Ink will produce the annual list of the 40 Most Powerful People in Radio. Historically, the "Top 40" list has always appeared in the July issue of Radio Ink Magazine.

Jim Ryan. Chris Conley and Thea Mitchem are Radio's Top Three Program Directors for 2020. Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti and McVay Media President Mike McVay unveiled Radio's Top Ten PD's in a special Facebook Live event Monday. All ten PD's joined them during the broadcast, which you can watch HERE.

(By Mike McVay) To program a great radio station, you must have many different components working together harmoniously. The following are the components I strongly believe in given my experience as a major market PD and air-talent and 30 years as a conultant.

(By Ed Ryan) April 2020 could go down as the worst revenue month in the history of radio. When the government told businesses to close and the people to stay home, it also slammed the door shut on the U.S. economy.

Back in March GeoBroadcast Solutions filed a petition with the FCC asking that FM booster stations using its technology be allowed to originate limited programming content to provide zoned programming to a primary station’s service area. On Monday radio station owners filed comments in support of the petition.