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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.

Data that shows radio helps consumers decide what to purchase shortly before thy make the cash register ring will come as no surprise to seasoned managers and AEs. However, it's always helpful to have more -- and current -- data to back up that claim.

On June 20, Radio Ink will release one of its most popular lists of the year, The 100 Most Influential Women in Radio. One of the 100 very talented women to make the list in 2016 is Sarah Frazier. Frazier is the Market Manager for CBS Radio in Houston. She's been in radio for 18 years and took over running the Houston market for in 2012. Why has she become so successful at running a market? What advice does she have for others hoping to achieve success in radio? Let's find out...

Just days after iHeartMedia won a court decision with disgruntled bondholders, there's another legal issue the company has to deal with. This one comes from shareholder Gamco Asset Management. Bloomberg is reporting that Gamco is accusing the board of violating its duty to protect shareholders by moving Clear Channel Outdoor revenue to iHeartmedia.

It only took the Friends of KPLU five months but they did it. They raised $7 Million enabling the 501(c)(3) to purchase the license of the Seattle station from Pacific Lutheran University and prevent the station from being sold to the University of Washington. The last $1 million was raised through a $500K community challenge from listeners and business supporters. The money was raised five months ahead of the June 30 deadline.

The U.S. Court of Appeals chastised the FCC for not completing its 2010 quadrennial review of media ownership rules and came to the conclusion that the Commission "unreasonably delayed" action. The court directed the Commission to complete the review within six months. For further explanation on what this means to you, we turned to Broadcast Attorney John Garziglia for his expert opinion.

The decision on whether iHeartMedia is allowed to move shares of Clear Channel Outdoor to a subsidiary called Broader Media is now in the hands of a judge. Closing arguments in the week long case were heard Friday and State District Judge Cathleen Stryker is expected to make her ruling this week.

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.

Last week we told you about an opinion piece writer Sonny Bunch crafted for the Washington Post demanding the radio industry start paying artists for the music it played over the airwaves. Apparently Forbes contributor Christopher Versace didn't take kindly to that demand and took up some valuable space on the Forbes website to defend radio's honor.

It's clear musicFIRST has been lobbying the mainstream media to take up its case against the radio industry. They have found a willing ally at The Washington Post. An opinion piece in The Post written by Sonny Bunch starts out with this sentence, "Every time you listen to the radio you’re partaking in the exploitation of musicians."