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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...

Our thanks to Morgan Harrison for this weeks advertiser success story. Morgan (pictured here) is an Integrated Media Specialist for Cox Media Group in San Antonio and she shares a huge success she had with a local Credit Union account. Here are the details. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media).

To date, The Music Modernization Act has the support of about 70 United States Senators, clearly enough to pass the bill. With government, of course, anything can happen. And, a lot of times, nothing happens. Enter SiriusXM Jim Meyer.

Borrell & Associates has updated its political revenue projections for the 2018 mid-term elections which are about to start kicking into gear. Borrell puts the new forecast at $8.9 billion, an increase of $400 million over its previous projection in December of 2017. So how much does Borrell expect Radio to pull in?

Radio Ink has learned from several sources that United States Traffic Network is winding down its radio operations. The last several months have been brutal for the traffic network, as Entercom has publicly berated the company about its financial problems. And Cumulus executives jumped on the bandwagon Monday when they announced they had to write off $5 million they were expecting from USTN. Here are all the details on USTN wind-down.

The New York Times has a lengthy piece on how successful sports talk radio has become for local advertisers, despite the fact that the format might not be the top rated station in a market. The article begins with a success story from the Goldberg law firm which uses Portland station KFXX-AM to reach men. The station was ranked 21st in June.

The Radio Ink Radio Wayne Awards will be handed out on September 27 at the RAB/NAB Radio Show in Orlando. And in our continuing series of podcasts with finalists, Beasley Media Group Tampa/St. Pete General Sales Manager Jay Mulligan reveals his secrets to success. Take a listen...

WBEB-FM will soon be under the ownership umbrella of CEO David Field's company after a three-way deal was announced Thursday involving Entercom, Beasley Media, and Jerry Lee Radio. The price-tag for the perennial number-one station in Philadelphia was $57.5 million.

As we reported Tuesday, Hubbard Seattle Market Manager Marc Kaye is retiring from radio after 45 years. It's no simple task to be successful in this business for nearly 5 decades. Former Susquehanna CEO David Kennedy, a good friend and former colleague of Kaye, tells Radio Ink Marc had exactly what it took to be a winner.

The Washington Post’s Research, Experimentation and Development team has developed a technology called Rhapsocord, which inserts ads automatically into podcasts. According to the website Ad Exchanger, Rhapsocord automatically identifies pre-roll, midroll and post-roll spots, inserts ads and updates the files.