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The election for a new United States President is finally over. In January, Billionaire businessman Donald Trump will take over for President Barack Obama. Exactly what that means for radio, or regulations guiding radio, if anything, will not be known for months if not years. Is all-out Republican leadership good for the media ownership rules or foreign ownership? How will the FCC stack up once Chairman Wheeler departs? Could there be even more deregulation? Radio Ink surveyed CEO's and other executives around the industry to get their opinion on what lies ahead. Here's what they had to say...

Something we love to do here at Radio Ink is to find and highlight stations that produce great content. 1010 WINS in New York City is a station that makes our job easy. A year ago the station produced a series addressing the growing heroin epidemic that's gripping the nation. Here's what Director of News and Programming Ben Mevorach and his team are up to now...

A new report suggests that the advertising industry is heading towards a robust growth period, marked by increased spending, strategic brand investment, and innovative uses of AI, with advertisers experiencing more confidence in backing AM/FM budgets.

Do you know what all the hosts on your syndicated programs are saying? If you're not taking their shows live, you may want to spend a weekend listening. What just happened to Salem may help you stay out of the financial penalty box with The FCC.

NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith is on the cover of the current issue of Radio Ink Magazine. Smith is the 2019 Radio Executive of The Year. In our interview we asked Smith about the controversial subject of deregulation. Here's an excerpt from that interview.

Even with the growth of digital platforms, over-the-air radio holds a unique position in the hearts of US women, with AM/FM proving more popular in some cases than brands like Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify in emotional engagement.

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.

"Meeting voters where they are," is the reasoning behind President Joe Biden's multi-million dollar radio advertising push in battleground states, announced on Friday. The six-week push comes as former President Donald Trump also turns to the reach of AM/FM.

On Wednesday, the Department of Justice opened a review of the nearly 80-year-old consent decrees governing how ASCAP and BMI license music. The decrees have been the solid framework that's given radio stations at least some consistency in what they pay PRO's for the right to air music from their repertoires.

Every once in awhile a press release floats into your inbox that, after seeing the headline, you say to yourself, "Well...that's a bummer." And that's exactly what happened Tuesday when a press release headlined: "Chuck DuCoty Announced His Retirement" arrived.