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All week long Radio Ink will be checking in with independent operators to get an early look at radio's revenue performance in the third quarter. Today, Seven Mountains COO Jim Loftus.

Thursday marked two major milestones for the Federal Communications Commission: it was both the 30th anniversary of Congress' first allowance of the FCC to conduct spectrum auctions and the five-month mark since Congress let that authority expire.

So much for those who think advertisers are moving away from digital due to fraud and poor results. The Interactive Advertising Bureau announced on Wednesday that digital advertising revenues in the United States for the first half of 2017 surged to an all-time high of $40.1 billion.

Performing rights organization Global Music Rights has filed a lawsuit against the owner of seven radio stations in Vermont and New Hampshire. Under the maximum penalty allowed per infringement, Vermont Broadcast Associates could end up owing nearly $10 million.

It's been two years since broadcasters were able to gather in Las Vegas for the NAB Show due to COVID. It all kicked off Sunday at an event called Cocktails and Conversations at The Mayfair Supper Club in The Bellagio Hotel. Here are a few pictures from the event...

The Federal Communications Commission has issued a final call for the Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for the 2023 Fiscal Year. The deadline is fast approaching: fees must be paid by tomorrow, September 20, at 11:59p ET.

Ron Stone is the CEO of Adams Radio Group. On Friday we interviewed Stone as part of our CEO series on deregulation and whether there should be more deregulation for radio. He's opposed. Our interview with Ron resulted in a lot of reader feedback. In case you missed it Friday here's that interview again.

Imagine if you had actual data that showed how effective a well-produced radio ad was with your listeners? The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters is partnering with Sensory Logic and Spot Q Services to test radio commercials for emotional engagement.

Those are the words of iHeartMedia CFO Richard Bressler. And behind those words are iHeart's 850-plus radio stations in 170 markets, some of the biggest syndicated names in the business, gigantic festivals and concerts, iHeartRadio, a billboard company, Katz, and Premiere. Bressler says only Google and Facebook are bigger.

The sticky topic of more radio deregulation was discussed at the Wednesday morning Radio Show breakfast. Many of radio’s big companies support more deregulation because they say they need to own more stations to compete with Facebook and Google (iHeartMedia is opposed). Here's what Hubbard's Ginny Morris thinks...